.... so im getting in the longer runs ... max best 20 miles ... but when I come to doing the other things like badminton and playing 5 a side footy i've foond ive got a lot slower !!
How can that be ?
Im the fittest I think Ive ever been , but am frustrated that ive got slower on the other activities.
Your thoughts please
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Football training and marathon training are not particularly mutually inclusive.
The link below might help - as TL says you need to mix things up
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=9254&PageNum=&CategoryID=
BOl
Also you can expect to lose plenty of sharpness on the pitch, which is what I think you're saying in your post.
Also, unless you're unusual, it'll be very hard to play with the same commitment and bravery, as you know that any knock might ruin half a week/ a week etc of your running training/
I was getting into the groove and heading towards the idea of a full marathon .... mmmmm guess I need to re-awaken those fast twitch muscles.
I played 5 a side every week for nearly all last year, just stopped a couple of weeks before a marathon with no ill effects. I actually used it as a speed session of sorts, 3 miles roughly, but lots of bursts of speed. Garmin stats backed this up IMO.
Just get some speed work in , some hard fast runs in.
Does depend how competitive your 5 a side game is, friendly ish or real full on? If full on , then I'd say no.
Playing tomorrow actually, club run during evening. It is on astro turf, so carpeted, I always think how similar astro boots are to trail shoes. If playing on grass forget it.. Killer for ankles. Astro is nowhere near as bad.