Mental Fatigue

gary said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get serious
mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious
lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it good to
have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i
just push myself more.

my personnal suggestion: listen to music that pumps you up
while you run !

--
luc wastiaux

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gary said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get
serious mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop,
serious lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it
good to have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or
should i just push myself more. I run or cycle most days,
but running a short time is more beneficial & fat burning
than cycling. Fat burning is what i want! & anxiety
relief! Gary

Gary,

well, you'd think the exercise would help the depression,
but i guess that's not always the case.

aching legs aren't "mental fatigue", but if you keep wanting
to stop for other reasons, then yes, you've got a mental
roadblock to running. try to analyze what's making you feel
this way. is it just the way your body feels when you run...
is that what gets you down and wanting to quit? or are there
other issues in your life (and mind)?

as for lack of energy, don't stock up too much on carbs
every day just for a run. i just have a reasonable sized
meal of some carbs, protein, fibre, the usual... a few hours
before a workout. that's plenty of time to let that digest
and fuel the run.

it's great that you have variety in your schedule. i, too,
cycle and run (and swim), and i find the mix keeps things
fun and fresh. i rarely feel stale anymore.

your anxiety relief just may not be cured by the exercise.
the workouts may certainly reduce this feeling, but won't
necessarily make it go away. seek other ways to clear your
mind, solve problems, etc. maybe some counselling? a friend,
family member....

best of luck,

Cam

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Quoted message said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get serious
mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious
lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it good to
have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i
just push myself more. I run or cycle most days, but
running a short time is more beneficial &

fat

Quoted message said:

burning than cycling. Fat burning is what i want! &
anxiety relief!

Barring the possibility that you are doing too much too
soon, you gotta learn to love it (or at least like it). Look
forward to the challenge to perform, rather than dreading
the effort. I know it sounds a little silly, but I honestly
find it's often just how you look at it that can make the
difference.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

gary said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get serious
mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious
lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it good to
have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i
just push myself more. I run or cycle most days, but
running a short time is more beneficial & fat burning than
cycling. Fat burning is what i want! & anxiety relief!

Get thee to the Doc for a checkup. If he finds nothing then
you may need to take a close look at you training. All this
fatigue sounds like over-training but I'd rule out iron,
lymes, mono, etc. problems.

--
Doug Freese "Caveat Lector" [email hidden]

I usually only get the mental fatigue, if I haven't fueled
up properly for a long 10 plus mile run. For example, when I
run in the morning with no food, I get really mentally
burned out at mile 6 or 7. Eat a power bar or something a
couple of hours before running, that might help.

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Quoted message said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get serious
mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious
lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it good to
have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i
just push myself more. I run or cycle most days, but
running a short time is more beneficial &

fat

Quoted message said:

burning than cycling. Fat burning is what i want! &
anxiety relief! Gary

In article said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run,
i am big build as i do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" &
15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get serious
mental fatigue, aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious
lacking in energy. What could cause this, is it good to
have a high carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i
just push myself more.

Lots of good suggestions already posted. My suggestion:
slloooowwww down if possible -- and if you're going faster
than 12min per mile, it is possible. If you can't
comfortably hold 12 minutes per mile, incorporate regular
walk breaks into your runs until you can. As others pointed
out, aching legs is not mental -- it's your bodies way of
telling you that you're pushing hard.

So there are two separate issues at play here: an immediate
one is that you need to slow down enough to get through your
day to day runs.

Another one is being able to keep going when you're hurting,
but I think it's premature to even start on this issue at
this stage -- the best solution is to make your training
runs easier. If you occasionaly do a hard run, that's fine
and you'll find it mentally (an physically) easier to push
hard if you're not testing your limits every day. So the
short term solution to being able to push hard is to do so
less often.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflordOpen ↗

Aching legs while jogging........how rare.

Sounds like classic overtraining to me. Hope you take at
least one day off a week an do almost nothing. I've
recommendations of "training vacations" of stopping for a
week or a month, but nover done that myself.

Some people use the resting pulse method for rest days. If
you pulse is 5-10 beats per minute over your baseline, take
a day off.

Thanks
Yeh, there are situations in my life at the moment causing too
much anxiety in my body, the running helps. Last year i was real happy & in
a relationship, now i'm not & i'm running to help my depression through a
break up, so therefore, i'm not too happy & this is affecting my running,
mental pain.
My legs get achy & fatigued.
Would you all say that calorific fat reducing exercise is better by running
than cycling!
Gary
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gary said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run, i
am big build as

i

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" & 15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get
serious mental

fatigue,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious lacking in
energy. What could cause this, is it good to have a high
carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i just push
myself more. I run or cycle most days, but running a
short time is more beneficial &

fat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

burning than cycling. Fat burning is what i want! &
anxiety relief! Gary

Gary,

well, you'd think the exercise would help the depression,
but i guess that's not always the case.

aching legs aren't "mental fatigue", but if you keep
wanting to stop for other reasons, then yes, you've got a
mental roadblock to running. try to analyze what's making
you feel this way. is it just the way your body feels when
you run... is that what gets you down and wanting to quit?
or are there other issues in your life (and mind)?

as for lack of energy, don't stock up too much on carbs
every day just for a run. i just have a reasonable sized
meal of some carbs, protein, fibre, the usual... a few
hours before a workout. that's plenty of time to let that
digest and fuel the run.

it's great that you have variety in your schedule. i, too,
cycle and run (and swim), and i find the mix keeps things
fun and fresh. i rarely feel stale anymore.

your anxiety relief just may not be cured by the exercise.
the workouts may certainly reduce this feeling, but won't
necessarily make it go away. seek other ways to clear your
mind, solve problems, etc. maybe some counselling? a
friend, family member....

best of luck,

Cam

Yeh, think that could be it, i run on empty stomach in morning, however the
night before i'll eat chicken or steak with pasta & salad, i assumed this
would power me!
Cheers
Gary
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Quoted message said:

I usually only get the mental fatigue, if I haven't fueled
up properly for

a

Quoted message said:

long 10 plus mile run. For example, when I run in the
morning with no

food,

Quoted message said:

I get really mentally burned out at mile 6 or 7. Eat a
power bar or something a couple of hours before running,
that might help.

Tom "gary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi I suffer from Anxiety & depression, i cycle & run, i
am big build as

i

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do weights, not too big, 6ft 1" & 15 stones.

Some days my regular run goes ok, but others i get
serious mental

fatigue,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

aching leggs & wanting to stop, serious lacking in
energy. What could cause this, is it good to have a high
carb meal a fiew hours before, or should i just push
myself more. I run or cycle most days, but running a
short time is more beneficial &

fat

Quoted message said:

burning than cycling. Fat burning is what i want! &
anxiety relief! Gary

My body seems to get used to the daily sweat & each day
i seem to sweat, even if not exercising, mostly at the
same time.

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Quoted message said:

Sounds like classic overtraining to me. Hope you take at
least one day off a week an do almost nothing. I've
recommendations of "training vacations" of stopping for a
week or a

month,

Quoted message said:

but nover done that myself.

Some people use the resting pulse method for rest days. If
you pulse is 5-10 beats per minute over your baseline,
take a day off.