Subject: Experiment... I've been running. Base building mostly, doing 25-35 miles per week at a relatively low heart rate for 7 weeks or so. For me, this means 8-8:30 miles. I'm training for a HIM race (Oct 2013) where I would like to hold 7:20 of the bike for the whole run. I'm on a business trip this week and I have no chance for my ~10 mile runs in the forest which I have made a nice lunch time getaway... However, I have had the itch lately to go fast... While I'm out of town, I'm toying with the idea of doing 3, fast, 4 mile runs this week since I'm short on time. I'm thinking something like: Mile 1: 8:00 Mile 2: 6:30 Mile 3: 6:30 Mile 4: 8:30 Then i would add a slow, long run (10 miles) on sunday. If I do this 3 times, and then go back to a few more weeks of "slower" longer runs, am I going to hurt my body or my goals?? Will I actually be helping myself?? |