Legs feeling heavy, ran extremely slow today?

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16 years ago 02/25/2008 8:14pm EST

On Friday I ran 1.6 x 3 at about 11-12 minutes. It wasn't too bad, though I was breathing a little loud (tempo pace). My calves were sore (build up over the week and I'm trying to switch to minimalism), so I took Saturday off. Sunday, I ran easy 1.5 miles but my legs felt heavy, etc. so I just stopped and did some plyometric exercises.

Today I ran 1200 x 3, extremely slow =/. My splits were 6:13, 6:35, 6:30. When I was running the whole time, my legs felt heavy and I felt like I was "skidding", and my breathing was kind of loud, but main thing I noticed was my legs felt heavy and each step forward felt heavy (like I was dragging myself). My stomach also hurt a bit afterwards (and during the run), I'm not sure I don't think I'm running huge mileage, I'm not sure why I would feel so bad and run such bad times for a 1200 (not even a mile) =/.

Anyone have any ideas, etc.? I feel like I'm getting the right nutrition in terms of vitamins, vegetables, fruits, calcium, iron (not 100% sure about this, connection maybe?) etc. My first meet is in 10 days, and I don't want to be running 8 minute miles there =/. Thanks for the help!

16 years ago 02/25/2008 10:53pm EST

re: AND

Sometimes when runners take two or more days off...their legs become heavy and dead.

This works for me: after you warm-up do 150 meters fast with 50 meters jog rest x 8..then begin your workout...this gets the junk out of the legs.

After your workouts....do 6-8 100 meter strides.

Also, when your legs are heavy..... at night raise your legs around 12 inches for 20 minutes. (Put them on pillows or something)

16 years ago 02/25/2008 11:02pm EST

re: AND

for God's sake, man; you really don't need to jump on letsrun to tell us you have heavy legs after working out. just move on and do it.

16 years ago 02/25/2008 11:20pm EST

re: AND

I'm sorry but you have AIDs.

16 years ago 02/26/2008 12:44am EST

re: Funnage

Okay people, simply asked for advice, not to get ridiculed--if you're only going to ridicule people, why waste your time posting anything at all?!

To the OP--virtually every runner--beginners through elites, is going to get like that from time to time. It simply means you might need a couple days of shorter or slower runs. A couple easy days should get you back (and even stronger) in no time. Just don't try to push through this too hard though--you don't want to dig yourself into a bigger hole--tired legs are a sign your body needs more time to recover. Good luck with this.

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