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  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    Seems like it may very well be the air quality/ temperature. It has been a little hazy here these last couple of weeks. I shall monitor it and see if there's a change in performance.

    My wife is very sensitive to poor air quality and gets winded easily when the air is bad, especially if it's also warm. This was a big problem when we lived in Paris, since it's in a basin and there are a lot of cars and other pollution emitters.

    If you're following the C25K plan and resting at least 1 day between runs, it's unlikely to be overtraining, but there's a chance it is. Maybe you should try taking a 3-day break and see whether that makes a difference.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    Are you taking a break in between running days? I find that I need 2-3 days to feel back to where I need to be after I've done a longer run. So, if I take a longer run on Sunday, then it's usually Wednesday before I run again. If I try to run on Monday or Tuesday, I may as well just give up because even 1 miles seems too difficult and long. Plus, Sundays are my outside run days, the rest of the week I run on a treadmill, which I totally hate. I get so bored that I can hardly push though.
  • halliesheck
    halliesheck Posts: 8 Member
    Hey! I feel you on this. It can be very discouraging. For me the hips play a bigger roll in endurance than I originally realized. Even if they don't give you a red flag while going about your run (like they don't hurt or anything), they still tend to tense up on runners/bikers without us even realizing it sometimes (and definitely on desk job folks, like myself!). I notice a big difference when I pay attention to stretching out the ol' hip flexors, even in my breathing/endurance; it's as though my body isn't as stressed out trying to compensate for an integral muscle group being tense/weak. Hope this helps, and good luck!
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