Short(ish) running history:
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Currently injured running 20-25 mpw @ 9:30 easy pace
Previous peak MPW: 47
2017 Goals: sub-20 5k, sub-1:40 half
PRs: road mile: 6:28 5k: 22:08, 10k: 45:17 HM: 1:43
I started running after graduating college in 2014 with no prior running experience. Ran a 5k, ran sporadically for three months for a 2:15 half in Nov. 14. Sidelined with a fibular stress fracture in June 2015. Started training again in September 2015 for a buildup for a sub 2 half on April 16 2016.
Got serious and started a Pfitzinger base plan after that race leading into his 12 week 47 mile peak week HM plan. Ended up going 1:43 in that in November 2016. Leg tightened up in the last mile of the race when I broke off of the 1:45 pace group and started pushing it through the finish, and that ended up being ITBS.
After recovering from that, I started training for a 4/30 HM this spring on the Pfitzinger 12/47 plan again and just had a seriously shit training cycle thankfully brought to a premature and staggering end a few weeks ago when I got a bout of ITBS again. Currently trying to get in to see a PT, but it's been an ordeal. Since I got sidelined again, I've managed to keep running a bit, but in the 15-25 mpw range instead of the 40-45 range I was at earlier.
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Between 4/21/16 and 4/21/17, I ran 1671 miles, which isn't a lot for most of the people around here, but it's a lot for me. I'm at 2636 lifetime miles. I'm still running at the same easy paces I was a year ago. I'm eager to see that drop if only because running midweek medium-long 11 milers is incredibly time consuming at that pace, especially now that it's getting into the 90s where I live and I'm going to have to start running before work again.
The time I'm spending on my feet every day with the Pfitzinger plans (all singles) is almost always 70-90 minutes and up to two hours on long run days. I loved running the mileage he's prescribing, I just don't know that I'm doing the right thing by spending so much time on my feet every run. Most of the good training books assume the reader is a lot faster than I am. I'm not sure if there are unspoken caveats to the plans that I'm not getting. I've seen arguments for training by time and not going over 60 minutes in one run unless it's a long run or a midweek medium-long run, where endurance is the goal of the workout.
I swear on my dog I'm willing to do whatever I need to develop faster aerobically and/or get my easy pace down. If that means I just need to keep doing what I'm doing, that's all I need to hear. I'll keep doing that. If there are other things I could take into consideration, given that I have as much running experience as a junior in high school on a normal competitive running timeline, I would love to hear thoughts and advice.