Is it ok to run for time instead of distance? Instead maping out a distance run of 6-7 miles is it ok to just go out and run for an hour instead of distance? Will this effect me in a negative way come race day?
Of course it is…standard practice in a lot of (most perhaps?) programmes.
It’s how I’ve been running my long runs, which helps me keep a focus on a slow and steady pace.
time is fine, as long as youre using pace to measure intensity.
most people dont though. a foot pod works very well in that manner.
I use a heart rate monitor and stay in upper zone 2 to work on endurance instead of pace, so im only running about 9 1/2 minutes a mile. if i run to much faster i end up pushing past my lactate threshold and burning out to quick so heart rate is the way to go for me. thanks for the reassurance everyone.
That’s all I do is time based training. I do have my Garmin with me to be sure I don’t start slacking off and have a distance goal for that run but I stop when the schedule says to stop whether I hit that goal or not.
Body knows time and intensity more than it knows miles.
Comes in handy too when you run trails all the time. Just run.
I’d say it makes little difference because you will still map out an approximate route in your head as to where you will run prior to your run. I do use my watch as an indicator of when to turn around but I’m using it to judge distance based on a good sense of my speed.
Does anyone log run time rather than miles?
Also, in jest, what do you do if you run out of time and you aren’t home yet?
I’d say it makes little difference because you will still map out an approximate route in your head as to where you will run prior to your run. I do use my watch as an indicator of when to turn around but I’m using it to judge distance based on a good sense of my speed.
Does anyone log run time rather than miles?
Also, in jest, what do you do if you run out of time and you aren’t home yet?
you walk home and plan better next time
Also, in jest, what do you do if you run out of time and you aren’t home yet?
You keep running until you get home.
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Turn around at the halfway point.
2 hour run=turn around at 1 hour.
Is it ok to run for time instead of distance? Instead maping out a distance run of 6-7 miles is it ok to just go out and run for an hour instead of distance? Will this effect me in a negative way come race day?
always on snowy roads, when your feet slip back with every step.
As I said, that comment was in jest.
But do you log your running as time or miles? I do many runs based on time but log all runs as miles. When I look back at how I trained for a particular race, I look at miles run and pace rather than time.
Sometimes I would take my desired running time and run as far as I can in half the time and then turn around and see if I can make it past my starting point in the rest of the time (or out and back).
Time and intensity are all that really matter, except on the track of course!
Running by time buffers against moving into overtraining by doing too much and that is why it is so widely used. BUT, at the end of the day, you have to run “X” miles in order to cross the finish line. Better to cross the finish line walking than to crumble on the side of the road and never make it though. For anything over about 30K, your body will thank you if you use a run/walk (4/1 or 5/1) strategy.
Dave
Is that 4-5 mins run then a minute walk? isnt 1 min too long for you? so you do this in training for your long runs (10 miles above runs)?
I have done long training runs by time for a long while. I usually do them around a 2.9 mile track (Rice U.), so I can run past my own personal nutrition stash/aid station every so often, but I’ve found that it’s easy to make the distance secondary, more a novelty to hit the lap counter each time 'round. Effort is all HR-based. At the end of long runs there is, however, the black hole effect, i.e. when you get near the car/aid station and you still have more minutes (but not another lap) to run, it is VERY difficult to leave the gravitational field of your ride home.
I will say for the record that when finishing a 17-18 mile training run, it would be more satisfying to write in the training log “Run 18 miles” than what I do now, which is “R180.”
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today’s workout is run trails 1hr with a HR cap.