If I made my easy runs of 6 miles bump up to 8 miles, would that make it not an easy run? Or if I did 2 in the morning on my easy days would that just be pointless? How should I go about adding more overall mileage.
If I made my easy runs of 6 miles bump up to 8 miles, would that make it not an easy run? Or if I did 2 in the morning on my easy days would that just be pointless? How should I go about adding more overall mileage.
Run a 6/4 double instead of bumping it up to 8 and you'll be on the right track.
Depends on what event you are training for. For me, it is always better to run a little longer once a day than to try to fit in an extra run, extra stretch and an extra shower. If time is important to you, then I would opt to extend the run as you will get more discretionary time that you can use for sleep, which is how your body recovers.
Don't you usually wait until 65-70mpw before you work in some doubles?
Billy Rosewood wrote:
Don't you usually wait until 65-70mpw before you work in some doubles?
No :P
Billy Rosewood wrote:
Don't you usually wait until 65-70mpw before you work in some doubles?
No
Billy Rosewood wrote:
Don't you usually wait until 65-70mpw before you work in some doubles?
Who's "you"? No, of course not.
Pineapple166 wrote:
If I made my easy runs of 6 miles bump up to 8 miles, would that make it not an easy run? Or if I did 2 in the morning on my easy days would that just be pointless? How should I go about adding more overall mileage.
To give you a good answer and not just m3ss around:
It's important to have in mind the distance you're training for.
While a schedule with 4/6 doubles and a couple of workouts might work out very well for shorter distances it might not work as well for a marathon.
And "easy" is a feeling, not a set pace or distance. I have run a couple fast (not world class - but fast) marathons and I can tell you some days I am struggling on a 6 miler @ 7:20 minute pace, because I am tired. And other days a 13 miler @ 5:50 pace feels "easy". It all depends, so don't overstress about the details especially when training for longer stuff.
I'm training for races that are 3 miles at the longest, 1 mile at the shortest.
Good idea. Thank you. And is it good to do doubles on easy days? I have to do workouts in the afternoons after school and I don't like running the morning of them.
Thank you for responding. I definitely agree with the easy as a feeling. But I have to stick to a set schedule or else I'll just push it no matter what. My easy days are always 6 miles (except for one time a week where it's a long run which I run easy) so I don't know where to place he extra miles and still recover