Just a general thread about running. How’s your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.
Just a general thread about running. How’s your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.
I’ve decided to start getting up early on Sunday’s so I can get an early morning run in, and finding the runs a struggle. I’m doing 10k (my longest ever run is only 11km) but they feel a lot more difficult than they do when I run at mid-day or the afternoon.
This Sunday I was up at 5:30, had an overnight oats breakfast, waited about 45 to 50 minutes and headded out for 7am. My legs felt stiff and my upper thighs a bit sore - maybe I need to do more on my warm up than I normally would do?
I’ve been wanting to start pushing past the 10km barrier and work for more but I really struggled, nearly gave up after 7km but just kept going. I’m glad I did but disappointed that I couldn’t go further. Looking at Strava I’ve only done 9 runs that are 10km+ so maybe I’m being a bit hard on myself.
I think if your body is not used to getting up at 5:30am and eating, its gonna feel weird. My only morning run is usually a parkrun, and I don’t eat before that. My other runs (12 - 16 km) I usually wait until I’ve had a large meal + 90 minutes then go.
I usually run in the evenings, I struggle with events because they usually are run early in the morning (so I have the same issue, having to get up early just to eat).
For getting past 10km, just make sure you are putting a long run into your weekly runs, and keep increasing your total mileage week on week. Yeah, it will be a struggle until your body can catch up to it.