burning out?

You have 2 choices, burn out or fade away.

Take your pick.

fade away??

Come on. You have got to get that one!

I believe he could also rust.

anyone think this is a good idea? or have a good one? that still has me running during the winter to build a strong base

Quite possibly, you may corrode or possibly tarnish

i wonder why i ask people on letsrun for advice, thx for all your completely unhelpful cristisicms

Dude, don't worry about it. The reason you are getting shady advice is because there are normally 9 million vague threads just like yours a day. It would be impossible for anyone to tell you if you will burn out. Most likely not, but, how the hell could anyone tell without knowing your age, your event, and a shit load of other characteristics? Hell I don’t even know if you are a guy or a girl.

That being said, odds are you won’t burn out and you should up your mileage during the "off season." It’s called building a base and will aid in your overall improvement come spring track, which is what I am assuming you are gearing up for.

So go ahead and up your mileage. This is the point where I normally tell the kid to do it gradually, but hell, you are only upping your mileage by 10-15 miles. You’ll be just fine. My advice would be to skip the day off, run your runs a little faster, and go ahead and boost your mileage. For every third week you up your mileage during the off-season take one down week of say 35-40 miles. Shit, go as high as 60-70 miles. Go nuts, but make sure if you go that high, to do it gradually. HAHA

PS: If you are a troll, I may shit on your door step tonight

We all know what Kurt Cobain thought.

It seems like a fine plan two me. I don't think this should be a problem, you may get tired, but you can work through it.

2 things: you could get injured, I don't know how injury prone you are, build up slowly, start at 25 mpw and build up 5 miles per week tiil you're at 50, stick at 50 for 2 weeks or so, then take a mini down week to 40 or 35 and get back up to 50. I'd say take a down week every 4 or so weeks.

You won't burn out if you've never been on fire.

well is this a good/balanced schedule? I just made this up. Also Im a senior/male, run the 3200m/1600m rarely the 800m. Longest run 10 miles. More enduranced/strength than raw speed. Average mileage that i can remember is anywhere from about 35-40mpw max. I'm just looking to get some miles in and more importantly to gain/maintain fitness because it takes me a while to readapt and i want to gain some strength. Would any day of the week be a threshold run, or none because this is base building? Strides 3x a week??

the top thread is in response to CTC^^^

so as i begin to build my way ill run about a 40mpw...then a 50mpw, then back off to 40mpw?

How should the mileage be cut off, should i cut off 2 miles each day or not run saturday

40mpw----1st week

M 8

T5

W7

T5

F5

S8-10?

S REST

50mpw----2nd week/

M 9

T8

W6

T7

F6

S10-11

S 20-30minutes? or complete rest

40mpw----down week?

M 8

T5

W7

T5

F5

S8-10?

S REST

50mpw---

50mpw----

40mpw---?

So how should u run these 7 weeks that I run before I begin to run with my team again in late Jan.?

Don't Rest on Sundays; do your longest run on Sundays. Don't start your long run at 11 if you never went that high. For the first 6 weeks to two months focus on getting in your mileage. After 5 weeks or so throw in a fartleq and a tempo a week. Don't be afraid of strides, shit I do them everyday. Take your easy days easy and work your tempo runs without overdoing it and you should be ready for spring track and whatever workouts your coach gives you. Also don't be afraid of upping your mileage, it will only help. Just don't up it too quickly; remember for every third week up, take one down week of about 35-40 miles.

F***..

here...

35

40

45

35

43

50

55

35

Thursday tempo after week 6, sunday long runs, no off days.

then try to maintain 50 while adding coaches workouts..

hows that sound?

you wont burn out, you will be fine

^^ So if I am doing my long runs on Sunday what do I do on Saturdays, by the way my longest run was 10miles and I guess long runs aren't that bad if ran at proper pace. What should I run saturdays

M:9 or 75 minutes Hills easy

T:7 or 65 minutes easy 6 100 strides?

W:9 or 70 minutes moderate

T:6 or 55 minutes easy 6 100 Strides?

F:6 or 55 minutes easy

S:5 lowest or regular 6 miles? easy/moderate? 45 6 100 Strides?

S:10-11?? easy ?? 3 200m strides?

CTC thanks for taking the time to give me some advice...I greatly appreciate it