Muscle fatigue (Read 122 times)

I'm not a treadmill guy, but in a general sense, i advocate working on everything all the time.

In your situation, try the things you suggest, and even more. Maybe gels won't be your thing but a little pre-workout carbs will. Maybe adding protein after a workout will help build muscle and if you are in a caloric deficit during the workout, protein before could help you from cannobolizing muscle for fuel.

But mostly, it sounds like you need to work on your training program, and building endurance and speed endurance should be a goal.

A half hour workout is not going to be effected by fueling unless you start out with a caloric deficit. That's just too short a workout to require fueling under most any circumstances.

Work on your training program. I am sure there will be ideas on how to follow by other posters, but better yet, get a book on running training programs.

1. You shouldn't need to fuel up before running a workout that's 3ish miles long

2. Protein before a workout isn't going to help you. It isn't used effectively as fuel and is only going to make your stomach feel yuck. Protein is for after. And not really needed after running 3ish miles.

3. You shouldn't do all your workouts at the same pace and the exact same distance/duration.

4. You didn't say how long you've been training but, yes, if 6.2 mph is a comfy pace for you, 8 mph kind of won't be.

Give it time. Read up on training. Don't worry so much about food.

The main thing that will help.

once a week can’t you run longer while your child sleeps?

i understand being a mommy vs taking care of yourself! i've been there too. You might not like to hear this, but what helped me the most was switching my running time to early in the morning before the family was awake. I go out about five in the morning and am home just as everybody is waking up. Easier now since my babies are growing up and don't need me nearly as much. But do give it serious consideration. I go to bed early, when my kids do, and am up early. When i'm training for marathons i get up even earlier, about four thirty. Its worth it. My workout is done before the day has started. Its a carved out bit of time just for myself. and its a way to recharge and thing through my day. I start the day feeling ready for whats to come and then i'm not fretting through the rest of the day trying to figure out when to squeeze in my workout

As long as you want to use your treadmill, here are some suggestions. vary your workout every day. one day just run as long as you can nice and easy. one day work on the incline, set the pace to where you can control it and do intervals with the incline, one day warm up for mile run hard for a mile then cool down for a mile, one day do half mile intervals hard and jog hard and jog...and as soon as you can start building up distance, if you really want to run a marathon, distance is going to help you out more than pace

Thank you. Yes that is the plan (that I’m both excited for and dreading!!!) to wake up before everyone.

i think you’re right. I should vary my work out more. All I’ve been doing is increasing/“improving.” I do hills/fat burn once a week on the treadmill and an outside hike with steep hills. The other 4 days is the 5k aimed at getting faster and now with incline.

i had read all about intervals and for I thought, when I slow down it’s more effort to re start (which is probably the point!) so I just keep going harder and stronger. However at this level for me, I need brief stops to continue.

i do have a set time right now when I run with the toddler but like I said,he won’t let me increase distance. And I’ve already considered joggers...I’m done buying baby stuff and I can’t train with a child.

the only option is no sleep! I’m ok w that tho. Can’t do it on weekdays tho bc husband is out the door by 6.

thanks I’ll try some more variations.

active recovery...?

I wonder if you're pushing every run, zone 4 or zone 5 type of runs...and never doing any easy paced/active recovery type runs.

eat real food, enough protein which most americans get too much already, enough carbs... but I don't think fueling for a 5k run like that would be problematic, ie not the problem why you're feeling as you do...

Improvement happens over time. It's not fast. You need to cut yourself some slack.

 

When is the race you want to train for? You don't need to be racing and trying to set records in training. Some speedwork is fine, but speedwork is not intended to be an every run workout. You need easy runs in there to let your body recover from the harder days. If you push it every time, you are more likely to get injured or burnt out before you get to the start line.

Cut myself slack? What’s that?!? 😉 I know all this...meaning Ive read it! Well plans changed again and I’m going to shoot for San Francisco in July 2020 or Sacramento dec 2020.

I know I shouldn’t be setting records and I say all I want to do is finish The race, but there’s a voice telling me to do better than that. The thing with easy runs is I feel like I’m wasting my time. I want the burn and to get something out of it. For sure you are right.  I’m not allowing proper recovery. My legs feel good (“hurt” in the sense that I know I worked out) every day I run. Weekends are my main recovery time. Sunday I’m a blob.

i even told myself this week: I’m just going to do 6.2 mph the entire 3.1 miles. What did I do around 15min? I said this is too easy and my songs are too good to waste. I got bored. Btw I work out in my neighborhood clubhouse, not at home.

define “easy” run if I’m doing 6.2mph easily? Should I just not increase my speed? Bc I can’t go longer with the kid. That’s my problem I guess. He’s getting in the way 😂. And I love me a good sweat, burning lungs, a pounding heart, and slight nausea at the end of my workout. It’s then that I felt like I did something (since I’m limited on distance). See my dilemma?

but you all are right...I gotta increase distance.