I am training for a marathon. Last week I only ran 40 miles for the week, but what was worse was that my long run was 20 miles - this made up for 50% of my weekly miles. I know I need to increase my weekly miles. But my main question is:
What % of the total miles for the week should my long run be?
Don´t count miles on your long run. Run for two hours at an easy pace. I don´t know how fast you are, but if slower runners try stuff like 20 mile long runs they may end up running for 2,5-3 hours and the is too long to be done on a weekly basis.
I ran 2:54 at Boston - but I bonked pretty hard around mile 22. My long runs have been 40% - 50% of my weekly miles. I think this percentage is too high. Just wondering if there is an optimal percentage.
read the jack daniels book or read something. 20 to 25 percent of weekly mileage.
Wetmore says 20%
Thanks! Time to up the millage on my daily runs.
yea... wrote:
read the jack daniels book or read something. 20 to 25 percent of weekly mileage.
Daniels also write that your long runs shouldn´t be longer than 2,5 hours, and in his programs they are not done weekly.