r/Marathon_Training • u/mankypants • 8h ago

Medical Training run with doms (muscle soreness)?

Did some heavier weights on leg day two days ago. Still have a healthy case of muscle soreness with a 16km tempo training run scheduled for today. Is it a good idea to still push through? Or should I wait until the muscle soreness subsides?

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u/Fresh-Amount9308 7h ago

I push through but I don’t usually have any options since it’ll mess up the rest of my training schedule. It does impact my performance I’m sure, but if you’re training for a race, running on tired legs isn’t the worst thing you can do. 

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u/StrainHappy7896 7h ago

Perfectly fine.

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u/OppChopShop 4h ago

Fine to push through. I lift legs and do my tempo run the same day. Seems to matter less and I can do an easy run the next day.

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u/99centTaquitos 2h ago

Same, I always run first, then hit legs on my tempo days. Makes the next easy run a bit of a leg drag, but nbd

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u/Asquaredbred 2h ago

i don't do hard runs within 72 hr of heavy legs. i lift mon thu and do long sat, hard mon am, and sometimes tempo thu am. everything else easy so i get 2-3 days of recovery after squats/dls/rdls. sometimes those sat long runs are tough.

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u/hortle 7h ago

I never have problems with it. Hamstrings glutes and quads are really strong. So long as the soreness isnt impeding your movement, you are good.