Comments on: ouch http://completerunning.com/running-blog-mark/index.php/archives/2006/11/27/ouch-2/ Welcome to the home of Mark aka The Running Blogfather - a 40 year-old dad, husband and marathon runner who's beaten injury and is on the comeback trail! Mon, 21 May 2012 20:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pamalamadingdong http://completerunning.com/running-blog-mark/index.php/archives/2006/11/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36930 Pamalamadingdong Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:17:02 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-blog-mark/index.php/archives/2006/11/27/ouch-2/#comment-36930 It's eery here. End of November and NO SNOW, also? -2 today. One day the sky will fall on us. But until then? na na na na poo poo! It’s eery here. End of November and NO SNOW, also? -2 today.
One day the sky will fall on us. But until then? na na na na poo poo!

]]> By: Andrew Seeley http://completerunning.com/running-blog-mark/index.php/archives/2006/11/27/ouch-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36911 Andrew Seeley Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:08:13 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-blog-mark/index.php/archives/2006/11/27/ouch-2/#comment-36911 When I first started running long runs with Marc I'd come home and have to lie on the couch for the remainder of the morning I was so exhausted. Of course you're beat. This is normal and not a sign this is too much. Talk about resilience, determination, and grit. You've got it. Week by week you'll feel stronger and you're workouts will become 'easier' in the sense you'll lose a lot of the fatigue factor. This is because you're body is quickly adapting to the new stress - continuous aerobic running. The first thing the body does is quickly improve oxygen transfer from the lungs to the muscles. It does this by creating additional pathways and makes the chemical process of converting stored fuel into useable fuel more efficient. The side effects are periods of peaceful feeling, increased stamina, and some mental clarity. This in addition to the training effect - running faster, longer, easier. Good work. When I first started running long runs with Marc I’d come home and have to lie on the couch for the remainder of the morning I was so exhausted. Of course you’re beat. This is normal and not a sign this is too much.

Talk about resilience, determination, and grit. You’ve got it.

Week by week you’ll feel stronger and you’re workouts will become ‘easier’ in the sense you’ll lose a lot of the fatigue factor. This is because you’re body is quickly adapting to the new stress – continuous aerobic running. The first thing the body does is quickly improve oxygen transfer from the lungs to the muscles. It does this by creating additional pathways and makes the chemical process of converting stored fuel into useable fuel more efficient.

The side effects are periods of peaceful feeling, increased stamina, and some mental clarity. This in addition to the training effect – running faster, longer, easier.

Good work.

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