12 Replies to “Reinstituting the Long Run and the Debate on How to Run Them”
I love your posts! And I LOVE long runs!! They are my FAVOURITE (after beloved tempos of course!). What you’ve said is interesting but makes sense! I’ve always heard to take them sloooow and I started using MacMillan running calculator at the start of my half mary training to calculate my long run pace, but that just felt uncomfortably slow!
And YAAY you are so making a huge comeback!! Are you gonna be racing any time soon? Any big plans? I think you would be AMAZING if you raced! 🙂
ya, i know that there are lots that profess to only go slow, but again just my opinion, if u want to race fast u have to have some faster, longer workouts/run to prepare u to do so.
and YOU my friend, i’m so excited u’re back out there and racing! 🙂
I LOVE long runs! Mostly because it gives me a free pass to run slow. I’m am not a fast runner by any means. I love the long and comfortable pace. It makes me feel normal and not like I suck and can’t run like all my blog friends!
This is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend so I have a few fam jams to attend…which probably means lots of food 😀
I actually think putting a tempo or threshold into a long run is the best training you can do for longer races like half marathons or marathons… I’m no expert either, but my college coach (who I believe is a running genius) said that my tempo long run would be my absolute best and most important workout when preparing for the marathon… so I’m with you!
I love long runs… especially when I feel like I’ve killed it! I might like track work and repeats a little more, but if you have some good friends and a little push, long runs can be ridiculously fun!
We still need to run together! Long run Saturday one of these weekends?
amen, sister! i’m the same way, i kno i’m not an expert but the people i’ve been around and coached by are, in my opinion, geniuses and so i’ll go with wat they say and also wat has been my personal experiences with things.
we SO need to get together for a long run…that would be awesome, where do u usually go?
I LOVE long runs and love that I don’t have to go fast. Although, the tempo long run sounds like a really smart way to train your body to run at a faster pace for your 1/2 or full marathon. I did 20 miles yesterday, and ended up running the 2nd 10 miles 5 mins slower than the first 10! I know that negative splits are better, but I was just happy to have gotten my first 20-miler of training done! I’m thinking my next long training run I’ll try and push it more at the end, while still staying smart to prevent injuries!!
I’m not training to race per say, but I would like to PR!!!
look at u and the BIG 2-0!!!! i’m so proud of u!!! and like i said, if u are adding one new element (adding more miles) u don’t want to mess with the other. so for ur long run u did the exact right thing and just got the miles in, putting the time in on your feet. and i count going for a PR as racing…that’s what racing is, going for ur personal best effort and pushing urself. i’d say that if next week u are running the same distance or less, it would be okay to try and pick up the pace during the later portion. I would say that u should wait at least until u get through the first half and asses how u are feeling first. But if u feel good, slightly pick it up. If u still feel strong thru 3/4 pick it up gradually again. let me know how it goes if u try, but if no pressure either way…and u can try going faster a different time. ur body is still getting used to those LONG, long runs! 🙂
Just found your blog and I’m enjoying. 🙂 I’m relatively new to running, and definitely new to distance running. I am right there with you that endurance is my strength; I have three speeds, slow, slower and stopped. I just got into longer distances this year, starting with my first 10 miler in the spring, my first half marathon a month ago, and training for my first marathon in about 5 weeks! I just slog through the miles for the long runs, though I often have negative splits. The first 3 miles are warmup for me, it takes that long for me to hit my stride and my lungs and legs to stop protesting that I’m killing them. It has been fun challenging myself with longer and longer distances, even though my pace is around 12:30/mi (right on target for race day). My first of two 20 mile training runs is this weekend, and I’m already prepping in my head. 🙂 I think next time around I will try to do some of the things you mention on my long runs, but this time it’s just about logging the miles and gaining the endurance.
THANKS for stopping by joy!! and awesome to have u along for the read! CONGRATS on all u’ve accomplished thus far and trust me, u’ll rock that marathon. as for that beastly 20 miler, u are spot on, that it’s just about getting those miles done and the time on ur feet. u don’t want to make ur first attempt at the distance a workout, lest it become a drudge-fest. great start with the prepping before hand, mental outlook is SO critical…know that u CAN do it, yes there will be tough moments and times u question, but when that part in ur brain tells u to stop keep ur goals in mind and remember that those ‘tough’ points do pass, and it’s amazing how much different u can feel a mile later. GOOD LUCK And let me know how it goes! 🙂
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I love your posts! And I LOVE long runs!! They are my FAVOURITE (after beloved tempos of course!). What you’ve said is interesting but makes sense! I’ve always heard to take them sloooow and I started using MacMillan running calculator at the start of my half mary training to calculate my long run pace, but that just felt uncomfortably slow!
