Mid-Long Run Pick Up? (Read 392 times)

Nader, This is fine but you seem to be apprehensive. My suggestion would be if doing 10 miles would be to run 8 miles at normal pace and pick it up the last 1-2 miles or so if feeling fine. If you are struggling at mile 8, just finish at normal pace. A 1-2 mile faster finish (doesn't need to be that much faster but a "pick up" or even a progressive "pick up") on semi tired legs will have a similar if not greater conditioning effect than picking up pace for a few miles in middle. I would suggest doing this work out (faster miles) in a mid week semi long run of 6-8 miles around a warm up and cooldown. Get some confidence before mixing in faster miles in your long run (which I certainly am an advocate of if using it as a quality run).