Bad runs STINK! (Read 736 times)

I just need to vent...I know they happen to everyone. So, yesterday I get on the TM at the gym for what was supposed to be a nice, easy 4-5 miler. I was actually looking forward to it because I've made so much progress lately, and my runs have been easier and more comfortable than they have ever been before. It was crazy windy and cold outside, so I decided the gym would be my best (if not boring) bet. So I get on the TM and I knew within the first 1/4 mile that I was NOT going to have a good go of it. So I slowed down a bit, thinking, OK, at least I'll get the miles in, even if they are slower. Then I started thinking, well, maybe I'll just do 3 miles today. I decided after 2 that it just was NOT gonna happen, as I had the whole sweating, slightly nauseous thing going and I knew if I pushed it I'd be paying for it all week. I guess the last couple weeks of really good runs had to catch up with me sometime, but it's still depressing as hell when your ambition exceeds what your body wants to do.

I had the same problem myself last week. I was tired after a 1/4 mile, and I'm better than that. I pushed through and finished only 2 miles (I'm still new to this whole running thing, but used to do 3 miles without too much difficulty), and part of that I had to walk. It was depressing. I didn't get the opportunity to go again last week after that, and instead went snowshoeing yesterday so I'll run again tonight. Here's to a good run for both of us today!!

but it's still depressing as hell when your ambition exceeds what your body wants to do.

I feel your pain, I feel your pain...I crashed and burned at the Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix yesterday about a mile and a half from the finish line... Still finished by the way, just not as good as I wanted...

There must have been something in the spirits yesterday for all the new runners of the world! I too, had a horrible run yesterday. Here is what is weird though. It ALWAYS seems to be the first run after the " Long Run" each week. Except I had an extra rest day, because of some pre-arranged plans. I should have run like the wind but instead I felt like my legs were just made of lead, and I could not get the breathing pattern right. I just huffed and puffed, and finally had to go into a walk for 1/4 mile. I finished it running, but it was not pretty. Long Run Nick kept coming into my head, and I listened to him preaching " It's okay to walk". Still I felt like crap the rest of the day, Mad as hell, because I had an AWESOME 45 minute long run just days before. Have any of you ever psyched yourself out and let your head take over and ruin your running? How do you overcome it? I am set to run a 36 minute run tomorrow at 6:00 AM. Hopefully it will be a great run, and I won't have to feel sad all day like I did yesterday...... sigh.

Yup, yesterday was not a good day...glad to know I wasn't the only one. I had eight miles planned and I completely bonked about three miles into it. I struggled up a long hill, turned the corner and there was another hill! (It was a new route for me.) Neither one of the two hills were bad enough to cause me serious trouble normally, but for some reason they did yesterday. I ended up walking up the second one, cursing myself the entire way. I manage to get in five, but it was probably one of the worst runs I've had in over a year.

Bad runs STINK!

I think this partly depends on what you eat.

I think this partly depends on what you eat.

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I don't know about you folks, but running (or walking around) lets me break away and chill out. Often, I'll feel like caca, but after a mile or 2 I am feeling great. The runs that really stink are the ones that did not happen because I did not take the first step out the door! I had one recent run where I wanted to do at least 6 miles, but ended up just doing 3 because of fatigue. These type of runs do not happen much for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- People seem to PR when I run... maybe that's because I eat beans.