If I have work, I really don't want a long run looming over my head the whole day. I'd rather get it over with early and chill the rest of the day. But obviously, I don't want to have to get up 3 hours before work, so sunday seems to work well.
If I have work, I really don't want a long run looming over my head the whole day. I'd rather get it over with early and chill the rest of the day. But obviously, I don't want to have to get up 3 hours before work, so sunday seems to work well.
runn wrote:
I remember reading something a LONG LONG time ago that the British runners started this back in the day when they all worked during the week.
Sunday you could do your long run and you didn't have to go to work.
Most of them were blue collar, manual laborers.
That's a very good point and that would apply to most countries that were colonized by Christians.
A third of the world was colonized by the Brits.
I remember a lot of kids I grew up with in the UK went to school on Saturday mornings.
Others worked, and still do work, in stores on Saturday mornings but stores were not allowed to open in Sunday's until very recently and are still not able to open before 10am.
Its all coming back to me.
Most professionals' offices, banks, lawyers, accountants etc used to be open on a Saturday morning too but closed on Sundays.
It's not rocket science. As already mentioned, Sunday is the day most of us have most of our free time....especially daylight time. And a long run is a "workout".
Does this question really deserve a thread of its own?
just another guy wrote:
The answer, my friend, is that most runners are heathens.
POD
Americans run long on Sundays because it is the American thing to do. It is a testament to the freedom of the American dream when a person rolls out of bed with the sunrise, laces up the shoes, and starts down the driveway for a jaunt through the neighborhood and surrounding trails. It is the same as taking the cover off of the '54 Cobra and winding along the scenic route with the wind in your face on a Sunday afternoon. It is the day of freedom, and is ingrained in the American psyche.
How does your attendance at church affect your Sunday long run?
Family to Church of the Long Brunch and moi to the being one with nature and my gods road.
I enjoy them, that's why!
fasdkld wrote:
How does your attendance at church affect your Sunday long run?
The same as it does a Sunday 5x1000, 4x1200, 6x800 or 3x1600: Not at all. :)
I had always thought that it was a "train as you race" thing. Most marathons are on Sunday.
I do a long run whenever I feel like it. The only time I've had a scheduled long run is this last XC season. We did long runs on Saturday. If we had a race Saturday we just didn't do a long run that week. I can't remember the last time I did a long run on a Sunday.
I'll say it again, or rather, ask it:What takes longer: long run or special weekly (bi-weekly) interval type workout?Factor in travel to running location.It is my opinion, having spoken with many others and trained with many others, that getting to a certain track/location, and doing all those things that an interval session entails, makes those sessions as much as or even more time consuming than long runs.Am I wrong in thinking that the nature of most long runs means you can start/finish from home or near home?
will wrote:
Lydiard started the tradition because that's when most of the guys had time for the long runs. He mentions it in a few books as anecdotal reasons for the Sunday long run.
i follow lydiard so I do saturday long runs
It's easier to run a long run hungover than it is to run an interval workout.
tx, how you doin? :)
[quote]dhdhdhhdh wrote:
Point #1: It could be because the "average" runner does their long run way too fast, and as a result has to crash/pass out on the couch the rest of the day, which would not work on a weekday.
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Why do you say the average runner does their long run way too fast?
I typically do my long run the same pace as my morning runs. No faster or slower. I usually take a quick nap within 2 hours after. Are you saying I'm doing my long run too fst?
Because that's the way it was in college for me so I have stuck with it.
You people are disgusting. Sunday is for reflection and do-gooding, not for running/repeats.
haha YO wrote:
Because that's the way it was in college for me so I have stuck with it.
Agreed. That's the coach's day off, so the runners are usually on their own. Plus it is often the day after a meet, so it is a good time for a recovery type run.