Just curious. If you’re training for a race, what’s your weekly mileage like, and what distance are you training for? I’m stuck around 20 mpw right now because life, kind of want to live vicariously through other runners. Hoping to eventually get back to ultras, but probably won’t have time to run enough for that for at least a year or two.

  • VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ve switched from thinking about my training weeks in terms of distance to thinking about them in terms of duration, to avoid the trap of running too fast in order to reach a distance target.

    I’m currently doing 3 sessions a week, 1 quality session, 1 45m base run with a few strides at the end, and one 90m long run. Base run and long run capped to zone 2. I also do a bare minimum of 2.5 hours cycling per week, which I cap to zone 2 as well, along with 3 sessions of 5/3/1 strength.

    After having come to terms with the fact that I’m limited by a relatively weak aerobic system, I’ve intentionally dialled down the intensity a lot, and I’m starting to see some slow but steady progress. It’s nice!