Daily running? (Read 1399 times)

There is nothing wrong with running daily.

I run most days.  If my body says to give it a break, or timing comes in to make it impossibly difficult, I will, but not just because. 

Nothing wrong with running every day, we even have a group for it.  I would say that those fast marathoners that dont run every day, also dotn take that many days off either - but rest on a day they cant fit it in, or think their body needs the rest day.

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/mileaday/streak

To generalize...a good number of folks arrive at the opposite of what you fear.  That is, they find running every (or most) days reduces injuries and down time.  Building that base and sustaining it leads to less problems.

Heh.

If I had time and heat tolerance, I'd run 10 times in 7 days.  Compare that to what is in my log, and the answer is intuitive.

Same here.  My runs have been screwed up all year, too much going on.  I'd rather be doing 10-12 a week but some weeks I've barely gotten 2 or 3 in.  What's worse, when I miss a couple of days in a row, that's when running gets less comfortable.

I'm hardly an expert here ---- but my running started getting a lot better when I started running every day.....

7 times per week ---- recently, I have been experimenting with 8 runs per week (double on Thursday) and plan to continue and actually hope to get my running up to 10 times in 7 days......Not sure if I will or can....

BUT, back to the original question, I find that I feel better, run better and progress more if I go out every day......many (most) of those days are easy and sometimes REALLY Easy, but thats what the book says....go lots of miles and mostly easy.... 

Sick - worst I had was the flu once pretty bad, but I actually had to get out of bed to go down to city hall to get a zoning variance anyway, so since I was up, I ran a quick mile.

 

Vacation - Best time to run, love running in new places

 

Hurt - Once in a while I have an injury, but nothing so bad I cant get through a mile for a few days to rest it up and ice it.

 

For me, it has always been about keeping consistency.  Prior to running every day (streaking) I would skip a day, then that became two, then three - the next thign I knew I hadnt run in a week and a half.  Now its not a matter of "IF" i'm going to run, its just when and how far.  So before bed every night I plan it out in my head - most of my runs are done before work, but if I cant do that then I mentally plan out a few other tiems I could squeeze it in. 

 

Plus, I have a very understanding wife.

 Damn man that is crazy, maybe i'm just a whiner sometimes but when I am sick I'm not moving I'm stuck in bed all day, and on my vacation I need to start packing my running stuff!  Your right I never even thought of exploring while I run.