I've always trained six days a week and gave a day for rest and recovery. I was talking to a friend who trains 7 days a week all season. On his seventh day he does like an easy day of like 40 min untimed and unpaced. My question is: Is that good. I think that doing like 20 min might be okay if its super easy, and that it can help you get in better shape, or is it? I really want some feed back on it .
i think health--mental and physical--should dictate a 7th day of running. at my age (46), and relative good physical health, running is mentally therapeutic, so i never schedule a rest day unless life gets in the way.
with the high school kids i coach, i reserve the 7th day (30-45 minutes generally) as optional for jrs. and srs. who've enjoyed good health.
if running were math, you could say that every 7 weeks the everyday runner is getting an extra week of fitness vs. the 6 day/week runner.
from a physiological standpoint, a 40 minute easy run for a really fit athlete absolutely can qualify as a recovery run, at least as it's been explained to me.
hope this helps...
You need to plan to run 7 days a week. If you are lucky, that will get you out the door 6 days a week. Most people who plan to run 6 days a week actually only run 5. You might do better during the season when you are running with your team but if you look back at your log between seasons, are there more 6 or 5 day weeks that you call recovery?
This is also a good reason to plan to double several days a week.
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