Is it worth it to take a day off each week? or are BYU runners just good.

It`s a very good approach to take one day off every week. All of the many Kenyans I have coached

take one day off in the week. 100 % recovery for the body and reloading energy .

The Wizard JS wrote:

It`s a very good approach to take one day off every week. All of the many Kenyans I have coached

take one day off in the week. 100 % recovery for the body and reloading energy .

Name the Kenyans.

The current Oregon runners take Sundays off. The Ole Miss guys take Saturdays off. The group coached my Warhurst only runs six days a week. Plenty of great runners take a day off or have a super easy (like 30 minutes) day.

Why not both

2 week cycle of 13 days

It really depends on training intensity but I think it can work really well for people.

I know Elliot Giles (that dude who just ran 1:43 indoors) says he only runs 3-4 days of the week and uses the other days for things like plyometrics, strength, and cross training.

It’s also really good for hitting the reset button, both physically and mentally, which I think is important once you hit that part of training where you are doing solid mileage, lifting and workouts at the same time.

I allow myself 1 day off every 10 days. I don’t need to and don’t always take it but it’s quite useful when I do.

it’s also really good for hitting the reset button, both physically and mentally, which I think is important once you hit that part of training where you are doing solid mileage, lifting and workouts at the same time.

okay maybe i need to try to do that then thanks

If you do take a day off each week you need to go a little harder on every individual day. Your 'easy' day pace has to still be somewhat fast. You can get away with this because you have one day completely off to get the extra recovery needed from not truly going easy on easy days. some of them are running 6 flat pace or better on their slower runs of the week.

YSA wrote:

The Wizard JS wrote:

It`s a very good approach to take one day off every week. All of the many Kenyans I have coached

take one day off in the week. 100 % recovery for the body and reloading energy .

Name the Kenyans.

Sorry, can`t do that. They are too many to fit here! ))

No easy days wrote:

If you do take a day off each week you need to go a little harder on every individual day. Your 'easy' day pace has to still be somewhat fast. You can get away with this because you have one day completely off to get the extra recovery needed from not truly going easy on easy days. some of them are running 6 flat pace or better on their slower runs of the week.

no one listen to this please, easy days easy

frogman wrote:

No easy days wrote:

If you do take a day off each week you need to go a little harder on every individual day. Your 'easy' day pace has to still be somewhat fast. You can get away with this because you have one day completely off to get the extra recovery needed from not truly going easy on easy days. some of them are running 6 flat pace or better on their slower runs of the week.

no one listen to this please, easy days easy

People who let a pace dictate what easy is are beyond stupid.

sometimes pace does dictate it though

no days off wrote:

sometimes pace does dictate it though

No it doesn’t. Easy days should be easy. You shouldn’t be worried about hitting a certain pace. The mental component should be factored in here. If you’re worried about running at a certain pace or slower than a certain pace it’s wasting mental energy on something that should not matter. Run how you feel. Slow down if you’re tired. Simple as that.

May also be worth it to lay off the alcohol and caffeine.

I kind of agree and disagree with the concept.

I do not see a point taking a day off that frequent. But I have 2 almost running free days "off" each week. Instead of a recovery run on monday/friday, I do easy (to moderate) biking and then do 10min of 5x10s hill sprints + some strides immediately after. No milage that day, but gets som aerobic cross training with the biking above recovery intensity, and still can do some hill activation. I recover very well from those days and feel I need it for my 50 yo legs. Sunday I had very heavy legs after hill work saturday (both up and down). Had this alternative day yesterday and today, my legs were fresh and nice for 8x1k thresholds

generally I would rather than a day off at least do a short recovery run since recovery is better then than without training.

The Wizard JS wrote:

YSA wrote:

Name the Kenyans.

Sorry, can`t do that. They are too many to fit here! ))

I bet you can't !

Just what I thought !

"Weekly Rest Days

Incorporating rest days into your program is an absolute must. In Kenya, the vast majority of world class athletes will take one full rest day per week (usually a Sunday). This is adhered to as an important part of their training. The Sunday rest day is almost as ingrained in Iten folklore as the Thursday Fartlek. So much so, that running in Iten early on a Sunday morning is a somewhat erie experience. The complete lack of runners in stark contrast to the scenes from Monday to Saturday."

Sunday was my long run day.

So, if I took a day off, it would usually be Friday.

no days off wrote:

sometimes pace does dictate it though

+1, <7 or go home

its like when i feel normal my easy day is about 7 pace but if its after a really hard day or series of days it more like 10 or at least it feels like it

sham. you might want to read aliphinetulimuk s training log nazlitelog . i cant link to it but its on - " site finalsurge com" with dots where the spaces are and - NAZEliteLog AliphineTuliamuk if you google it.