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Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by QueenZipp

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by QueenZipp

My friend Ken made a great observation today.....this is what I summed up in my blog:

Ken made a great point today--last year I was doing almost equal volume to this year--though the long runs were not as long and I was not as exhausted as this year. I dug through last years logs (August--September). I was tired....had a butt load of migraines.....but was not bone weary exhausted like I am now. I think one thing I did differently was run some evenings so I would not have to get up at dawn every day. I did a lot more yoga. My legs didn't kick in with decent speed until October so I guess this slow azz stuff is the norm for now.....That said, I may alternate weeks of 5 days a week running and 4 days a week to run cause that was my plan last year. I will also not force myself out of bed at 5 AM all the time now that it's cooling off. I can do some running after work which may help.....I haven't gone vegan or even vegetarian --yet....but I am more plant focused.

So I have some direction on how to "fix" what ever is messing up my run and hope to recover it before too long. Started with a Vinyasa Yoga class tonight (and meat with dinner for the first time since the weekend)

Judy, I wonder how much of a role nutrition is playing in this, since you went more plant focused. Is your protein intake around the same level?

Just throwing it out there, I'm so far away from knowledgeable on this stuff that I really need to get up to speed.

I haven't eliminated meat and have done recipes that had a good balance of other sources of proteins (ie beans and cheeses) BUT I will say that after eating chicken last night my body perked up like nobody's business so some may be related to that change.

I'm kinda interested, as I have been struggling with diet (and the affect there of) lately. It is such a challenge, I feel your pain.

Judi,

After just going through a bout of over reaching, it sounds like you may be over reached. There are lots of things that can go into causing one to over reach--work stress, personal stress, sub optimal nutrition, increased volume, intensity, frequency, poor sleep, lack of sleep, etc.

I have been there two times this year, and for me it's been a combination of increased volume and intensity and personal stress. When I get there, I have to back it WAY, WAY down to recover. Some recommendations I have seen are to do nothing for two days and then no more than light 50 minutes for three days before resuming previous volume with NO intensity for an additional week.

If we keep pushing without recovery we just dig ourselves into a hole and delay the inevitable rest--your body will get it one way or another. You can give it to it, or it will take it from you :/

I would also strongly suggest taking a look at your nutrition. It is not uncommon for endurance athletes to be low on protein or iron. I know you've had blood work recently, did they happen to do an iron panel? Often, a doc will check hemoglobin but not specifically check ferritin --this does not mean that we should supplement iron without having it checked as high iron is potentially worse than low iron. Apologies if you know this stuff already, but just thought I'd throw it out there. :)

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