Forums >Running 101>Should I be constantly tired when training for a marathon?
Derek
Good Bad & The Monkey
The problem I have is that my legs are constantly tired and it's been getting harder and harder to do my runs over the last couple weeks. I've also been getting slower and slower.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Run like a kid again!
Mon - cross Tues - 4 miles easy Weds - 6 miles easy Thurs - 4 miles easy or speed/hill Fri - rest Sat - cross or rest Sun - 12 miles long
The above would give me just 26 miles for the week. The last time I ran under 30 miles was 10 weeks ago.
No, don't push your body as hard as you can in training. Save this for your races and your occasional speed workout.
Runners run
I like your revised schedule for you a lot better. It's actually not that different from what I do myself except it emphasizes the LR more than I do. But if you need to take a down week from that, do it. You can't run your best marathon if you break down before you get there. FWIW, my goal marathon is 14 weeks away and I have yet to go over 2 hours in a single training run.
Burninated Peasant
Was it all a dream?