I have had the pleasure of running in a vast array of countries world wide ranging from UK to Australia, America to Russia. Training principles differed greatly but one thing appeared to remain the same...the sunday long run. Has the Long run on a sunday become a runners institution?
Only for fools who think running long and slow makes them run fast.
I think it's pretty close to one if it isn't already.
I get wild sometimes and spice things up by doing my long run on Saturday. Now how is that for shaking things up and keeping things fresh...
Well... most Kenyans don't run on a Sunday.
What would you do wrote:
I get wild sometimes and spice things up by doing my long run on Saturday. Now how is that for shaking things up and keeping things fresh...
Pffff ... child's play. I've been known to do my long run on Friday late afternoon.
I have started going to Church on Saturday evening so that I can fit my long run in on Sunday morning.
Me and all my runner friends do our long runs on Saturday mornings. I've run around the country and in a few countries, always on Saturday. Just depends on the group your with I guess.
Saturday's my staple long run day.
I would guess more people do a long run on saturday...
Yes. If you go long on Saturday, what do you do on Sunday? An easy recovery day? What a waste of good daylight! Fast on Saturday, and long on Sunday is the way to go I say.
Ha, I don't even do a long run. You know what, I don't even run. Beat that!
I used to do my long runs during marathon buildup on Friday mornings at like 4am, so that I could get them in before work. It was great because I would not be so stressed out about getting one in if, say, I drank too much or something came up during the weekend. It was pretty brutal, but at least it was a Friday when I could be slack at work and no one would really care or notice.
Now I end up doing them on Sunday nights, mostly because I hate waking up early anymore.
Tedrick P wrote:
Yes. If you go long on Saturday, what do you do on Sunday? An easy recovery day? What a waste of good daylight! Fast on Saturday, and long on Sunday is the way to go I say.
But then Monday is a recovery day.
I'd rather go hard MWF, long run Saturday, then enjoy my Sunday with simple recovery run or day off completely.
No LSD wrote:
Only for fools who think running long and slow makes them run fast.
I am not really sure that a long run means long and slow. I mean, Bob Kennedy once said that he didn't necessarily enjoy the 20 mile runs, but he did them because it was what needed to be done to be as good as he was.
For many years our long run was between 20 and 28 miles on Saturday morning, some of it often at a brisk pace, on a hilly course. We always went another 15 miles in the morning on Sundays. There were times when I added 4 to 8 miles on Sunday evenings.
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