Hi
I have to do my weekday and some weekend runs in the evening (7-8ish)
The nights after my runs I don't get to sleep very well, I've stopped using a recovery drink 'cos I thought it was keeping me awake, but it's not made much difference. Think it's to do with endorphins but I'm not sure what to do about it.
Any advice folks?
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nothing much you can do about it really unless you change the time you run
I don't have any problem getting to sleep:o)
I honestly cant remember a day when this hasnt happened - yet otherwise I sleep normally for 8 hours a night.
I dont want to do sessions in the morning because i cant with work and besides I enjoy training hard with others - cant do the same on my own.
Is this just adrenalin or is there any other scientific reason? It is so annoying cos I feel so spaced out on mondays and Wednesdays and am usually asleep at 9.00 on these nights!
If i'm running/biking 3 or 4 times a week in the evening, after a couple of weeks i'm shattered.
Free Radical, What's the secret then?
If it's really bad then a Nytol tablet does the job.
I think that you have to force yourself into a routine.
If I'm still a bit "live" when I go to bed I read a boring book (not a novel) until the eyes have had enough. That does it. TV does not do it for me. I enter a state of transfixed stupor, which is almost asleep but only half the value.
You accept it as being normal and work your way around it.
I've heard mixed messages about the Nocte - any thoughts?
Not sure what the answer is.
I've been trying the last week a herbal remedy called Valerina and so far I've slept through till morning and as its herbal no effects in the morning either.
I have the same problem(s). A simple case of sod's law for me. The more I need or want to sleep (wether it be the night before a race, or following a hard/rewarding session - eg last night..) the greater the likelihood of sleep deprivation. Lots of occasions when I've been awake all night as a consequence
I've tried all the usual remedies that one is quoted, some being repeated in this thread - but to no effect. I don't believe there are any quick fixes. I've just had to accept that this, like tendonitis or my inability to run up hills !
I think flexible sleep patterns are for some of us just a fact of life - not worrying about and accepting our bodies ability to 'catch-up' if given half the chance, a partial if imperfect answer ?
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Health Warning : Never ever share a tent with such a person on a weekend mountain marathon if (i) things are going well following day 1 and (ii) you are trying to get some much needed shut eye in preparation for day 2...
Try not eating tea after a hard session late at night, take all your calorific requirement on-board during the day and then only have fluids and a recovery snack between the session and sleep.
Only a suggestion but at least then your body isn't trying to process a stomachs worth of food as your trying to sleep.
If all that fails, I'll put you in touch with my ex - I couldn't stay awake for five minutes with him ;-)