16 miles
Distance - 16 miles
Time - 2:34
Yesterday I increased my longest ever slow run to 16 miles. It generally felt OK apart from the last couple of miles where some muscles started to tighten up a little. This is the furthest I plan to run for a little while - most of the literature suggests that two and a half hours on your feet is enough to gain the benefits of distance running, and I would hope that in a month or so I'll be able to run a mile or two extra comfortably in the same time.
My mileage target for this week is mid-30s. Between my long run (quality session one) and my second 'quality' run following the Jack Daniel's programme - a 10k combining hard running intervals with easy recovery periods - I have about 15 miles to make up through easy runs. Today is a rest day, which I'm gald of since I've had a couple of twinges in my shin.
Time - 2:34
Yesterday I increased my longest ever slow run to 16 miles. It generally felt OK apart from the last couple of miles where some muscles started to tighten up a little. This is the furthest I plan to run for a little while - most of the literature suggests that two and a half hours on your feet is enough to gain the benefits of distance running, and I would hope that in a month or so I'll be able to run a mile or two extra comfortably in the same time.
My mileage target for this week is mid-30s. Between my long run (quality session one) and my second 'quality' run following the Jack Daniel's programme - a 10k combining hard running intervals with easy recovery periods - I have about 15 miles to make up through easy runs. Today is a rest day, which I'm gald of since I've had a couple of twinges in my shin.
posted by edinburghrunner at 9:29 am
3 Comments:
Nice job on getting your long runs up to 16 miles. 2 1/2 hours is a long time to be running.
Thats excellent you obviously have the stamina and determination to complete your marathons if as you say the body is willing!
Running for that length of time is strange - looking back later in the day it almost feels like you've been away on holiday, particularly if you do it early enough in the morning to have a full day of other activities ahead of you.
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