It happens to me, as well.
My theory is that your body just gets used to stuff, and when you change things and it has to deal with something it’s not used to, it rebels.
Your body expects to run and gears up for it, and when you don’t you get “blue balls” of the legs.
Got a PR today! 46:25 for an 8K. Not even close to a competitive time, but the fastest I’ve run in ages. I dressed perfectly, it was cool and still, and I felt damn good.
In May, I start speedwork with some fast friends. We’ll see how this works. My goal is to run a leg or two of the Edmund Fitzgerald 105 km relay with their team in October (IIRC); last year I drove the van and had a blast, but MAN did I want to run!
There’s a long, winding hill I like to run up behind where I live. Yesterday I walked up it, and now I’m so sore I can hardly walk up or down stairs.
Oooh, that sucks! What’s up with that, JillGat? Is there another thread somewhere that explains why it hurt to walk it?
Hey, any Iowa doper/runners listening? I just signed up for the Dam to Dam 20km in Des Moines.
Naw. Just more evidence of the importance of cross training. I think that running slow (more steps) or walking (pulling yourself up a hill) is harder than running fast in some ways. No momentum advantage. You notice that cats and dogs usually run up and down stairs - they don’t walk.