And YAAY you are so making a huge comeback!! Are you gonna be racing any time soon? Any big plans? I think you would be AMAZING if you raced! 🙂
ya, i know that there are lots that profess to only go slow, but again just my opinion, if u want to race fast u have to have some faster, longer workouts/run to prepare u to do so.
and YOU my friend, i’m so excited u’re back out there and racing! 🙂
I LOVE long runs! Mostly because it gives me a free pass to run slow. I’m am not a fast runner by any means. I love the long and comfortable pace. It makes me feel normal and not like I suck and can’t run like all my blog friends!
This is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend so I have a few fam jams to attend…which probably means lots of food 😀
haha….u are not slow, u got a medal to prove it! 🙂
ya, it threw me when i saw someone post about thanksgiving, again, u canadians are always throwing me for a loop!! i hope u got ur major nosh on! 🙂
I actually think putting a tempo or threshold into a long run is the best training you can do for longer races like half marathons or marathons… I’m no expert either, but my college coach (who I believe is a running genius) said that my tempo long run would be my absolute best and most important workout when preparing for the marathon… so I’m with you!
I love long runs… especially when I feel like I’ve killed it! I might like track work and repeats a little more, but if you have some good friends and a little push, long runs can be ridiculously fun!
We still need to run together! Long run Saturday one of these weekends?
amen, sister! i’m the same way, i kno i’m not an expert but the people i’ve been around and coached by are, in my opinion, geniuses and so i’ll go with wat they say and also wat has been my personal experiences with things.
we SO need to get together for a long run…that would be awesome, where do u usually go?
I LOVE long runs and love that I don’t have to go fast. Although, the tempo long run sounds like a really smart way to train your body to run at a faster pace for your 1/2 or full marathon. I did 20 miles yesterday, and ended up running the 2nd 10 miles 5 mins slower than the first 10! I know that negative splits are better, but I was just happy to have gotten my first 20-miler of training done! I’m thinking my next long training run I’ll try and push it more at the end, while still staying smart to prevent injuries!!
I’m not training to race per say, but I would like to PR!!!
look at u and the BIG 2-0!!!! i’m so proud of u!!! and like i said, if u are adding one new element (adding more miles) u don’t want to mess with the other. so for ur long run u did the exact right thing and just got the miles in, putting the time in on your feet. and i count going for a PR as racing…that’s what racing is, going for ur personal best effort and pushing urself. i’d say that if next week u are running the same distance or less, it would be okay to try and pick up the pace during the later portion. I would say that u should wait at least until u get through the first half and asses how u are feeling first. But if u feel good, slightly pick it up. If u still feel strong thru 3/4 pick it up gradually again. let me know how it goes if u try, but if no pressure either way…and u can try going faster a different time. ur body is still getting used to those LONG, long runs! 🙂
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Just found your blog and I’m enjoying. 🙂 I’m relatively new to running, and definitely new to distance running. I am right there with you that endurance is my strength; I have three speeds, slow, slower and stopped. I just got into longer distances this year, starting with my first 10 miler in the spring, my first half marathon a month ago, and training for my first marathon in about 5 weeks! I just slog through the miles for the long runs, though I often have negative splits. The first 3 miles are warmup for me, it takes that long for me to hit my stride and my lungs and legs to stop protesting that I’m killing them. It has been fun challenging myself with longer and longer distances, even though my pace is around 12:30/mi (right on target for race day). My first of two 20 mile training runs is this weekend, and I’m already prepping in my head. 🙂 I think next time around I will try to do some of the things you mention on my long runs, but this time it’s just about logging the miles and gaining the endurance.
THANKS for stopping by joy!! and awesome to have u along for the read! CONGRATS on all u’ve accomplished thus far and trust me, u’ll rock that marathon. as for that beastly 20 miler, u are spot on, that it’s just about getting those miles done and the time on ur feet. u don’t want to make ur first attempt at the distance a workout, lest it become a drudge-fest. great start with the prepping before hand, mental outlook is SO critical…know that u CAN do it, yes there will be tough moments and times u question, but when that part in ur brain tells u to stop keep ur goals in mind and remember that those ‘tough’ points do pass, and it’s amazing how much different u can feel a mile later. GOOD LUCK And let me know how it goes! 🙂
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