Long singles (1:30:00) every day?

This looks like a great training outline. Just remember to not use the schedule as an end all be all and if you feel good one day pick up the pace and if you feel bad, move a longer run to the next day. Maybe if the weather is particularly pleasant run longer on one of the days.

I had a similar experience as you where I felt my best before the taper. I can't argue against the fact that I was strong while running high singles, it was the peak phase that really suffered. Running only one run a day I felt like it took me longer to warm up in my runs (since I was only running once every 22 hrs) and when I started running less, I wasn't getting as much out of my runs.

One suggestion I do have for the training schedule would be to incorporate one single day that is shorter like so.

M-5/9

Tu-14 hills, tempo, fartlek

W-5/9

Th-16 LSD

F-5/9

Sa-20

Su-10

Total=102

OP here: Thanks for the input everyone. And along with what you have said, I definitely plan to be flexible with my plan by listening to what my legs are telling me. I'll try to revive the thread and post an occasional update through my training and the season.

So i did 90 miles per week off doubles 2-3 times a week with workouts and long runs and races, and it was manageable, then one week in which my coach simply wanted us to put in base with one tempo, a long run and everything else miles, I did 90 miles off singles.... I was pretty much shot the entire next week when we started workouts.

Here is my thoughts off my experience... Do it and you will be really strong, however expect to be a lot more tired, because you won't have any of those 5 mile shake outs that keep you feeling loose. Maybe do 90 on singles in 6 days and then a 5, 5 recovery day at the end of each week. This will keep you a little more fresh for your upcoming keep and you can put some more quality into your runs.

Kanye North wrote:

40 hour weeks really isn't that much work. You can easily wake up 30 minutes earlier and get a 20 minute run in every morning.

It depends. Getting good sleep is very important for improving. It's not worth trading sleep for extra miles.

If you can find time for more running without compromising sleeping time then fine - but don't skip sleep time.

Generally speaking you should not wake to the sound of an alarm clock. Setting one is fine as insurance in case you sleep longer than usual - but if you're normally being woken by the clock then it means you're not getting the sleep your body wants.

I totally agree with the above. Go by feel on timed runs and you can avoid burnout on the 90-100 min/day in singles schedule. Although, as HRE said, ultimately you will be a better runner doing doubles, even if it's only a few of them a week. I've done the ~90 min/day in singles thing and I've also done 2-5x doubles per week thing and cutting some of those 90s down to 60-70 with an evening shakeout of 20-30. I always, always, always felt better going the doubles route - even with just a couple of them per week. The key is to make sure than 20-30 min run is dead easy and relaxing. Slept better, had more energy, my legs felt more consistent from day to day and you get more miles in. Win, win, win.

I'm not sure what it is, but bodies seem to like exercise, even in the easiest sense, once every 12 hours.

I'm a female and I have done around 100mi wks. I have done no speed work just gone out running. It felt a breeze running an 84 min hilly half marathon. Long runs definitely build a solid base

OP here - just wanted to update the thread and ask a few questions...

I have spent the last month building my mileage and hit 95 this past week. My schedule looked like this:

S-11

M-4/9

T-13.5

W-4/9

H-13.5

F-4/9

S-17.5

Almost all of my running has been done at ~6:30-7min pace and I have not yet felt good enough to really start pushing the pace or doing any types of tempo stuff. My goal is to hit 100 next week, but when do you think I should start doing some threshold-type work? Should I jump into it soon or wait until I get used to the miles more?

Now. It shouldn't be the typical "tempo run" that's actually a race, but just 20-30 minutes at a good hard clip, or fartlek, etc.

Check out Bill Rodgers' training logs:

http://www.bunnhill.com/BobHodge/Rodgers/TrainingLogs/br73traininglog.htm

If you scroll through you can see where he took breaks between seasons, but he still ends up doing workouts and low key races pretty much immediately.

I don't know how it's been where you are and I forget how much mileage you'd been doing previously. But I almost never felt very good on summer runs. I don't do well with heat. If you're the same or if you're running a good bit more than you're used to, I'd say just do the miles and let some faster runs come to you if they seem to want to meaning that you may not be able to call up a faster half hour or so but you may find that now and again you fell a bit better and naturally are able to run a bit faster. If not, don't worry. The volume will make you stronger and later you can cut back a bit and will be able to handle faster runs. And if you're running any hilly courses you're doing "speedwork in disguise."