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General chat - how's your running going? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/running

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Hey. I thought I'd give this a shot, just a general chat thread about running... eg. How was your run today, how are you tracking, how's your training going for that race that you decided to go for etc... if it's popular, maybe someone knows how to write a bot to post weekly or monthly? (I don't)

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[–] nonresonant 2 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Thanks for the advice. I really hate the idea of taking more time off. I really feel like I regress easily. Both with running and weight lifting. To be fair, I'm done more hard runs (effort) this week than I have in close to 15 years. I expect to be sorry. I wonder if adding more protein and sleep might help?

[–] davidalso 3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Every body is different, and you might be able to train your way through it. But do be alert for early signs of injury. Some pains can start small and seem like they're going to go away, but then they never do unless I back off. My most common pains happen around my hips, and I always try to run through them until I realize that they're not healing and I need a couple days off (which I hate.)

[–] nonresonant 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Actually, based on your reply I started looking into overtraining symptoms and I really believe that's what's happening.

I've been a weightlifter for about 15 years. I'm 37 now, and I just started running. But I'm running 3 days a week and my lifting 3 days a week. I started having sleep issues and then heart palpitations 2 months ago. I thought it was stress and so did my doctor, but I thought it was weird because I didn't feel stressed at all. Now that I think of it, the symptoms started as I was heavy into my running program.

I took a week off completely, and my stats and body felt more normal. Now, 4 days back, they are starting again. I think that's pretty obvious what's happening.

It sucks because training is literally a part of my life. I guess I'll have to cut back weightlifting for now since I'm focusing on becoming a better runner.

[–] marvinfreeman 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate taking time off. Even a pre race taper is hard.

But you can get past overtraining by reducing your volume and ramping up slower.

[–] nonresonant 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. That's what I'm going to try. I'm going to reduce my volume by taking out weights for now because I know I can get back to where I am more easily. I am just now starting to build a good running base and I don't want to regress.

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