Total Miles Ran: 172
Number of those miles that involved me holding a dog and a leash: 71Trail Miles: 16Songs with the most airtime on my mp3 player: Alanis Morissette - GuardianNumber of P90x or Jillian Michaels Workouts: 5
September is leaving me very frustrated. Over the past 2 weeks, my legs have felt dead. I backed off the number of miles I was running and hoped for the best. After the 5K last Saturday with the dogs (Miles and Mutts recap here!), I completed a 16 mile long run on Sunday. It felt really good and things were looking up and thought this week would be back to normal.
That was until I tried to run this week. On Tuesday, I could tell my gait was all messed up due to some pains in my right leg. I took Wednesday and Thursday off from running. Friday, I had the day scheduled off work and the original plan was to get in my last non-race 20 mile run. It didn't happen. I struggled through six miles and knew I needed to take a few days off. On top of mysterious dead legs and a calf muscle pain, I've been completely exhausted over the past few weeks. I can barely get myself out of bed each morning and want to be asleep again by 8 PM.
Saturday was a planned day off anyway since I was going to be out of town. On Sunday, my plans to get up early were again overridden by feeling exhausted so I slept in. Then, headed up to pick up the dogs for a run. We had our largest group run yet and were able to get seven dogs out. I got in three miles before I needed to get back to handle getting the water ready for the dogs and loading up some of the early finishers. They weren't great miles and I'm still having issues with my right leg but it was a little better than Friday. After getting home, I thought about getting in a few more miles but decided it was probably more logical to skip and try to get back on track this week and give myself a little more rest because I can tell something is still up with the leg beyond just feeling tired.
Here's to hoping the rest takes care of things and Freedom's Run in two weeks won't be a huge suffer-fest of a marathon!
Sorry to hear about the dead legs and the frustration. Do have a PT or a chiro that you could see to have the leg pain checked out?
ReplyDeleteUgh, what a frustrating week! More rest probably will help, even though that is frustrating too :( I hope your next run is better!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's time to get your legs checked out? Have you ever tried acupuncture - it's done wonders for my cranky ITB. Hope it works itself out soon!
ReplyDeleteit sounds like you are listening to your body and your body is needing rest. Your marathon will be great on fresh legs :)
ReplyDeleteSorry you've had a frustrating month. I hope the extra rest does a body good!
ReplyDeleteSorry things have been a struggle lately. (You're still running an amazing number of miles!!) Hoping some rest will do the trick!
ReplyDeleteAre you still planning on running JFK or are you playing it by feel for now?
ReplyDeleteAt least you're smart to take days off when needed (I find myself too freaking bull headed). I can sympathize with the feeling of exhaustion. I'm in bed by 8 pm it seems like every night and am still constantly tired...some afternoons it's literally a struggle to keep my eyes open. I hope you find a remedy and start to feel better!! Hopefully the extra rest will help.
ReplyDeleteDid you change anything on your food? Did you get a blood test done lately? Sometimes it just food or missing vitamins that make us tired. I hope you feel more energy soon!
ReplyDeletewow, nice month of mileage!
ReplyDeleteSorry that you're frustrated. I was feeling the same way a few weeks back and it takes its toll both physically and mentally. It's smart that you're listening to your body. I know stepping a back a bit is tough but your body will most likely appreciate the rest and will bounce back. I've been tired a lot more than usual and after my race this Saturday, i hope I can sleep for 2 days straight, lol. Stay positive girl! :) great training month!
ReplyDeletesorry you are hurting! have you tried yoga or a massage? those usually help me. great mileage this month though! hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope the rest does take care of the pain for you. I have been so exhausted lately too, not sure what is up with that but I wish it would go away!
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better by your Freedom Run!
Dead legs and feeling exhausted are two of the signs of overtraining- definitely sounds wise to back off for a bit until those symptoms disappear. So sorry- it's frustrating to not have a good run!
ReplyDeleteUg. That's the pits. I hope you are feeling better and that you figure out what to do. I hate that frustrating feeling of wanting to run but not being able to. It's probably best to rest up. You will do your body no good by being over tired for the race!
ReplyDeleteHope you get all rested up and have a great marathon. Kinda weird that taking all those days off still left you tired.
ReplyDeleteOh no! That is so annoying. This 50 mile training is really no joke. I'm way behind on blogs so hopefully this has been solved by now!
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