It was hotter than I’d expected this morning, but near perfect weather for a run. I did four miles in 35:40, trying to push the pace but facing serious opposition from my right achilles and knee.
My hope is to get to 22 miles this week — one lone run and a short. This got me thinking about the general rules runners use to increase miles on a week-to-week basis. There appears to be two schools of thought — one saying you shouldn’t increase mileage by more than 10 percent a week and the other saying that, once you get to a decent level (15miles or so), you can increase mileage by one per day of running.
Under the first scenario, I would only be able to increase my mileage this week from 14 to between 15 and 16 miles because I had a light week last week.
Under the second scenario, I could add five miles — to 19.
I’m actually taking a third approach and basing my mileage increase on some recent weeks (17) and adding a mile a day for the week. We’ll see.
In any case, readers of this blog should chime in on this with their approaches.
Hank Kalet 