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jackc
Three/four days of running, one/two days of cycling.
Runs are around 11 miles, and cycling is 40-75 miles; either one trip or split over two days, hard/easy depending.
I have been running since 2014, followed marathon plans in past years: Hal Higdon / Pfitzinger, but I struggle with short runs, tempo stuff, and anything that requires thinking too scientifically. I run in order to not think too much if that makes sense!
This year with Covid and no 10k races (which are my favourite usually) meant that I could experiment with the week. Meaning longer runs when I go out, but more rest. It works in that my weekly mileage has gone up steadily in the last few months.
Two 'out there' aims (before the end of the year perhaps) are a 100 mile training week and separately a 50 mile run/walk/crawl ha. My long runs (thanks to advice here) have gone from sustaining what I would name a medium-to-high pace for 2 hrs on road surface , to 4+ hrs now at a medium pace on mainly gravel / footpaths (5 hrs including breaks).
The other experiment I did was a year ago, running 7-10 miles a day for a month which was tiring, but I had noticeable improvement physically and glided through a 10 mile race straight off the back of it.
Sorry for the long post!