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I did not look at your log - But this
In my opinion, you're running your long runs way too fast. If your tempo run is 10:53 at 57 minutes duration, your 12 mile long run should certainly not be at a 10:53 pace. I bet that's why you're taking 3 days to recover. It seems you almost raced your long run instead of actually taking it easy.
In my opinion, you're running your long runs way too fast. If your tempo run is 10:53 at 57 minutes duration, your 12 mile long run should certainly not be at a 10:53 pace.
I bet that's why you're taking 3 days to recover. It seems you almost raced your long run instead of actually taking it easy.
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I don't think so. The guy has run a half marathon at 8:50 pace.
The easy advice is always to "slow down" -- the correct answer is usually more complex.
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Thanks for all the advice. The take away is NSAID's = No. Aspirin, maybe but sparingly. I should be running more weekly miles to support a run that long, but don't build them too fast. May be running the long run too fast.
Gotcha.
Most of this is coming out of a summer where I was just running for fun fitness, not racing fitness, and I wasn't logging runs at all. I was probably doing 20-25 miles most weeks this summer. I'm just now starting to pick up the pace a little bit.
2014 Goal -- Run 5X per week, pain-free (relatively) by end of summer.
I don't think so. The guy has run a half marathon at 8:50 pace. The easy advice is always to "slow down" -- the correct answer is usually more complex.
Of note looking at his log, this was 2 years ago, and 15 pounds lighter. I know there is a a lot on this site on HR monitoring, which is a whole other topic. I do think there is some benefit here for either HR monitoring or perceived effort. I agree with everyone else here that it seemed too long for his current fitness, mainly based on the effort of 10/10 for the run, and the prolonged recovery.
I am once again "on" in a history of on again off again running. This time, I am slowly increasing the mileage, but my long runs are slow, at low perceived effort.
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