Is there a such thing as too slow on easy days

I believe there is. like if your slow pace is 6:40, running at 9-10:00 doesnt do much of a damn for you, the effort is like walking

Yes of course. If you are that tired that you need to run your easy day abnormally slower than usual, just take the day off.

My 60 minute run done at the slowest possible pace would consist of me simply standing in one place for 60 minutes. That would be too slow. So, somewhere between a pace that would be considered "too fast" and standing perfectly still, there necessarily lies a point where my pace becomes "too slow."

Not not the guy wrote:

Since an easy day is essentially just a day to allow your body to recover and rebuild is there really a such thing as going too slow? I have researched/read up on it and always get mixed opinions on the matter so what do you guys think?

I second the guy who said the 6:40 pace to a 9/9:30 min pace. But for the vast majority of average runners who run at a 8:30 easy pace it's not extremely detrimental to run a 9:45 or even 10 min pace. What should be said is if youre running so slow it feels uncomfortable or you feel like youre running with two left feet, then thats the defining line of too slow. Like the other poster said a day off wouldnt kill someone either. There comes a time when the juice isn't worth the squeeze, especially if one is trending downwards or something.

Yes there is, and about 1% of runners run their easy days too slow.

Not not the guy wrote:

Since an easy day is essentially just a day to allow your body to recover and rebuild is there really a such thing as going too slow? I have researched/read up on it and always get mixed opinions on the matter so what do you guys think?

Well easy running is considered necesary to develop base, and for developing hade i would say yes, typ can run too slow. For recovering however i would say no, even walking is fine for that.

Whatever too slow is, it must be really really slow, because some world class Kenyans are known to jog around at like 10 minute pace.

YMMV wrote:

Yes there is, and about 1% of runners run their easy days too slow.

Please say this is a joke.

Yes, any run in which you intentionally change your biomechanics to run slower is too slow

If your are already stressing your body with hard efforts and/or overall high mileage, then the purpose of the easy day is truly just to recover while maintaining mileage. In this case, you can't run too slow.

Read this article

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/nike-two-hour-marathon-2/

These guys who can run a marathon in 4:45 pace are starting their easy run at 8 minute mile, and then after 20 minutes, speeding up maybe 7:30.

For those of us mortals, that would be the same effort as if we ran our easy day at 10 to 9 minute pace.

If you aren't really training that hard to begin with and just trying to fit in a 30-45 minute run every day, then each day could be a little faster in order to get some training stimulus. Your body is not already so stressed out that you need to recover that much. So the 'easy' is not as much about recovery as just a slightly less difficult training stimulus in the overall context of fairly easy training to begin with.

It is alleged that Makhloufi runs his easy jogs at 10+ min/mile pace.

No, but there is such thing as too slow on easy girls.

I tip toe 5 km on my easy days. It takes about 3 days and 5 and a half hours to complete. so ya my easy days are usually 3 in a row.

by adding tip toeing to my exercise regime I have been able to get significant calf development.and my regular runs have improved drastically.

mak dad wrote:

It is alleged that Makhloufi runs his easy jogs at 10+ min/mile pace.

I have trouble believing this.

But someone who normally runs 7min pace could likely get away with running 8-8:20 pace but much slower than that may mess with your form and many not be worth it.

mak dad wrote:

It is alleged that Makhloufi runs his easy jogs at 10+ min/mile pace.

I believe it. I once watched him run an Olympic 800m race at about that pace.

Just wow... wrote:

Whatever too slow is, it must be really really slow, because some world class Kenyans are known to jog around at like 10 minute pace.

15 minute pace.

mak dad wrote:

It is alleged that Makhloufi runs his easy jogs at 10+ min/mile pace.

Noureddine Morceli ran his easy days at 10 minute pace too.

I heard mike Rossi runs his easy runs at 15min pace and he's pretty fast

Yes, you could go too slow on a recovery day, but it's unlikely. Running too slow would generally feel uncomfortable/awkward and I don't know why anyone would do that. An easy pace actually feels good, has proper form etc. The far greater risk is running your recovery runs too fast, so that you aren't actually recovering.