OK, I ran my first 20 mile run on Saturday. Took sunday off except for a 2 mile walk with the wife. Ran 3 on Monday and worked for 40 min on the Arc Trainer. Ran 4.5 on 4.5 on wed and 6 today. I have felt really sluggish and not sure why. Feel great through out the day but when I run I feel like I just started. I am eating healthy. Lots of fruits and veges and protein shakes. Anyone experience this.
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Felling Sluggish
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Posted 8 months ago #
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Are you training for a marathon? It takes me a couple of days to recover from a long run like that. I think you just have to listen to your body. Sometimes you recover more quickly than others. Make sure you are eating enough and getting enough sleep.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Yes, I am. I have this marathon training schedule I try to follow. It showed running the 20 on sunday and thne rest monday followed by 6 8 6 rest on friday and then 4 then 8. I have wondered about eating more. I really havn't been hungry. Been eating lots of fruit and nuts and then eggs with veges and my protein shakes.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Don't kid yourself... 20miles is far for anyone... I'm sure you'll feel better in a couple days. Rest, and maybe some active recovery (like some light spinning on a bike) might speed your recovery.
Good luck!
Posted 8 months ago # -
Thanks For the Responses.
Posted 8 months ago # -
I have felt that lag after pushing myself to the limit and it does last longer than I ever thought it would. It's just something you have to push yourself through I suppose. That is what I had to do. Just listen to your body and your common sense. Give your body what it needs (rest, fuel, nutrition). It could also be added stressors in your life you haven't yet realized are there. Once I realize what is stressing me out I can get rid of the stress...usually by running! Stress does lag me down until I realize what it is lagging me down. Take in extra B vitamins (sublingual works best for me). You may also need some extra iron (which helps carry oxygen to all of your body), but you would need a blood-test to determine that. As you probably know, you can overdose on iron so be careful.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Hey thanks for the response I just read it. I will check into that iron test.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Soonerman. I think we may have discussed this between you and me? I wanted to share a couple thoughts here for any lurkers that have the same question.
I wrote a post about this a couple weeks ago: The Long Run and Marathon Training.
Your situation is one of the very reasons that I teach and use the double long concept. Taking 3-4 days of missed quality running in order to get in a "long" run just doesn't hold up well in a training plan.
The only advantage to having these runs that take days to recover from is the psychological benefit that comes from knowing you have done 20 (or 21,22,23), but I've found that if a person runs 24,26 or 28 in a 24 hour to 48 hour period they get the same psychological kick.
The true advantage is that with a double long weekend, people often recover quicker and can get to having quality run sessions sooner.
Thus... they end up getting a better training stimulus (especially when you consider that a "long" run ends up a death march in many situations).
I see this was originally posted a few weeks ago... How are you feeling now?
Posted 7 months ago # -
gary, interesting idea. i've been thinking along the same lines. was thinking about doing more frequent but shorter runs with the weekly mileage about the same as i usually do ~20/week. thinking that it would be less taxing overall if i go 4 - 5 days instead of cramming the same numer of miles into 3 days.
i'll check out your post.Posted 7 months ago # -
you mentioned that you haven't felt hungry. Lack of hunger is a sign of overtraining. Which is cyclical. Overtrain, don't eat enough, overtrain for the amount of calories being consumed, eat less, etc.
After 3 weeks of building, make sure you have a drop week.Just my 2 cents.
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