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2011-11-28 5:04 AM

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Subject: Amount of maintenance running for June HIM
Just trying to maintain for a few months.  HIM in mid June.  How many mpw, distance of long run, days of running/week at minimum?


2011-11-28 6:42 AM
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How much it takes to maintain current fitness depends on how much fitness you currently have. So there's no general rule. Your logs indicate 10 runs in the past 4 weeks (2-3 times/week), with a longest run of 6 miles. Does this correspond to the level that you want to maintain? Unfortunately, the guideline on having the long run be no more than a third of the weekly total should probably be taken seriously, even in 'maintenance', so you should choose what kind of long run you want, and then multiply that by 3 to get a weekly mileage goal. 

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