Feeling Burnt

Over the course of the last 3 weeks I've been transitioning from "base" phase to "prep" phase in my Baystate Marathon training program. During that period I've also been having a very difficult time getting my legs to turn over. I've been feeling sluggish and completely out of sync - in short, "run down".

At first, I thought it was just the warmer "dog days of summer" weather and a recent inability to get an adequate amount of rest. However, after looking through my training log for the past 10 weeks, I think I may have discovered my problem. Overtraining!

Summer Long Runs Week Day Miles Miles Comments per day per wk 1 6/16 16 102 Race - Mount Greylock 1 6/21 38 Hike - Day 1 - 8 Peaks  2 6/22 24 69 Hike - Day 2 - 3 Peaks  2 6/23 27 Hike - Day 2 - 7 Peaks  3 7/1 20 66 Road Run - Canada 3 7/6 16 Road Run - Canada 4 7/7 12 Race - Blue Hills  4 7/12 35 94 Hike - Day 4 - 5 Peaks  4 7/13 25 Hike - Day 5 - 8 Peaks  5 7/14 30 62 Hike - Day 6 - 8 Peaks  6 7/21 12 68 Race - Cranmore 6 7/27 28 Race - Bear Brook Marathon 7 7/31 20 62 Trail Run - Double 8 8/5 33 74 Hike - Day 7 - 8 Peaks  8 8/10 20 Road Run - Nashua 9 8/17 18 64 Road Run - Canada 10 8/24 22 75 Road Run - Nashua 10 17 396 724 Avg 23.3 72.4 per day per wk
So, in the span of 10 weeks I've done 17 runs of 12 miles or more, over 50 mountain summits - at an average distance of 23 mile per run and 72 miles per week! That's a lot of miles!
Hopefully the legs will come around soon. Just 8 weeks til Baystate!!!