How does 60 miles break down over seven days? The longest week I've done is 40 miles. That was: Monday: hill intervals that added up to 3.5 miles including warm up and cool down. Tuesday: 4.7 mile fast, flat run Thursday: 10 mile race pace Saturday: 22 mile race pace (or a little slower) I look at that and don't know where I'd add an extra 20 miles. Even if I replaced Monday and Tuesday with 10 mile runs it's still only 52 miles. Do you run twice per day? How many days a week do you run in a week like that?
Oh, got it. So yeah, it could look this this: Monday: 6 miles, all easy Tuesday: 9 miles, mixture of half marathon pace and easy Wednesday: 10 miles, all easy Thursday: 8 miles, mixture of threshold and half marathon pace with easy warmup and cool down. This usually ends up being two or three separate runs strung together Saturday: 10-13 miles, mostly easy Sunday: 16-20 miles, long run
Awesome, thanks! I may bug you about what I think I'd like to do for training as a sort of sanity check. I'm already signed up for one full marathon next year (Milwaukee Lakefront that I was able to defer from this year). The Madison Marathon is tomorrow, and holy shit I wish I was running it. I'm giddy just running the half and knowing I can stay and cheer for the full. I know two people running their first fulls tomorrow. I'm toying with signing up for it next year. My body broke training for one this year, but I'm hopeful I can manage that next year after PT.
Always! Love talking about this stuff with you and waso. Let us know how the half went!!!