I am feeling yesterday’s running in my legs today. Part of me wants to do more treadmill work, do a recovery run tonight. But part of me says I should rest. I have a wierd phantom pain in my left leg that comes and disappears. It appears on my left shin, and feels like my leg will collapse. So maybe tonight I will rest the legs, and maybe punch on my heavy bag. I remember from years ago when I dabbled in bodybuilding that you staggered your workouts so that you gave the muscles 48 hours to rebuild. But I doing recovery runs and keeping my HR below 70% so that lactic acid is not produced in high quantities may be different. It is not like doing hard runs on consecutive days.
This is tough as I am not usually one to give in to fatigue or pain. But I think it is the correct thing to do. But darn, I want to get my miles in. Grrrr…
So much for a day off. I got home from work, drug my wife out of the house, and we walked the dog for a couple of miles at a leisurely pace. Then when we got home, I got on the treadmill, and jogged/walked 6 more miles keeping my HR around 140-151. I feel pretty good though. Then I made a nice caesar salad, and some baked salmon for dinner. Yum. I will probably go for 8 miles on the treadmill tomorrow night while trying to keep my HR below 70%.
Comment by Rob — August 30, 2006 @ 9:03 pm