If running X miles per week, do you recommend breaking that up into 5 runs per week? 14? or somewhere in between?
50mpw?
70mpw?
100mpw?
What is the basis for your recommendation?
If running X miles per week, do you recommend breaking that up into 5 runs per week? 14? or somewhere in between?
50mpw?
70mpw?
100mpw?
What is the basis for your recommendation?
That depends what you are training for. If it is the Marathon then there is probably no need to double under 80 mpw. For shorter events there is value in doubling on less weekly mileage.
Doubles > singles. Always. NO exceptions.
The Obvious Answer wrote:
That depends what you are training for. If it is the Marathon then there is probably no need to double under 80 mpw. For shorter events there is value in doubling on less weekly mileage.
Makes logical sense.
If doing serious training for, say, a 10k, could you see doing 12-14 runs per week, most of which is aerobic + strides, with 1 long run and 2 speed workouts per week?
very, very tough guy wrote:
Doubles > singles. Always. NO exceptions.
ok, I'll bite :-)
Why always?
50 mpw 5 runs of 10 miles
75 mpw 6 runs of 10 miles + a 15 miler
100 mpw 11 runs of 18 miler+(8 miles ×9 runs) +10 miler
very, very tough guy wrote:
Doubles > singles. Always. NO exceptions.
Not always
75mpw on 5 singles for marathon training. One day rest one day weights
13 east, 16 w cruise intervals, weights, 16 w tempo, 13 easy, 20-22 long run w Mp, rest, repeat.
How would doubles help here?
10 x for a hundred mile week
13-14 x for 110+ miles per week
less than 9 x a week for less than 70 miles per week
theJeff wrote:
very, very tough guy wrote:
Doubles > singles. Always. NO exceptions.
ok, I'll bite :-)
Why always?
Brain training. The idea is to program your mind to think that running is the natural state. The more frequent the runs are, the less time the body is not running.
One run at 25% of weekly mileage
One run at 5%
One runs at 10%
Four runs at 15%
Around 80 miles substitute day for run. Works well for 70mpw.
Run 7 days per week, all mileage in singles until you can get up to 80-90 mpw. Then start dropping in a few double sessions for added mileage once total weekly mileage goes higher.
Your body has specific physiological adaptations from longer runs than shorter runs.
But this said, it really depends on the type of training philosophy you use. For example, doing mostly singles is a great approach for training based on a lot of mileage near threshold pace. Even interval reps won’t be really fast but would have short recovery. If your training is more focused on intense, anaerobic stimuli, then your legs may not be able to handle the daily volume off all single runs and at that point runs should be broken up to maximize your chances of recovery prior to the next anaerobic stimulus.
My training philosophy is very threshold oriented, which is why my response was emphatically slanted towards singles.
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