How much difference will occasionally missing a double run make?

I wouldn't sweat it

lol how would you ever be able to measure such an affect?

it's just one run. if anything, it probably allowed you to get more recovery.

7 seconds per mile per 11 runs missed within a 2 month time frame

lol

That depends...are you running in metric?

Well, generally more mileage is better (to a point of course), so averaging 70mpw is going to be better than 65mpw, especially as the time fram considered increases. How much difference is impossible to say. If you're concerned about this, you should ask yourself what's more imporantant, not doing that extra run each week or shaving a little off your times? If you really want to do everything you can (within reason) to run to your utmost potential, just get your butt in gear and go do the run. If you'd spend that 30min doing other things, that's your call. Prioritize!

special needs ?

It's not just one run. Over the course of a year that's more than 200 miles. You can say that a few miles don't make a difference, but milage does make a difference and every mile adds up to something.

N0 SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN wrote:

It's not just one run. Over the course of a year that's more than 200 miles. You can say that a few miles don't make a difference, but milage does make a difference and every mile adds up to something.

200 out of 3300.

its not that big of a deal. if you feel fresher after your missed run, then just run the next day's run at a fast pace.

problem solved. intensity vs volume.

LOl great stuff

Because the point of running & racing is to have the best looking training log right?

keep it cool wrote:

N0 SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN wrote:

It's not just one run. Over the course of a year that's more than 200 miles. You can say that a few miles don't make a difference, but milage does make a difference and every mile adds up to something.

200 out of 3300.

its not that big of a deal. if you feel fresher after your missed run, then just run the next day's run at a fast pace.

problem solved. intensity vs volume.

Why not just take every other day off? Or follow the FIRST method? You should be fresh as a daisy.

One double is not a big deal at all. But you have to draw the line somewhere. Either you believe that running twice a day will make you better or you don't. I tend to side with the thousands of fast runners through the years that have found it does. It may not seem like much in isolation, but those runs add up. It might not make a difference this year, and you'll never have anything to compare it to (ie. the runner you could have been with the extra training), but sooner or later it will make a difference.

edumacator wrote:

One double is not a big deal at all. But you have to draw the line somewhere. Either you believe that running twice a day will make you better or you don't. I tend to side with the thousands of fast runners through the years that have found it does. It may not seem like much in isolation, but those runs add up. It might not make a difference this year, and you'll never have anything to compare it to (ie. the runner you could have been with the extra training), but sooner or later it will make a difference.

This.

Aquafina wrote:

LOl great stuff

Because the point of running & racing is to have the best looking training log right?

Yes of course, surely you knew that?

Just asking the question shifted the orbit of the planet slightly. You have doomed us all.

Everybody's different, but for me, if missing this run helped to prevent me from hating running, then the psychological benefit of missing it outweighs the physiological benefits of doing it. Does this make sense?

With increases in mileage and training, you eventually reach a breaking point where the added work simply makes you hate running. This just happened to a good buddy of mine who was training to make the Oly trials and just finished top 100 in Chicago a week ago. He's fit from 2 years of making himself crazy with training, but now he wants to quit because he's so damn sick of the sacrifices. I told him, focus on shorter distnaces for a while, and train less. You've gotta love the sport if you're going to do well.

Need more info. Do you drink milk or eat sugar? Are you right or left handed?