Good Days, Bad Days

I've that happen probably less than ten times during the 16 years that I've been running. I just
attribute it to "I got tired." Don't turn it into rocket science.

Cold or virus. Not one so bad that you might even notice it but your bodys auto-immune system will
fight this from the inside out draining you of much energy reserves. "AndyP"
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For the first time since I started running I had to stop at the top of one of the hills I do. 3
Days later on the same route it felt as easy as it

ever

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had (which admittedly is never really easy at about 20% and maybe about

half

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a mile long). I can't pinpoint any reason for the difference though.

What

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kind of factors does anyone else put off days down to?

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For the first time since I started running I had to stop at the top of one of the hills I do. 3
Days later on the same route it felt as easy as it ever had (which admittedly is never really easy
at about 20% and maybe about half a mile long). I can't pinpoint any reason for the difference
though. What kind of factors does anyone else put off days down to?

When you do most of your running at an easy pace, it doesn't matter so much if it's a good day or a
bad day. When you have a "bad day", you just have to run a little slower, and possibly put up with
some residual soreness that is causing your "bad day". You try to make your fast sessions and races
sufficiently infrequent that you are always well rested and well fed when you do them.

Factors that contribute to a bad day include inadequate rest, inadequate nutrition, or attempting a
demanding workout after you're still recovering from another demanding workout (you should *expect*
to be sore just after speed work or a race-- and adjust the next day's training appropriately).

Since it appears that you find it difficult to run up this hill, it may be a good idea to reserve
your hill climbing for days when you're really feeling 100%, and avoid doing such runs on
consecutive days.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflordOpen ↗

(TheRacker) said:

I've that happen probably less than ten times during the 16 years that I've been running. I just
attribute it to "I got tired." Don't turn it into rocket science.

Unfortunately I've had it happen more than you. Although I wouldn't worry about it to much I
think it helps to try an identify the causes. It's a real potential problem that you may
have one of these "bad days" on race. Eliminating as many of those bad days a spossible is a
good thing. In my experinace ALOT of things can cause bad days, Stress, not enough sleep,
bad eating habits, overtraining, under training blah blah blah. Just keep an eye on things
and see if you can recognize a cause.

~Matt

When you run often, some days easy is hard and some days hard is easy. I don't think anyone knows
why. Just accept this as normal and you'll be ok. Doug Burke

AndyP said:

For the first time since I started running I had to stop at the top of one of the hills I do. 3
Days later on the same route it felt as easy as it ever had (which admittedly is never really easy
at about 20% and maybe about half a mile long). I can't pinpoint any reason for the difference
though. What kind of factors does anyone else put off days down to?

AndyP said:

For the first time since I started running I had to stop at the top of one of the hills I do. 3
Days later on the same route it felt as easy as it ever had (which admittedly is never really easy
at about 20% and maybe about half a mile long). I can't pinpoint any reason for the difference
though. What kind of factors does anyone else put off days down to?

It's called being tired, or having a slight virus, or... you are an idiot.

You're a jogger. Everyday is an off day.