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Hello everyone I wonder if you can offer any advice.
Recently i have been really finding my runs difficult. I just don't seem to have any energy. I have been to the doctor for blood tests thinking perhaps low iron but They are all clear. I haven't changed anything in my diet and have even taken a full week rest.
My plan is to cut out bread ( I am sure I saw on here that someone else did this and it worked for them so worth a shot)
Start doing some efforts as at the moment I have only 3 runs a week two at 5 miles normal and a long easy run.
Include a spin class for cardio
I usually have porridge with water before a run can anyone suggest anything else I could try for this
And any itched tips to get my mojo back ?
I am training for London and Edinburgh marathons
Recently i have been really finding my runs difficult. I just don't seem to have any energy. I have been to the doctor for blood tests thinking perhaps low iron but They are all clear. I haven't changed anything in my diet and have even taken a full week rest.
My plan is to cut out bread ( I am sure I saw on here that someone else did this and it worked for them so worth a shot)
Start doing some efforts as at the moment I have only 3 runs a week two at 5 miles normal and a long easy run.
Include a spin class for cardio
I usually have porridge with water before a run can anyone suggest anything else I could try for this
And any itched tips to get my mojo back ?
I am training for London and Edinburgh marathons
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Sometimes a week isn't enough.
Maybe you are fighting off an infection, tests are unlikely to show that up unless you monitor heart rate on a regular basis.
I quite often find that when I'm struggling with longer runs then spending time doing really short stuff helps. Today I ran reps of 100, 200 + 300m. Yesterday I could barely jog a mile but today I really pushed as hard as I could and found that I had the energy to do so.
I don't eat before running but have been known to knock back a coke or red bull esp if I'm tired but need to get home or to work.
How are you sleeping?
Any stress in your life?
Have you raced recently or pushed yourself hard in some way?
Maybe vary your runs. Do a fartlek session for example. You could just be bored.
I have had a few races great eastern and pumpkin run (half) and for whatever reason just felt awful.
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Am going to try with the shorter runs and fartlek sessions. Think I may drop my long run back to 8 miles and work back up as I did 14 yesterday and pretty much hated every second and had to run walk the last few.
Morning Amanda. Sounds to me like your body is asking for a break! Eat well (plenty of healthy stuff) and maybe consider doing some swimming or something else for a couple of weeks and re-assess? Also sounds like you have rather a lot on your plate at home and at work - a couple of weeks rest might help relieve some of your stress too.
I would agree with Grendel3 about the bread - might be best not to randomly cut out a good food source without proper advice!
Also just bought some weetabix to try for breakfast see if that makes a difference
This is why I love this forum there is always someone there to help and offer advice.
Thank you.