Beware, batbear...
Of your total weekly mileage, how much should be the long run, ideally?
2014 Goal -- Run 5X per week, pain-free (relatively) by end of summer.
Not sure the ideal ratio, but I've kept mine at a little bit under 30% of my weekly mileage (as recommended by the training plan I'm following). I try to keep up around the same pace I do on my steady runs.
I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.
Future Goals: 5:30 mile • 19:30 5k • 33:30 8k • 42:00 10k • 1:15:00 10-mile • 1:40:00 half-marathon • 1000 miles
I've read 20 to 30%, but I don't adhere to that or I'd never do any really long runs.
Don't make excuses for why you can't get it done.
Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.
I've been doing between 30-50%, yikes. To be truthful, I sort of skimped on some of the middle of the week mileage that my training plan said I should be doing. So...I think that 30% would be about perfect.