Curse of the 17-miler

I'm going to be blunt here. The weather has sucked for my long runs recently. I'm convinced that my 17-milers are cursed. (As are my 2.5 mile runs. Seriously, I avoid 2.5 mile runs like the plague.) Unfortunately those 17 mile runs are much more difficult to avoid. Can't cut them back without negatively impacting [...]

By | November 29th, 2015|Endurance, Training|Comments Off on Curse of the 17-miler
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Building Margin Into My Distance Training Plans

There's a rule of thumb that runners shouldn't have more than a 10% weekly mileage gain from week to week. That rule of thumb has helped me quite a bit. It gives me a place to start and a gauge to tell me whether I can be ready for a specific race in the future. [...]

By | November 23rd, 2015|Endurance, Rest and Recovery, Training|Comments Off on Building Margin Into My Distance Training Plans
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