If you could only choose one of those scenarios as a training program, which would you go with?
If you could only choose one of those scenarios as a training program, which would you go with?
8 miles 6:30 pace
None of the above.
9 miles at 7:00 pace
A typical letsrun poster...you must be fast :)
If you are fast there is no big difference between 6.30 and 7.30. You are too far off the anaerobic threshold so it's better to go for the longer run 75 mins over 52 mins.
10 miles. Unless you're a bitch that doesn't like running.
For now, I'd pick the workout that gets me 200 more miles in the next 100 days, as well as 23 more minutes of running per workout.
For later, I'd stick with the 75 minutes, but gradually up the distance, as the ten miles in 75 minutes became easier and easier.
1) 10 miles at 7:30 pace
2) 10 miles at 7:30 pace
3) 8 miles at 6:30 pace
4) 10 miles at 7:30 pace
5) 10 miles at 7:30 pace
6) 8 miles at 6:30 pace or Race
7) 10 miles at 7:30 pace
Repeat
One mile at sub 4:00.
For what distance?
I think I'd go with 6:30 pace regardless of the distance raced. There's less of an overload with 7:30, thus detraining will occur (with a sub-18 or 19 minute 5Ker). Over time, you'll be conditioned to run 7:30 miles and won't be able to race significantly faster than that. Therefore, 6:30 miles.
Why would you ever do the run every day?
4 miles at 4:30 pace.
10 at 6:30 pace
i think it goes without saying that this is a terrible training plan anyways...
top pot donut lover wrote:
One mile at sub 4:00.
thats a pretty solid run, but I think he'd benefit more from running half a mile at sub 145,
Screw driver or hammer?
10 miles at 7:30 pace AND 8 miles at 6:30 pace every day.
Done every day, they are both the same in the long run. Your body will take about 6 weeks to adjust, and then you will get limited stimulus to get faster/stronger. You will plateau in about 6 weeks (or less) and then you will be maintaining your fitness from there.
Haha, I find it interesting that nobody even asks what kind of effort either of these paces is for the OP. For all anyone knows, a 6:30 pace could be just barely slower than tempo run pace for them. On the other hand he could be enormously fit and have 7:30 be terribly slow for a run of that distance.
Isn't is always interesting how people assume the people asking the training questions are at the same fitness levels and same talent levels as they are....
just sayering wrote:
Why would you ever do the run every day?
To be a good distance runner you need to run twice a day, everyday except Christmas.
Deal with it, bitch.
COmtnman wrote:
Haha, I find it interesting that nobody even asks what kind of effort either of these paces is for the OP. For all anyone knows, a 6:30 pace could be just barely slower than tempo run pace for them. On the other hand he could be enormously fit and have 7:30 be terribly slow for a run of that distance.
Isn't is always interesting how people assume the people asking the training questions are at the same fitness levels and same talent levels as they are....
Because I didn't ask what would be best or more productive for me - I posed it as a hypothetical situation for others to answer.
For me, I think the 10-miles every day would be a better training plan, but from an enjoyment perspective, I'd rather run the faster 8 miles each time out. 6:30 average is just a little closer to what I typically average for my cumulative pace.