GOML wrote:
Speaker of hard truths wrote:
70 mpw QUALITY.
Don't tell me that isn't an option. It is an option.
Came here to post this exact reply.
He should view it in terms of the number of quality miles each week or better yet total quality miles in a build up. Everything else is just recovery. As part of quality you can count any miles run within 5% of marathon pace.
If you run 50 mpw you’ll only be able to run so many quality miles. If you run 70 mpw than you’ll eventually be able to run more quality than at 50 mpw. Mileage is only a means to an end. It’s not the end of itself. More mileage leads longer workouts, more intervals, less recovery time between workouts, longer runs at marathon (AeT) pace, longer runs at HM/AnT pace. Etc etc. etc.
it’s not an either-or question it’s first 50 mpw of quality (x% quality miles), 60 mpw of quantity (y% of quality miles where y < x), then 60 mpw of quality, 70 quantity, 70 quality, etc etc etc.