Today I was so exhausted. I struggled through work. I came home and took a nap. And still was so tired. It was my day off running. But still at 8 p.m. I was ready for bed.
I've had this bone tired feeling for weeks now. I think it's all the 5 a.m. wake-ups catching up with me. I try to go to bed early, but I'm super sensitive to even 10 minutes of lost sleep. I've been walking around with like a zombie. And I'm still not used to the 5 a.m. alarms.
My legs aren't particularly tired. My quads are a little sore. And my achilles are sore first thing in the morning, but loosen up with walking around. It's nothing I'm worried about.This is fine for me. My legs are feeling fine. It's just a general feeling of fatigue, almost like I'm about to get sick.
But when I look at the numbers this is why I'm tired:
• I've been training hard with no cutback week for 9 weeks.
• The week before my May 28 half marathon was my last light week (taper before the half)
• The week of June 11 (7 weeks ago), I switched from running 4 days a week to 5 days a week.
• The last time I took two consecutive days off running was June 4-5.
• I ran more than 120 miles in July. It was the first time I got the Strava badge for 200 km in a month.
• I've run around 30 miles for the last 6 weeks. (When 25 is closer to my normal). This is a lot of miles for me. And the point where I start to hurt and break down.
So I'm going to give myself a break. Two days off running. I'll lower my miles a little this week. And hope I start to recover. I've been working really hard and one run (or one week) doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
Let's see if I can feel less exhausted. Off days are important.
