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A0

and how many speed sessions do you actually run/do a week + what distance are you training for?
Just curious about what runners do

ecoli

A0 wrote: »

and how many speed sessions do you actually run/do a week + what distance are you training for?
Just curious about what runners do

Currently stepping up from 5k/10k training to do a Half Marathon in Dec although regardless of this step up the mileage was always gonna be the same. Aim is roughly 80 mpw most weeks between now and December.

In terms of sessions most the time I do 2 quality sessions a week however I am looking to adjust this to do 5 over a two week cycle (2 one week and 3 the next)

RayCun

Marathon training these days, so my training is
3 x recovery runs, about 16 miles total
1 x Medium Long Run, about 10 miles (though this sometimes gets squeezed if there's a race on the weekend)
1 x club training session, 3-5 miles, different every week
1 x long run, 15-20 miles

Krusty_Clown

Just finished my marathon program. Was running 65-75 mpw.
1 Quality session (tempo run @15-21k pace, or intervals @5k pace).
1 Long run (18-21 Miles, sometimes with PMP)
1 Medium Long Run (12-15 miles).
1 or 2 aerobic runs
Couple of recovery runs, with or without strides.
Wasn't enough.

Now trying to build back up to 55-60 miles as soon as possible, without doing self-harm.

earlyevening

Just finishing marathon training, 66-72mpw
1 rest day
1 tempo run
2 recovery runs
1 16miler, mainly MP
1 21 mile LSR, often a progression run
1 400m interval day with easy run to follow

only 39m this week

Krusty_Clown

earlyevening wrote: »

Just finishing marathon training, 66-72mpw
1 rest day
1 tempo run
2 recovery runs
1 16miler, mainly MP
1 21 mile LSR, often a progression run
1 400m interval day with easy run to follow

That sounds very structured.

earlyevening

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

That sounds very structured.

Mish mash of everything I've read even though I do pretty much the same each week which isnt ideal.

Next year I'm going do to mile intervals more often and more progression LSRs.

Worsening economy will allow more running time next year. Every cloud...

pconn062

Started tapering down for DCM this week but my training up until now consisted of:

2 rest days
I medium long run at the club at a fair clip usually 8-10 miles
1 tempo run 4-6 miles
2 recovery runs usually 6 miles
1 long run, for this marathon cycle I've done up to 20 miles, and did 3 twenty milers.

I would do this type of plan for most of the year just altering the mileage depending on the race, would also swap the medium long run sometimes for interval work if I'm aiming for shorter distance races.

Clearlier

Currently training for a half marathon. 1 - 2 speed sessions per week. 40 - 50 mpw but trying to get that a bit higher in preparation for following P&D 55-70 for a spring marathon where I'd like to do the runs at a higher effort level than I do when I'm 'reaching' for the mileage.

TFBubendorfer

earlyevening wrote: »

Mish mash of everything I've read even though I do pretty much the same each week which isnt ideal.

Rob De Castella used to train that way, and he wasn't exactly a bad runner.

T runner

earlyevening wrote: »

Just finishing marathon training, 66-72mpw
1 rest day
1 tempo run
2 recovery runs
1 16miler, mainly MP
1 21 mile LSR, often a progression run
1 400m interval day with easy run to follow

only 39m this week

May i enquire as to the pace of the 400s and the quantity?

T runner

Mon 1 hr aerobic
Tue1.5 hr aerobic
Wed 1 hr Hilly Fartlek
Thu1.5 hr aerobic
Fri I hr recovery/jog
Saturday 2-2.5 hrs aerobic
Sunday 1-1.5 hrs aerobic

Building towards this. Plan is to cover the distance as fast as possible allowing for recovery and continuation of training. This is taken directly from Lydiards proposed conditioning phase for a marathon. Will keep doing it until 18 weeks out from a target Spring marathon. Will hold back slighly until i reach the allocated running time. Then try to increase speed week on week.

Then it may be the Daniels plan/P and D plan. Substituting P and D fast longer runs for Daniles tempo sessions as the body feels. May also do 400s as my form responds well to these.

earlyevening

T runner wrote: »

May i enquire as to the pace of the 400s and the quantity?

I do 9 intervals with jog recovery.

Unfortunately they're laps around various fields and football pitches so I haven't measured them precisely yet. Equally, I just run as fast as I possibly can and dont think about pace.

Next year I'll sit down with the garmin and get a bit more scientific.

ecoli

T runner wrote: »

Mon 1 hr aerobic
Tue1.5 hr aerobic
Wed 1 hr Hilly Fartlek
Thu1.5 hr aerobic
Fri I hr recovery/jog
Saturday 2-2.5 hrs aerobic
Sunday 1-1.5 hrs aerobic

Building towards this. Plan is to cover the distance as fast as possible allowing for recovery and continuation of training. This is taken directly from Lydiards proposed conditioning phase for a marathon.

Does Lydiard not advocate a 2 week cycle in this phase? I remember looking at his plans and there was a time trial every second week of 3000m-5000m and also some strides?

I only mention it as even in the marathon conditioning phase there should be a bit more paced work just for leg turnover. Though depending on how you run the fartlek I suppose this could act as that stimulus

A0

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dev123

A0 wrote: »

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More seriously, many thanks to those who replied :-)

I've followed jack daniels for the dublin marathon this year. Peak weekly milage of 50 with an average of around 40 - 45. Most of the quality sessions have some element of tempo running. The early phase is where speed is worked on. Will do 10k training over winter which will focus more on intervals and repeats with hopefully 2 sessions per week

RoverHogan

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More seriously, many thanks to those who replied :-)

I did P&D 70 mile plan for the Berlin marathon. Running DCM as well, so being following a 5 week multiple marathon plan since. This week has been as follows:
Sun 16 mile progressive
Mon rest
Tue 8m general aerobic
Wed 5 mile recovery
Thurs 9m vo2 max 3x1m @ 5k pace
Fri 5m recovery
Sat 6m recovery

Next week I taper back to 34m. After DCM i'm gonna rest for a few weeks & think about what to do next. I like the structure of following a training plan, so might look at a 10K plan and target some races early next year.

Timmaay

It depends on the time of year, at the minute in (Winter/XC), about 50mpw, and typical week is:

Sun 70-90mins easy
Mon 50mins
Tue -Session, likes of 5/4/3/3/2/1 mins etc etc
Wed 40mins
Thur - Session
Fri - 40mins
Sat - Rest or tempo (depending on if I'm racing)

During the summer, I usually do sessions and long runs on the same days, except the sessions are wayy shorter, and much quicker, likes of 10x400m etc, and the long runs are shorter. My average summer mpw was only about 30 this yr summer, which for next summer I'd like to bump that up abit!

opus

RoverHogan wrote: »

I did P&D 70 mile plan for the Berlin marathon. Running DCM as well, so being following a 5 week multiple marathon plan since. This week has been as follows:
Sun 16 mile progressive
Mon rest
Tue 8m general aerobic
Wed 5 mile recovery
Thurs 9m vo2 max 3x1m @ 5k pace
Fri 5m recovery
Sat 6m recovery

I followed exactly that P&D plan for Berlin as well, not running in DCM so I'm just following their five week recovery plan at the moment which eases you back to ~40m/week. Don't plan to go much beyond that 'til starting training all over again the London marathon next Jan.

A0

Thanks everyone for your replies, best of luck!

donal2000

I've completed a 5km, 5mile and 10km and in training for the half marathon in December.

I'll be doing 5+miles twice this week and going to up it as the weeks draw closer to the half marathon.

I probably won't get as good a time as I'd like but I'll be putting my first half marathon down to experience and hope to do many more.