If im a sub 5 miler is it possible to overtrain if i run all my runs at 8:00-9:00 pace whats the most amount of miles per week i could handle, if i've been doing about 50 for the past few months?
If im a sub 5 miler is it possible to overtrain if i run all my runs at 8:00-9:00 pace whats the most amount of miles per week i could handle, if i've been doing about 50 for the past few months?
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Why would you want to do ALL of your runs at 8-9 minute pace? If you add on real slow runs you should be able to handle around 70-80, I predict.
If you PR for the mile is 8:00 minutes then yes! Everything is relative based on where you are physically. Running 8:00 for a Goucher is a joke and he could do it all day long...for someone else it could induce a heart attack.
what if its a girl?
actually i am a 4:55 miler and i have been doing all my runs at 8:00-9:00 pace where my heart rate is usually at 60-70% and it seems to be working, i also do 1-2 hard workouts a week including a race. So about 9 miles that are around race pace and the rest is easy jogging.
p.s. im a dude
Ray,
I do not believe there is a definitive answer to how much mileage you can handle. You just need to be smart about your training and use guidelines. It would be smart to increase your mileage no more than 10 miles and then hold it there for at least two months. If you adapt the increase properly after two months you will find that running 60 miles was just as easy as running 50, although you may find it harder to fit it in. If after another 2 months of running at 60 you feel comfortable with increasing your mileage again, go ahead and start running 70. Once you are in the 70 mile range you are starting to get into high mileage so you may want to increase more slowly at this point.
To answer your question about overtraining: Yes you can over train running only 8:00 pace. If you try to run mileages that you have not adapted too you will overstress your body and become either sick or injured (a stress fracture for example).
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Ray,
I do not believe there is a definitive answer to how much mileage you can handle. You just need to be smart about your training and use guidelines. It would be smart to increase your mileage no more than 10 miles and then hold it there for at least two months. If you adapt the increase properly after two months you will find that running 60 miles was just as easy as running 50, although you may find it harder to fit it in. If after another 2 months of running at 60 you feel comfortable with increasing your mileage again, go ahead and start running 70. Once you are in the 70 mile range you are starting to get into high mileage so you may want to increase more slowly at this point.
To answer your question about overtraining: Yes you can over train running only 8:00 pace. If you try to run mileages that you have not adapted too you will overstress your body and become either sick or injured (a stress fracture for example).
thank you
We still need more information about your training to answer your question. If by, "9 miles that are around race pace", you mean 9 miles at 4:55 per mile pace then that is too hard and is part of your problem. 9 hard of 50 miles could be right but that should include all types of hard running including marathon and lactate threshold tempo pace running.