poidy
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- Aug 3, 2009
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I've been running regularly for about 3 years now 2-3 times a week. Nothing too serious. Usually anything from 3-5 miles as well as a bit of interval training as well.
The problem that has been a feature over these last 3 years has been 'heavy legs'.
For example yesterday I went on a 4 miler. The second I started running it felt like I had lead weights attached to my legs. I managed to grin and bear it until the 4 mile point but it wasn't pleasant. On the rare occasion I'm not having to contend with this I can absolutely smash it (just recently on one of these such days I pushed at 10 miles in 1hr 38mins).
The 'heavy legs' I talk about isn't fatigue from previous workouts as I only go running every 3-4 days, in fact I don't suffer from any post run aches at all (with the exception of the 10 miler maybe)
Are there any solutions to this as its really holding me back? When I do have one of my rare strong days I love it and could easily push out half marathons, however, this issue just makes it a complete chore.
The problem that has been a feature over these last 3 years has been 'heavy legs'.
For example yesterday I went on a 4 miler. The second I started running it felt like I had lead weights attached to my legs. I managed to grin and bear it until the 4 mile point but it wasn't pleasant. On the rare occasion I'm not having to contend with this I can absolutely smash it (just recently on one of these such days I pushed at 10 miles in 1hr 38mins).
The 'heavy legs' I talk about isn't fatigue from previous workouts as I only go running every 3-4 days, in fact I don't suffer from any post run aches at all (with the exception of the 10 miler maybe)
Are there any solutions to this as its really holding me back? When I do have one of my rare strong days I love it and could easily push out half marathons, however, this issue just makes it a complete chore.