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Just a few thoughts. First, your mileage is very low. Extremely low, even.
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I haven't been running long enough to rack up mileage- I just got back on the road in december. I'm not doing MAF- I can't run at the MAF for my age (46), so I settled on 153-162 as a starting point. I was seeing some improvement, hr's in the 140's sometimes, going further before I had to start walking and shorter walk times.
Sorry to highjack the thread, but this may help gebuh as well - what kind of base mileage should somebody have for LHR running to make sense? Eliz
There's no magic number. Take a look at the FAQ in my signature - it's addressed in various ways and you may see a few Qs that are very applicable to you. I will say this, however - if one is running no more than 15 miles per week consistently, I wouldn't expect any significant short-term progress. However, once again, I'm really just talking about low HR training, not running in general.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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thanx for the advice, like I said, I'm not expecting miracles or dramatic improvement- but I didn't expect to lose ground. I'll try to stick to a maf of 144, I guess it couldn't hurt, but that pretty much means walking.
Good luck - sticking under 144 may or may not give rise to some progress. If it still has you in a high carb-burning state, then you won't see the low HR training trends. Nonetheless, it is understandable that everyone has a threshold for patience! Let us know how it goes over a period of time.