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I get lead legs if I've been running a lot and my legs aren't recovered enough. Because you are ramping things up, perhaps your legs have some residual tiredness. You could have needed more of a warm-up before attacking the hill too. Oh and if you tried to run up the hill too fast, you can get the dreaded lead as well.
Member Since 2008
So when this happens to you do you take a break or does it eventually work itself out? I'm trying to be consistent with 5 days a week because I know if I take too much of a break it'll be work to get back into it. I was thinking that perhaps this is too short of a run for my muscles to be warmed up by the time I get back to the hill.... didn't get the lead thighs on my 5 miler this past weekend...
Many people take the first couple of miles of their run more slowly or even walk (as mentioned above) as to warm up more efficiently and get rid of the stiff legged feeling.
A Saucy Wench
Everyone has bad runs and normally there is no explanation for them. Since the run was nothing out of the ordinary for you, there is nothing to worry about. It's not nutritional because nutrition doesn't become a factor until your runs are much longer. Just chalk it up as a bad run and move on. Tom
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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