800 neters
800 neters
I don't much care if it "sounds" like a real rule. In fact it's not a "rule" at all. What it is is the point at which you'll get the most possible benefit for the least possible work.
Also, it's laughable that you think that a long run can be done at 90% of max HR. You do know that running at 90% of max would be similar to running an all out two mile or 5k.
The point of running a long run is to build your aerobic capacity. Running at 90% of max is anaerobic.
I won't be too hard on you because obviously you don't have much of an idea about what you're talking about when it comes to training theory but just to teach you a quick lesson, at 60% of max your hearts stroke volume reaches it's max. That means it's pumping it's max amount of blood and raising it's BPM past 60% of max doesn't make it pump any more blood. This means that running at 60% max won't do much damage on your body but will majorly improve your hearts ability to pump blood and oxygen.
That's called science, it's a bit different from what you call "fact."
I see tons of runs with hr monitors where people maintain a heart rate of 170-190 for the whole run. This is mostly with younger people, but i'm not really sure what you are even talking about.
No one cares about how efficient your heart is at pumping blood and O2, people want to improve their running times. I suspect 60% hr training will not improve as much as 70-90% training, but then again you claim you can't do a long run at close to 90%--I disagree based on hr data I have seen.
^^If someone would share more info on that, that'd be helpful. I might even start a new thread if no one replies.
I'm starting to think you may be a troll or just tremendously naive because obviously everyone who wants to improve running times should care about how efficiently their hearts can pump blood and oxygen. That's half the reason we train. (The other half being to train how efficiently our bodies can process lactic acid)
not sure if you understood me right, most people dont care if blood or O2 is even pumped in the first place. They mostly just want to be faster or able to run farther.
Perhaps the statement about not caring was a bit hyperbolic, but my point is most don't know about how the body works and improving one element doesn't necessarily give better results
^^The proof of that is in compression socks, which undoubtedly increase blood flow in the legs, but don't help running times much.
you guys are idiots20 miles?!
Tigras and Bears wrote:
At what point is it going to be too long.
My personal guess is low 20s should be the max for all college runners that aren't training for an even longer than 10k. Obviously, some college athletes might be into ultras, but let's assume they max out at 10k.
Please go ahead and provide a pace that you imagine this max distance long run to being run at.
That is a maximum. 15 mile runs are done at some schools for highschool seniors, low 20s seems appropriate for the longest run of the year for a few people on competitive college teams especially in the off season.
for 1 mile training: 15 miles
for 3k training: 17 miles
for 5k: 20 miles
for 10k: 28 miles.
for hm: 35 miles
For 26.2: 40 miles