Warm up
10x loose dirt hills @home depot (6x125 2x150 2x175)
Cool down
There is something off. There is something wrong. This workout was supposed to be hard, but I nearly died after. I would say 8 out of 10. 10 being hardest workout, 9 being Tuesday.
Here's the situation. Last Saturday I woke up at 5 to make it to BYU for my race. The race was pretty bad. I went to bed at around 12:30ish and woke up at 8. 7.5 hours of sleep is about average. My b-day was Sunday and I ate a ton of sugar and got to bed late (7-8 hours of sleep). Monday I was exceptionally not happy and unmotivated. Tuesday I was dead tired and killed myself during the workout. Wednesday was ok. Throughout these three days I've been unable to get myself to do homework, I've been going to bed late because of one reason or another (11pm-6am is about average), I've been sleeping through class more than normal, I haven't wanted to run, I've been a little stressed over a lot of things (band, lack of races before region, grades, etc.) and I ended Wednesday hardly being able to hold a conversation because of tiredness. So today I quit. I slept in until 11 and didn't leave the house until xc. I felt great. I was more energized than I have been in weeks, but then I could hardly finish today's workout.
From what I've gathered from listening to my body I have compound stress and compound fatigue. Each one fuels the other and I'm struggling to break the cycle because now I'm simply less tired with more unfinished homework. With homecoming this weekend and an overnighter next weekend I can't seem to find a way out of this. I need help and advice. Does anyone out there have advice because running hasn't taken so much out of me since my first attempts at high mileage before freshman year?
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