Never work the legs at the gym the day before a long run ...
Given the soreness I felt just walking down the stairs at home all day today, I debated bagging the run tonight, or at least shortening it. In the end, though, I just decided to take it out and see how I felt.
Right away, I could feel the fatigue. Keeping the turnover up was difficult, and my heart rate was up higher than usual for the pace I was maintaining. After about 10-15 minutes, however, I loosened up and decided to keep rolling. Unfortunately, that only lasted for about an hour. On the return portion of the run loop, my hip flexors, quads, hams, and IT band began to ache. By the end of the run, I felt almost like I was back at mile 20 at the Cal International marathon ... not good.
I made it home, though, and took some long, slow stretches and some easy massaging. I'm looking forward to getting in the pool tomorrow. I just hope there's not too much kicking planned.
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