Dead legs. I'm not entirely sure what happened today. I got everything ready to go out for 19 miles this morning and it all fell apart, very fast. 6:00am- First attempt. 2 miles. Legs were dead. Maybe I need to wake up more? Baby wakes up so I put it on hold. 9:00am- Second attempt. 1 mile. Not happening. Why are my quads shot and legs tingling?? 11:00am- Third attempt- 5 miles. Not a single meter over. Legs are still shot and right knee is starting to hurt. It took three concerted tries to see the writing on the wall. It wasn't happening today and maybe not this week. No injuries for me. I think my tempo/interval day on Wednesday partially set me up for this. After the fact, I looked at my pace calculator and saw I was clearly out of the range where I should have been for a tempo (6:08 vs 6:23+). Then yesterday I did some funky leg exercises. All in all, made for a not so productive running day. Maybe I'll shoot for an early week long run on Monday, my birthday. Send presents. |