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Back on the running train and looking for advice

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  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    Agreed. Less than 10 miles a week, speedwork isn't really a good idea. Your plan is very conservative. Too conservative for me, but I'm not lifting three days a week either. You'll get faster with more miles. Maybe increase to 4-5 miles a day, 3 days a week?

    I do tend to err on the side of conservative (it’s a lawyer thing), but that seems like a big jump from my prior high of six miles a week - my current longest run is 2.63 miles from February. :) I may play it by ear and increase a little more aggressively if I continue to feel okay with everything, though. I’d like to get to the point where I’m running more, but I don’t really know what that looks like yet.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Hal Higdon plans are the bomb diggety. Gentle training approach and super effective.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,770 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    Agreed. Less than 10 miles a week, speedwork isn't really a good idea. Your plan is very conservative. Too conservative for me, but I'm not lifting three days a week either. You'll get faster with more miles. Maybe increase to 4-5 miles a day, 3 days a week?

    I do tend to err on the side of conservative (it’s a lawyer thing), but that seems like a big jump from my prior high of six miles a week - my current longest run is 2.63 miles from February. :) I may play it by ear and increase a little more aggressively if I continue to feel okay with everything, though. I’d like to get to the point where I’m running more, but I don’t really know what that looks like yet.

    I didn't mean to do it at once. Add 1/2 mile a week to one of your runs. The next week, add another 1/2 mile. When you get to 10 miles a week, add 1 mile to your longest run, or 1/2 mile to two of your runs. Every 4 weeks, cut back your total weekly mileage. That's still keeping to the 10% recommendation, which is very conservative for new runners.
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