What's a tough workout?

[OakLeaf]

Any run over 17 miles. Never yet have come back from one feeling refreshed.

I know all that means is that I need to do them more often... and keep working on form ...

[lph]

Any run over 17 miles. Never yet have come back from one feeling refreshed.

I know all that means is that I need to do them more often... and keep working on form ...

You expect to run for 17 miles and come back "refreshed"??

:-D

[OakLeaf]

You expect to run for 17 miles and come back "refreshed"??

:-D

That is the Chi Running ideal, and adherents claim to experience it...

[Kathi]

A tough workout is when I feel that I have been using all the muscles in my body after a day of downhill skiing. I will sit in the car for 10 minutes before I have enough energy to remove my ski boots. The other night after a day of skiing bumps and powder the only strength I had was to lay on the floor and do some rolling.

I recently found a warmup program that I use before and after skiing and it seems to be activating core muscles as well as glutes, quads, hamstrings, thoratic spine, etc. It's as if my body just "flows" down the mountain and I have movements that weren't there before. Never felt this way with all the weight lifting I used to do.