Last week I ran a 9K, not particularly long for me, mostly on the flat, but I finished on quite a steep hill with a little sprint when I got up to a flatter bit. Nothing out of the ordinary really. I felt as I usually do that day, but the next day I felt awful! Like I'd been steamrollered! I ached all over and had no energy at all, like someone had pulled the plug and it had all drained away. I expected to come down with a virus the next day, but, no, I was fine...I was absolutely starving though, just couldn't stop eating...that's rare for me, I have a smallish appetite.
What happened? Did I just overdo it? Not eaten enough before hand? Any suggestions? Anyone else had this happen to them?
I have run since, but it's made me a little wary...
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They say that we should have easy weeks every so often - these weeks are much reduced in effort and volume . Perhaps you were overdue for one of these??
Funnily enough Bazza, I just read that somewhere, I'd never heard of it before. I've never taken an easy week deliberately, I had a couple over winter when I had viruses/injury etc. I reached the same conclusion, and the temperature has soared here, so it seems a good time to take a step back. Thank you xx
Felt the same when I moved from 30 min (4km) run to 45 min (7.5 km). The first two days was hectic and found no energy to interact with my kids. Great dudes - Didn't fret about it. It has been three weeks since then and appears to be fine now. Have been consuming a liter of water 2-3 hours before the workout. It helps.....
Plan to move to 1 hour mark next week in a gradual manner. Would need help from you to reach this goal... Thanks in advance.....
Ive had this too Curly, but have ended up going down with some sort of virus/lurgy
I have read too that an occasional week off works wonders to recharge the batteries and get your energy back , plus the temperatures you have there have probably played a part , I would think.
We should have a " Rest and Recuperation " Couch shouldn't we ? xxx
I've checked the forecast, it should be a bit cooler on Thursday and on Saturday, so lets see then! I only ran twice last week... you know, it's really the climb back up to my house after my runs that puts the lid on it...
If you don't really want "stay home" for a week -- you could try just easy walking 30 minutes every day. a 30 minute walk burns off almost the same cals as a 30 minute run - but is a lot easier on heart, lungs and legs.
I've been a bit washed out recently too... I'm putting it down to increased mileage (I'm going out running 4 times a week). I did parkrun on Saturday (high intensity) and then a 13.8km run on Sunday (low intensity + walking breaks) and after that I just felt completely wiped out! I'm planning a week off after my 10k race on Sept 11th.
I've just read a couple of others here have felt the same after a run, maybe it is a little virus? I haven't done nearly so much recently as I know I'm capable of, about 17K per week, whereas I was doing about 30 - 35K per week over winter, so I don't think I've been overdoing things exactly. Who knows though, what our bodies might deal with one day but not the next? It's a horrible feeling isn't it? I'm really missing my long runs...
I'm doing around 30-35km a week now: basically parkrun plus an interval session and two easy paced runs (one long, one short). Maybe it is a virus... but I also gave blood at the start of the month so I don't think that's doing me any favours!
I hopped out for a 7K this morning, so far I feel fine. There are some really weird tiny, tiny insects here this year that bite, my husband has had a bad reaction to them. I've never seen them before - I wouldn't rule them out for my exhaustion...
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