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Lots of slow miles; training effects?

  • 17-05-2010 1:03pm
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    --amadeus--
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    Most of you know about HMs upcoming long run (here). All the focus is of course on getting her to the start and end points in one piece.

    But it struck my the other day that her support crew will also have a fairly stiff physical challenge. Zuppy and I will be doing teh bulk of it and my back of an envelope reckoning is that I'll probably run 75 - 100 miles and bike at least the same again over the week. That's small fry in the context of the run and the expertise is there in the crew to manage it from a fuel / hydration / recovery pov. And the miles will be slow enough that the distance shouldn't be difficult.

    My plan, especially before Zuppy join us, is to run the first stretch, bike a bit, do my own training in the middle of the day and then run some more in the evening. The running will be mostly at HM's pace with short bursts every 30 mins or so to grab feed and return it and I'll be carrying a back pack. The biking will be a combo of normal speed biking to recce the route and slow to keep herself sane.

    I expect the bulk of teh miles to be 2 - 3 mins per mile slower than my normal pace. What benefit - if any - should I see from this training? Will I see benefits from the cycling? Should I try and do more speed work taht week to balance the long slow stuff?


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    Gringo78
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    --amadeus-- wrote: »
    I expect the bulk of teh miles to be 2 - 3 mins per mile slower than my normal pace. What benefit - if any - should I see from this training? Will I see benefits from the cycling? Should I try and do more speed work taht week to balance the long slow stuff?

    I would expect you'll be wrecked after the week, you'll have lost 1-2kg of body fat if you eats sensibly for the week i.e not snacking (which will probably be hard to do while on the road). It'll be good training for your fat burning metabolism, but nothing more i'd say...i.e if you're not used to that kind of time on your feet...16hrs running in one week....your legs might not be up to it, whatever the pace. I wouldn't go adding in any speedwork or trying to do your own training, that'll likely end in injury.

    The cycling at the slow pace will again be a fat burning exercise, so if you have it to lose, great. If you're not used to cycling though, it'll take its toll on you for the week.


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    --amadeus--
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    Gringo78 wrote: »
    I would expect you'll be wrecked after the week, you'll have lost 1-2kg of body fat if you eats sensibly for the week i.e not snacking (which will probably be hard to do while on the road). It'll be good training for your fat burning metabolism, but nothing more i'd say...i.e if you're not used to that kind of time on your feet...16hrs running in one week....your legs might not be up to it, whatever the pace. I wouldn't go adding in any speedwork or trying to do your own training, that'll likely end in injury.

    The cycling at the slow pace will again be a fat burning exercise, so if you have it to lose, great. If you're not used to cycling though, it'll take its toll on you for the week.

    Yeah thinking about it the bike is going to be at such a low intensity it will barely register, I would expect.

    As for having it to lose... I'm (roughly) 6' tall and weigh 67 - 70kgs (69 this am) so I'm not exactly obese but a couple of kgs won't kill me. When I was thinking about this earlier I wasn't really considering the time on my feet angle actually - that could be a source of over use issues, as could changes to my gait caused by running more slowly.

    Surely though it will stand to me as endurance training?


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