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I think 30% is very general. If running 100 miles per week, you won't be seeing many 30 mile long runs. If running 10 miles per week, every run is long. No really, the lower miles you run, the more you can generally run in a long run percentage wise. For example I run 22-25 miles per week and my general long run is 9 miles or around 40% of weekly miles. I will get some 10 milers and one 11 in before a half marathon with no issues but I do have a strong base and have been running for 20 years. Listen to your body also. If running 10-12 miles per week, I wouldn't go much more than 4-5 miles in long run. You just don't have strength to support it. Meaning, it will be a stress to your system requiring more recovery time. Use 25-30% as general guideline but a broader range would be 20-40% of weekly miles depending on miles per week.
but 25-30 or 20-40 percent of which one?, if I run 10 miles mon-sat and 3 miles on sun that 3 miles is approx 33% of the mon-sat miles but 23ish% of total weekly mileage.
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