Week 7 - Day 4 OverTraining Run

Burned out...tried to run and I was able to but then I started to hurt. First it was my quads, then my achilles and I realized I was hurting all over. Stopped my run short. Texted Sean about this run and he told me I'm overtraining, my competitiveness is getting the worse of me. I have to dial it back and get in some rest. 

I have to thank Sean Ostermann for giving me focus when I start getting into this mode. I wish I could train more with him but with our families, work (even though we work literally in the same building about 50 feet away) and everyday responsibilities makes for training together a little difficult. I'm hoping by the time summer starts rolling we'll be able to get in more training together, especially hill training.

My training and marathon buddy Sean Ostermann

Week 7 - Day 3 Tempo Run Bonked

I am tired. And I bonked, this run. I was supposed to go 10k distance and really hit the wall at 8k. My cardio was fine, in fact I found that I was breathing very steady and easy, it was my legs that quit on me. And looking back at my training log, I'm at the crest of overtraining. The Week 7 Day 1.5 LSD run with Osty and Rob really killed my legs with running in what felt sand. The other issue I had this day was I worked from 1-6am, got home and slept until 9am and couldn't go back to bed so I was pretty sleep deprived.