....than a slow 80-90-100 mpw? I've reached a point where 70 mile weeks are doable ( 5 doubles ) but nonetheless taxing. I can continue to increase my mileage, but the average pace for most of these runs (apart from 2-3 quality workouts) are 7:30-7:45.
Am I better off staying at 70, and focusing on running a faster pace? I would like to break 16 for the 5K this fall ( currently at 16:40 ).
your going to get alot of opinion on this one but in my opinion you should stay at 70 heck maybe even drop to 60 to try and get those paces rolling a bit quicker. From personal experience i'm not a 5k runner but when i ran 15:39 i was doing 50 something a week but at about 6-6:30 pace with an occasional really slow recovery run (7-8min) maybe once a week or less
journal,
how long was your longest run? Right now, on tired legs, I can run 6:30 pace for 6 miles and that feels like a race effort. If I ran btw 6:00-6:30 pace for my runs, they'd have to all be between 3-6 miles.
12-14 i've always hated long runs but i think they're really valuable so i try to emphasize them anyway, i did all of my runs by feel but alot of my teammates love wearing watches thats the only way i really knew what my times were i also had this habit of starting out really slow and not picking it up till a few miles into the run
honestly if i were you the way you're describing your running i'd deffinetly not bump it up because you haven't adjusted yet and you'll just be asking for over training and a painfully slow start to your season i'd also ditch the watch for a little while as you adjust, you're not gonna see anything impressive on it right now anyway
you guys would be amazed at how slow some of the best distance runners in the USA and the world run on there easy days. If you haven't broke 16 min for a 5k 7:30 for an easy run is plenty fast.