Yesterday I went out for a six-mile run and I died .68 of a mile into the run. My legs were dead. The kind of dead where the legs just refuse to move. It’s frustrating.
Today I went out for a run of undetermined length and ended up with three miles. The first mile was hell but I warmed up as the run continued. There are a couple of things that I’m doing differently: 1) I’m running later in the day and I’m a morning runner and 2) Hormones, hormones, hormones.
I will run for twelve miles on Sunday – very early in the morning. I’m sure by then I’ll be as good as new.
Dead legs are good! Keep the training up!
I like my runs and eggs sunny side down just like you.
How come we never hear anything about the Daddy Bird?
Hormone issues SUCK. Being female sucks sometimes. Don’t let these past few runs get you down. Go back to your morning running – you’ve been training hard – you’ll be fine.
Take your Saturday off, and enjoy it. You’ll be ready to rock on Sunday.
That sucks when that happens, you’ll be fresher for the weekend.
Sunday should be good – enjoy your rest day on Saturday!
U had dead legs and u ran for 6 miles..good stuff..i can’t imagine when u have live legs ;O
Maybe it’s the evil running skirt? Looking forward to hearing about a great long run on Sunday mate.
When she has live legs Michael gets invovled.
ew, hormone shtuff blows. enjoy saturday’s rest and kick butt sunday!
dead legs in the spring
susan’s wren has laid five eggs
all wait for skirt porn
i’m a haiku jeenyuss!
i’ve taken to calling you Lythe Runner and Wrenneth Paltrow.
Hopefully the dead legs means that you are training hard enough.
dead legs are good?? Who knew?? then I’m GOLDEN!!!
moving from morning to afternoon is a BIG move. i bet that’s most of it (like I know). Good luck sunday!
Wrenneth Paltrow…HA! Rest on Saturday, you’ll be ready on Sunday morning. Run from lifetime?
I think I might be ready to try a short 3 mile run?? Let me know when you might be up for it!!!
This reminds me of that great ancient Chinese proverb:
When the eggs are in the nest,
runner’s legs will need their rest.
When the eggs crack and little birdies fly,
Susan’s legs will no longer die!
PLEASE HELP!! I am having running skirt issues, and need your imput! …soon because my half piggy is Sunday!
*shudder* I don’t know how you prefer running in the morning over the afternoon… but I agree you should do what feels best for you. Good luck with the 12!
On Sunday you will run easily and all the troubles are in the past (in your last post).
Is it possible for you to mail a Rowdy stuff to Italy?)
Dead legs..i can relate. 🙁
You gotta follow that body clock though..I can totally tell when I try to work out when I normally don’t (usually early morning runs- ouch). Have a great run Sunday!
I too am a morning runner, and couldn’t even THINK about moving them in the afternoon except in the pool or on a bike!
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If you’re running later in the day, are you eating enough before you run? My running club meets at 6 pm and often I forget to eat during the day. This makes for runs that suck, so I try to eat something within two hours of my run. Gels help, too. But sometimes you just need a day off. Good luck tomorrow.
Susan, the first two miles of a run are often tough, and if you had persisted, you might have started to feel better eventually. As a few commenters have already said, it might also be a sign that you’re trainign hard, in which case dead legs would be a good thing.
I hope the Sunday run went better. Fingers crossed!
I find I run much better in the mornings. Quite often in the afternoon I suffer dead leg syndrome or no motivation sydrome – sometimes they strike me at the same time!
I find that my running is always better earlier in the day. There are times when it’s unavoidable to run later in the day, though.
We can all relate with ‘dead legs’, though!
Answering your question: I set up the Garmin to alert me if I am going faster than a certain time or slower than a certain time. That way, I try not to focus on the watch but instead on the run. It’s great.
I love your blog! Hope your 12 miles went great!
That trail run sounds great, running 4 and half hours, that is a way to enjoy running!
The nest is lovely!
oh yes the dreaded dead legs. I have had them many times. Usually accompanied by its buddys, ‘unmotivated’ and ‘self doubt’. Now Self Doubt is the worst of the three so as long as you listen a little bit to unmotivated and know that dead legs is just visting you’ll be grand for the race.