Achy arms

[RunBrianRun]

Strangest thing after my 10k today. My legs feel fine but my arms ache. And before you say it, I wasn’t running on all fours 🤣

I’ve never felt this before so it must be something I’m doing differently, but what?

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Weird. My left hand keeps going numb on a run which it hasn’t before.

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to Tasha99]

That might be a trapped nerve in your neck area? It might be worth getting that checked Tasha?

[Birdlady64 Graduate10]

That happened to me a couple of times too when I was racking up the distance.Who knew you use your arms so much when you run🤷

[linda9389 Graduate10]

Tension while you're running maybe, clenched and determined to go faster? Something that would be easy to check and correct in future if it turns out you are holding unnecessary tension.

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to linda9389]

That sounds like a likely culprit Linda. I actually recall now a point where I made myself relax into the run as I felt quite tense.

[a_in_gsr Graduate10]

I've had this a lot! Especially during C25K my legs felt fine but my arms were dead tired! I put it down to a combination of me being too stiff in my upper body + my lack of upper body strength. Also when I was building up to the HM distance my arms would be the ones bearing the brunt.

I'm not sure for you though starting randomly. Maybe a change in form?

[RunBrianRun Graduate10 in reply to a_in_gsr]

Yes, it's a strange one but I do think Linda has a point with it maybe tension related.