6 vs. 7 days

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8 years ago 06/27/2015 8:43pm EDT

I am an xc runner at a major conference D1 school. Over the years I have not made much improvement from my high school times. Some of that is due to injury but I believe alot of that has to do with my coaches philosophy of taking every sunday off. As far as I know we are one of the only schools to take a day off each week. Consequently we are not very good.

Will running 7 days a week make a big difference in my performances?Running 6 days a week makes it very difficult to get in the 90-100 mpw range. I am hoping that if I ignore my coaches training plan and bump my mileage up I will improve.

Any thoughts?

8 years ago 06/27/2015 10:10pm EDT

re: rundanrun17

Do not underestimate the power of resting. One day completely off per week is nice to keep you injury free and recovered so you can get good performances in for your key workouts.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 10:16pm EDT

re: Beware of overtraining

Beware of overtraining wrote:
Do not underestimate the power of resting. One day completely off per week is nice to keep you injury free and recovered so you can get good performances in for your key workouts.

I disagree with this

8 years ago 06/27/2015 10:21pm EDT

re: ThatAverageRunner

ThatAverageRunner wrote:
Beware of overtraining wrote:
Do not underestimate the power of resting. One day completely off per week is nice to keep you injury free and recovered so you can get good performances in for your key workouts.
I disagree with this

Which is why your average.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 10:38pm EDT

re: rundanrun17

Are you running twice a day? If not that is a very big problem and may be the reason for the injuries you spoke of.

Short answer: Yes, it will help, with adequate sleep, and taking the right precautions, it will build consistency which is probably one of the most important things in all aspect of running and life in general.

8 years ago 06/29/2015 10:03pm EDT

re: TDodd22

Thanks for the responses guys. The way our training is set up we get 9 runs in 6 days. The longer ones being 9-12 shorter ones 4-5 with a 15-16 mile long run on Saturday. So that ends up being 75-85 at most.

TDodd22 wrote:
Are you running twice a day? If not that is a very big problem and may be the reason for the injuries you spoke of.
Short answer: Yes, it will help, with adequate sleep, and taking the right precautions, it will build consistency which is probably one of the most important things in all aspect of running and life in general.

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