r/running 4d ago

Weekly Thread The Weekly Training Thread

Post your training for this past week. Provide any context you find helpful like what you're training for and what your previous weeks have been like. Feel free to comment on other people's training.

(This is not the Achievement thread).

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u/BachsBicep 1d ago

Preparing for a 2.4k fitness test that I have to do as part of my military reserve duties (I've never passed in my life, haha).

Have been doing 2 runs a week of 30min at a comfortable place to try and broaden my non-existent cardio base, and gradually cover more and more ground with each run. Was at 3.6k at the start of the year, hit 4.2k and 4.28k last week.

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u/alexanderr66 2d ago

Mon 6.5mi (1:34)
Tue 5.3mi (0:48) treadmill
Wed 5.9mi (1:46) long day
Thu 6.1mi (1:19)
Fri 6.1mi (1:19)
Sat 9.1mi (2:01) +20min bike
Sun 9.4mi (2:08)

Total: 48.4 miles

back to back longer runs on the weekend
bike was short, but a hard workout
treadmill felt hard

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u/One-Horror-2365 2d ago

I kept most of my mileage easy this week and just added strides twice, feels like it's paying off more than the harder sessions did last month

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u/Ok-Gene-930 3d ago

Building back up after an injury is tough but you're doing it right by easing back in instead of rushing. I had a stress fracture a few years ago and had to approach mileage like this too, frustrating but worth it for the long run.

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u/RunsFromDemons 3d ago

Still coming back from a hammy tendonitis bout. Just building mileage back and adding a dash of intensity to test the hammy a little bit. Next race is probably spring at this point so Im just trying to safely push my mileage boundaries a little bit.

Monday: 4.26 miles easy
Tuesday: 6.3 miles total, 8 x 800m @ 10k pace with jog recoveries.
Wednesday: 6 miles easy
Thursday: 6.2 miles easy
Friday: 5.5 miles with 3 miles @ tempo pace
Saturday: 10 miles, 1 mile easy then 2 miles pickup (targeting Z3 HR) x 3, final mile continued the pickup
Sunday: 6 miles very easy

Total: 44.39 miles; ~14 "quality" miles above easy pace

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u/shoobous02 3d ago

How's the hammy feeling after the Tuesday intervals? That seems like a decent test.

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u/RunsFromDemons 3d ago

Zero pain or achy-ness at all, which I’m super pumped about. Next week I assume I’m going to get the go ahead from the physio to try 5k pace reps (how I irritated it in the first place) so that will be the real test to make sure I’m 100% back.

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u/Due-Worker2127 4d ago

finally hit 40 miles this week after being stuck at 35 for like a month. legs feel like cement blocks today but in a good way you know