Runners: Time or Distance?

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  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Distance. I am just getting back into it. Distance first, then comes improving the pace.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Like many others who responded, I do all of my runs based on time except for my long runs, which are based on distance. I started doing this when I used Matt Fitzgerald's 80/20 training plans which are set up this way, and I like it because you always know how long your run will take. It's not always exact because I always have to get back to my starting point or my destination and that sometimes ends up being an approximation, but it's usually within a minute or two of my intended time.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    I think in terms of distance, but right now I'm in a training plan that has a some of the workout stated in time. For example, today's speed workout says 3 miles easy, 20 minutes at T (lactate threshold), 2 miles easy. Saturday is 13 miles, Sunday is 60 minutes. I go with the flow.
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