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There’s a lot a lot of theory behind 80% of your miles at conversation pace and just churning out miles with the other 20% being tempo runs.
It’s the theory I mostly stick too. Although usually ends up about 70-30 as I’m not a pro and running fast is fun and interesting.
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I was reading a couple days ago about how to structure training - there was a lot of talk about conversational running pace. I've gone from running infrequently to 45-55km a week, so have of course felt pretty fatigued - achey knees too. I'm now trying to have smaller weeks with a bigger weekend - so far it feels much better.
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Well thank you and @DerDieDas for the props :-) Generally I run pretty slow 6-7+min KMs, but at the moment it's all cross country so inevitably pretty up and down - and there's always a cheeky 11min KM for some bastard hill. I've always been much more interested in distance than speed - love seeing the route on the map after a long run. Feels like such an accomplishment.
I agree - anyone who's out walking, jogging, running or whatever gets maximum respect from me everytime.