Would it make much difference if you just did your quality runs, but didn't do any recovery or easy running? ie if you went from, say, 50 mpw to 7mpw, but kept the quality going.
I say you would slow down by about 15 secs for 5k, more for longer races.
I think I'd slow down pretty significantly. I'm pretty big for a runner (around 175 lbs) and I need to put in plenty of milage just to keep the weight off. If I dropped to 7 mpw, I'd probably get up to 190 lbs or so and I'd have a hard time getting too far under 18 minutes for the 5k.
gotnotime wrote:
Would it make much difference if you just did your quality runs, but didn't do any recovery or easy running? ie if you went from, say, 50 mpw to 7mpw, but kept the quality going.
I say you would slow down by about 15 secs for 5k, more for longer races.
You'd only slow down 15 seconds for 5k on 7 miles a week? You can't be serious.
Well, when I was injured and couldn't run as much, I actually lost 5 pounds...maybe it was muscle?...I dunno...I just track my calories to make sure I'm not overeating, so it doesn't matter really how much I run when it comes to my weight...when I'm not running as much, I eat less (and vice versa)...