Having to reduce mileage due to life - did you do it, and how?

I would scrap the long run if you’re not planning on a marathon and add a 5th day of easy running. Otherwise, looks pretty good to me.

I did roughly the same . One day of 12-16x200, progression, 6-8*1k, 2hrs.

You're asking us how to reduce mileage? Just miss some of your runs or run less. Experiment.

60 is not high mileage

Busy dad here. I liked the part where you expressed anger, it ticks me off to when a run doesn’t work out because someone changes their plans or unexpected things come up. Especially a workout because you’re mentally preparing for it all day and suddenly you have to stay home and watch the kids all evening. I would say do all your runs in the mornings. Other than that your training will suffer the less time you’re able to dedicate to it. but that’s the crappy thing about this sport is requires a good 10 hours a week at least to be any good

What the heck compells you to do an 18 miler? You are not a pro you shouldn't be doing that.

60 is only 8.5 a day. Doing your hungover 8-10 miler puts you right on track. Just run in the morning, each day, try to have fun and enjoy your life.

Let's see ... he literally said he was training for a fall marathon. Do you know how long marathons are? If you don't know how to read, you shouldn't be posting here. Also, it's compels, not compells.

Zero reason to run an 18 miler when you are training for a 1/2 marathon on a mileage budget.

Sorry fall marathon. Still zero reason.

Marathons are exactly the same for Steve Jones and Alberto Salazar as the OP Neither of them ran long runs that are way out of proportion with their overall mileage. Why should the OP?

If you don't know how to train you shouldn't be posting here. Leave the long runs for the pros. They are WAY overrated.

Unless you're a pro, work, family and kids come before running. So, yes, reduce mileage exactly as you suggest. Tweak it as needed, over time. Do what you can, when you can.

This is exactly what I did for about 15 years. Now that my kids are older, more time has opened up for increasing my mileage and getting serious about it again. But when kids are young, you're busy establishing a career, amateur (hobby) sports take a back seat, as I see it.

There’s little health benefit to running more than 3-4 hours per week. It’s mostly a waste of time. You can spend the time and money you do on eating the calories and then burning them off on something more productive or satisfying unless there is nothing else like that you see in life.

Pretty much what I’m doing now

Single guy here, no kids. 18 mile hangover run sounds like hell lol.

Can your wife not absorb some of the workload to free you up? Give and take here, not saying shes not pulling her weight.

Even I struggle with wanting to dedicate even 45 mins a day to running, appreciate the perspective check.

Source: single dude who runs 30 miles a wk, next wk goal is a lofty 40 miles lol.

What you do in life comes down to what you prioritize. There is very little time difference between doing 10 miles and doing 18 miles (about 1 hour). You could probably make trade-offs within your day to find that extra hour. I’m not saying it’s easy. It’s your choice in how you want to spend your time. I feel like you’re just tired of the grind and that is OK. Good luck!

This is why moms hate distance runner husbands. Women already do 70% of household work even when they're holding down jobs and you're asking if she can pick up the slack so he can go for a long run and come back to sit on the couch all day.

70%? Are you sure? Sounds like a sweeping generalization.

All I'm suggesting is wife should enable him to follow his pursuits, and likewise with he for her.