Time on feet is the key? (Read 875 times)

Everybody is different, so your mileage may vary... Anyhow, there is a small consensus that if you can work up to 10 to 15 hours of running in a week, that is "enough" for most people. Some people run more, some people run less, but I think for the majority of recreational runners, it is often hard to run more than 10 to 15 hours a week. A lot of people start to break down when they go much over that, and a lot of people who haven't worked up to that amount of running will break down prior to reaching that level, so take your time building up to it. Another way to think about it is that all things in your life should be in balance. So when your running starts to take away too much from the other things in your life, then you've reached your current limit. Our personal situations also tend to be fluid and changing, so our training should also reflect that in that when you have more time, you can train more, but when you have less time, don't be afraid to cut back. Good luck!

Everybody is different, so your mileage may vary... Anyhow, there is a small consensus that if you can work up to 10 to 15 hours of running in a week, that is "enough" for most people. Some people run more, some people run less, but I think for the majority of recreational runners, it is often hard to run more than 10 to 15 hours a week. A lot of people start to break down when they go much over that, and a lot of people who haven't worked up to that amount of running will break down prior to reaching that level, so take your time building up to it. Another way to think about it is that all things in your life should be in balance. So when your running starts to take away too much from the other things in your life, then you've reached your current limit. Our personal situations also tend to be fluid and changing, so our training should also reflect that in that when you have more time, you can train more, but when you have less time, don't be afraid to cut back. Good luck!

10 to 15 mi/wk! I thought I was doing great to get in 30 mi/wk (about 5 hrs)... Doubling or tripling my current running is not in my picture!

Thanks foe the response. I am actually going for time on feet now as opposed to distance. 10 is quite a lot for me to fit in but achievable. If I do 10 hours of runnung easy a week I acheive about 75 miles. I am going to build up to this however.....

Depending upon how far along you are and what your body tolerates, you might consider building partway, then plateauing to allow your body to adapt then building again. If 10 hr/wk gives you 75 mpw, I'll assume you're running about 5.3 hr/wk now (about where I was 2 yr ago). I'm older and slower, not doing Maffetone, and not using 7-day weeks, but some peak 7-day periods last year were about 12+ hrs, iirc, alternating with about 6-8 hrs (depending how the 2 on / 1 off and long runs split across 7-day boundaries). I struggled with it last year, but had a running goal for my 60th bd. This year I swore I wouldn't worry about volume as much and try to get some more quality in. This year, after being on that frequency of running (and lower volume during recovery / rebuild) for about 1.5 yrs, I discovered I could handle the volume more easily and still add quality, although snow conditions were different this year. Note: for me, quality is hills of various flavors with occasional work in sub-LT zone.