Shocking bad run.

shels4ever

hi all,
Just wondering if this has ever happend to anyone. Last night I was racing and was in a really great battle with another runner over the first mile. Tried to break away a few times but was clawd back, but at half way i made another spirt, At this stage I though i was running close to my limit but still felt strong.

But totally died legs coudl jsut about move and i was in bit leg turnove was down and i was almost walking but this jsut lasted about 1--20 seconds and after that i got back into the race again.

Has anyone ever felt this during a run / race. It was like my body jsut didnt want to move very strange as my last 400 m I was back to normal .

Timmaay

:D:D, yep experanced that a few times, its called running too hard:P
I'm useally around the 6min mile pace during 5k/10k races, and if I knocked out a 5min mile in the 1st mile following the leaders or whatever I'd expect to die 1/2 way through! Learn how to pace yourself, and don't get in to big a dogfight with other runners during a race. Ideally sit on their shoulder and let them do the work for the 1st few miles, then break in the last mile or so, or if your like me and have a good sprint finish, fly by them in the last 200m!

rdunne

It when ever you push too hard. you changed speed to much too. Dont worry about it. Im a 6:30 miler in a 10k. Some time ill go under 6 for the first mile. my legs nearly fall off, but if im in good form my body kicks in again and ill do the rest in 6:30 pace. Its not a bad thing , Its good to push your self in races, I use a lot of the smaller races as speed work. Sometime I do blow up and end up nearly walking . having runner pass me that i passed a mile back..
Its all fun!!

Racing Flat

This may also be a result of 'leaving your race on the track' ie going too hard in training too close to the race, so that in the race, you don't have enough energy, so you go out the back door. If this is the case go easier in training for the few days/week before the race if you really want to peak. There should always be an explanation for a really bad race, and in my opinion it is more often than not remedied by training easier (or more wisely) rather than training harder. You often see fellows who have a bad race, train harder, race bad again, and they get into this vicious cuircle trying too hard to run a good race. In this event, a few weeks of easy running might do the trick.

shels4ever

Thanks it was the first race this year i actually felt like i was running, was able to catch people and not get dropped, and even tried to break away from a group a few times . This might be the reason it wasnt a very even run , i did up the pace a few times to try and drop people. Once again i would prob have run better sitting at the back of them.. but where is the fun in that..

Timmaay

shels4ever wrote: »

Once again i would prob have run better sitting at the back of them.. but where is the fun in that..

The fun is putting them under all that pressure for most of the race, they are knackering themself to stay ahead of you, then come the finaly miles/sprint finish run past them and leave them for dead! I dunno if its evil, but I take great pleasure in doing that to other runners , It probably because I have been the pacemaker for so many naive races of mine, and finally am getting it right and enjoy the whole race also!

My race strategy these days is to go out a nice steady pace, with my head clear and not racing the 1st few hunderd/mile etc, then build up my place and start picking off runners that did sprint the 1st mile and have died , I'll then slot in behind other runners I know are around my pace, and only if I'm confortable myself and know that I can pull ahead of them will I go, and try to slot in behind another fast runner. I'll keep doing this, how hard I go will dictate what I feel like at the end of the race, and recently I have been very confortable during races and come on strong at the finish to have a good sprint finish.

The ideal race for me is when I manage to do all this, and be completely wrecked with about a mile or 1/2 a mile to go, but use adrealine to bring me over the line! Any quicker and I'll die before the finish, any slower and I'll have a massive sprint finish and feel as if I have too much left at the end of the race

violator13

I would not worry too much about it..Maybe the pace was just a little too much for your fitness at the moment..I take it, it was the graded meet?
If so there are very few track races left now.
Im running a long time and I always smile at the lads who go out too fast.It happens every race.What is wrong with these people.Is it a glory thing?You have to run smart.

shels4ever

Thanks i think the case was i was upping my pace and slowing too much during the race.
I started off slowish for the first 200 m , but spotted a group that usually finish just in front of me, So i closed the gap to them ,and sat on the leader of the group but don't like that, so went to the front and tried to drop them... but ended up dropping myself with a number of spurts... but in the end managed recover to catch most of them in the last 200 m.

One thing was my leg turnover seems to be improving but need to up my mileage and more quality speed work, once i'm back from holidays I'm getting down to a club.