What a terrible run (Read 782 times)

It's not the first awful run I've ever had, and it won't be the last. I felt like I was wearing cement blocks for shoes. All my hill running didn't mean anything today. No smoothness, no relaxation. I tried to regroup on several occasions with limited success. I even stopped once, which I've never, ever done before on a training run. I just don't know what went wrong, but it was wrong from the start. Sometimes after a tough start to a run, I'll be hurting up some hill, but as soon as I crest the hill, the rest of the run is easy. It's like breaking out of a box ... none of that happened here. In fact, downhills were even struggles. Toward the end of the ~7 miler, an average run distance for me, I decided to do some sprints, which felt okay. But as soon as the sprinting stopped, I'd trundle forward again with no rhythm.

On a run like today's, I suppose I'm most grateful for just being able to get out there at all. But it was neither pretty nor pleasant. Anyhow .... 

ignore the run and keep going.  everyone has bad runs, nothing anyone can do to prevent them.  somedays you just can't get in 'the zone'. 

It's not the first awful run I've ever had, and it won't be the last. I felt like I was wearing cement blocks for

 Take a rest day . The next run will be amazing .

Oh yes I have had those! You feel like you're dragging weights on your legs and giving way more of an effort than should be needed. That's okay though - it just shows you are training hard. Sometimes we just need a rest and then we're back to normal again.

Mine was equally crappy yesterday.  It got colder and windier.  My left hand couldn't move due to the cold, my face started to freeze at the end.  I almost threw up after I got home and I felt like garbage all day.  Went out this morning for 4.5 and it felt great.  Yesterday's weather sucked.  It felt like it would snow that raw garbage weather and the sun never came out like the forecast said.  I blame yesterday's weather.

I had one this morning. Got 8.5 into a planned 10 miler and just had to stop. Wasn't really tired, just dead legs. Couldn't make 'em go. Was a little worried, since usually I can dig out the last couple miles, but then remembered I had a medical deal this week and couldn't have solid solid food from Tues evening til Thur afternoon......duh.

So strange.  I just got back from a crap 5 miler too, signed on to here to log my run and the first thing I see is this thread.  Makes me feel better to know I am not alone.  My legs, thighs in particular, were totally dead and I could barely keep up with my wife who was not running fast at all.  I almost caved at 3 miles and told her to go on, but I kept falling forward for the rest of the run.  Ugh!

 

mta:  Oh, and before I left my house, my Garmin wouldn't power up and I had just charged it. 

Wow, all. Glad we could all get that out on the same day. It's the RA connection, man. My 310xt actually malfunctioned on that same run yesterday.

I had a run planned for this afternoon, but I was thinking about how I had to "exorcise" (har-har ... anyone? anyone?) my demons with a solo run. Also I couldn't wait for the afternoon because I was so nervous that I had like lost all my running mojo or something. Is that a thing? Anyway, I just ditched the iPod and went out for some hills. I ended up feeling pretty good and wandering around some neighborhood hills. It was beautiful, peaceful, and quiet. It was not a bad run, and I was really glad to have gotten over this funk so quickly. It's really the first time anything like that's really happened to me to that magnitude. Bizarre.

Part of me blames the 2 days off I took before that run. I mean, I know one cannot lose all fitness in 2 days, just to find out that I had left it at work or something, and it's not the first time I've taken 2 days off in a row, but I somehow am suspicious of it still. I have my eye on you, Laziness. This is my first real cold weather running season, so I guess I'm learning how to suck it up and run in the cold.