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DOMS

Taper Talk

August 2, 2012 by Kristy 17 Comments

I thought that once I started to taper for this 50K, I would feel better and relax a bit.  Instead my motivation has hit an all time low. 

Last week was my “peak week” of training and I hit 60 miles.  A good chunk of that was my marathon training run.  After that it looked a little something like this…

26.2 (yeah!) –> 10 (my legs feel great!) –> 6 (my legs feel OK) –> rest day –> 10 (crap, my legs are bricks) –> 7 (I should have stayed in bed) –> and so on…

My legs have felt beat up all week (hello, DOMS).  I’m not surprised; I generally take a week off after running a marathon. 

My motivation is also lacking.  I just don’t feel like running.  Plain and simple. 

We are going away this weekend so I’m scrambling to fit all my runs in this week so I can take Saturday and Sunday as rest days.  That’s rough and I’m just…cranky. 

I’ve also been up way too late watching the Olympics.  I though the Olympics were supposed to motivate?

Speaking of the Olympics, does anyone else think Ryan Lochte is a tool? 

fashion-fail-lochte-has-that-sweet-grill-bro 
exactly…

Why is Ryan Seacrest at the Olympics?

Did anyone catch this hurdler’s pre-race routine?  You better win after that!

Ryan Lochte – like or dislike?

Week 3 Recap

January 24, 2011 by Kristy Leave a Comment

For some  reason I am ridiculously tired today and have an insatiable appetite.  I’m chalking it up to lingering fatigue from Saturday’s 17-miler.  So I’m listening to my body and taking a rest day and hopefully I’ll feel more energetic for tomorrow’s speed work.

On the bright side, my legs felt great on Sunday (and still feel great today) so it looks like I dodged the DOMS!

Week 3 Recap

MON:  7 miles tempo
TUE:  75 min yoga
WED:  rest
THU:  4 miles speed + 2 miles easy + 60 min yoga
FRI:  rest
SAT:  17 miles long
SUN:  5 miles easy

Total mileage = 35 miles.

Off to catch up on Big Love and then bed!

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