Forums >General Running>running by feel...what did I do wrong?
What part of 'separate issue' and 'usually get to at least 8 miles before it starts to tweak' didn't you understand?
The one thing I've learned from my time here are there are no right answers but lots of wrong questions.
How To Run a Marathon: Step 1 - start running. There is no Step 2.
Err, stop me when I'm wrong.
If you set out for an easy run, and ended up injuring yourself or pushing yourself to the edge of injury, then you had a bad run. "Running by feel" did not work out well for you on that day. Period. All apologies to the hippy crowd, but seriously...if a runner has to cut a run short because he ran too fast and injured his hamstring, lets call it what is was: a failed experiment. ... Since you didn't elaborate on how severe or chronic this hamstring injury is, and since I haven't seen you comment as to whether it affected your subsequent workouts, hopefully it was a one-time thing. I do hope that you take it easy and don't risk aggravating the hammy issue. Whatever type of training philosophy you follow, injuries suck. Whatever and whomever's advice you decide to follow, train well and stay healthy.
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Yikes.
Err, stop me when I'm wrong. That was a while ago:
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Why would my level of effort feel less on a fast run than other days when it felt like I was really pushing but was, in fact, going slow?
"Psychologically, runners may experience euphoria, a feeling of being invincible, a reduced state of discomfort or pain, and even a loss in sense of time while running,"
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Another stellar contribution to the discussion Jake. You are a gem; a real asset to the community. I appreciate your thoughtful insights, and I look forward to many more posts with the same level of intelligence and civility.