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231. How To Build Mileage Run4PRs
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www.run4prs.com
How many miles do you run per week? How does one build up to be able to run 50 or even 100 mile weeks? Should everyone try to achieve high mileage? These are all great questions we will be addressing in this episode. Usually, runners will see great gains in fitness in the beginning of their running journey from simply going from running 0 miles to 10 miles per week. In the beginning it almost seems like the more we run, the better we get. However, there becomes a point when it becomes counter productive.
How do you know if it’s time to start increasing mileage
Are you improving
We want to assess if you are training at the appropriate paces for easy days
You are not always injury prone and needing to run low mileage: sometimes there is a different variable at play
What is your history: masters runner, new runner, injury prone
How do you feel?
Do you have time?
Does more mileage equal better results
You can only run as much as you can recover from
Running more only is helpful to a point
Counter productive: injury/burnout
How do you increase?
10% per week max
Cut back weeks every 1-3 weeks of 75% volume
How often should you assess mileage
Every week/every season/every year
Your body and goals change
You should not always be running peak mileage
www.run4prs.com
How many miles do you run per week? How does one build up to be able to run 50 or even 100 mile weeks? Should everyone try to achieve high mileage? These are all great questions we will be addressing in this episode. Usually, runners will see great gains in fitness in the beginning of their running journey from simply going from running 0 miles to 10 miles per week. In the beginning it almost seems like the more we run, the better we get. However, there becomes a point when it becomes counter productive.
How do you know if it’s time to start increasing mileage
Are you improving
We want to assess if you are training at the appropriate paces for easy days
You are not always injury prone and needing to run low mileage: sometimes there is a different variable at play
What is your history: masters runner, new runner, injury prone
How do you feel?
Do you have time?
Does more mileage equal better results
You can only run as much as you can recover from
Running more only is helpful to a point
Counter productive: injury/burnout
How do you increase?
10% per week max
Cut back weeks every 1-3 weeks of 75% volume
How often should you assess mileage
Every week/every season/every year
Your body and goals change
You should not always be running peak mileage
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