1. Try to avoid back-to-back high stress days. Work-outs that really drain you, (Red Rocks, Long Intervals, Over-distance) should have an easy day in between them. Every once in a while you will do two of these on consecutive days, and then you should definitely take a really easy day afterwards.
2. Long runs can be hard or easy, just add or subtract hills! A 60 minute run along Cherry Creek is easy. A 60 minute run around the Bluffs is hard.
3. If you are feeling burned out, or sick of running, that is normal; get your activity in by riding your bike, hiking, swimming, basketball, anything to get that heart rate up and give your running muscles a rest ever once in a while is totally fine.
If you did intervals on Tuesday, and Red Rocks today, go super easy tomorrow, do an easy long run Friday, cross train on Saturday and over-distance on Sunday. You want to gt fit, and to get fit requires stress and rest.
And as always, focus on good form when you are running!
2 comments:
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I assume you are referring to a certain letter that was sent out last week...
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