Does it make sense for someone to run high mileage when his average pace results in three hours of running every day? isn't three hours way too much time? this is a training plan that includes a long run (which ends up being over 3 hours) a tempo run and a speed work out.
If you are running 3 hours a day you should not do any sort of intensity. 21 hours a week of cycling is a lot let alone running. That sort of volume plus intensity is just asking for overuse injuries, burnout, and on and on.
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What type of mileage is this?
It would be more efficient to get faster with shorter stuff first, then do longer mileage once you're faster.
Yes, 3 hours is too long to run every day. You should run 50% faster, then you'll get your mileage done in only 2 hours a day, which is tolerable.
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Does it make sense for someone to run high mileage when his average pace results in three hours of running every day? isn't three hours way too much time? this is a training plan that includes a long run (which ends up being over 3 hours) a tempo run and a speed work out.
If you ran 7:30 pace for 21 hours that's 168 miles per week, 7:00 pace is 180 miles. Maybe you could peak at that for a few weeks while base training for an ultra. But that kind of mileage at that slow of a pace is waaaaay too much. I'm sure there are some marathoners who run that mileage but they are elite and probably average close to 5:30-6:00 pace for that kind of mileage, which for 170 miles at 5:45 pace is a more manageable 17 hours.
how much wrote:
Does it make sense for someone to run high mileage when his average pace results in three hours of running every day? isn't three hours way too much time? this is a training plan that includes a long run (which ends up being over 3 hours) a tempo run and a speed work out.
If you have to ask this question then you're slow enough that you shouldn't be spending anywhere near this much time running. Get a life.