Running Every Day

[Thommo23]

So having completed my challenges for September I found myself a little lost last week, and without really realising it I ran 4 days in a row - two 'proper' runs and two little outings of c.3K. I felt great, and decided to see how it felt to continue for the rest of the week.

My runs went: Mon 7K - Tues 3K - Wed 6K - Thurs 3K - Fri 4K - Sat 5K - Sun 6K

Total 34K

I ran everything at a slow pace and varied the time of day to fit with Work/Life.

I was wary of strains and pulls, but as usual, went hard with the stretching all week. I've noticed two really interesting benefits - my stamina has improved, the end of the week felt easier than the start, and my VO2Max has jumped up a few levels.

I actually ran again today so its up to 8 days but I will likely have a break tomorrow.

Really enjoying it at the moment!

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

It’s always good to mix things up a bit and it sounds as if your mixing is working well for you! As long as you keep an eye on the weekly mileage increases you should be fine 🙂

[Thommo23 Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

I will keep trying things to see what works - the interesting thing is the last 3/4 weeks have all been around this distance - usually 2 long and two mid - I have just split them between 7 shorter runs this week. I keep hearing that varying things keeps your body adapting and reacting.

[Irishprincess Graduate10 in reply to Thommo23]

Exactly! You can run the same mileage each week but vary the individual runs considerably. And it’s fun!

[nowster Graduate10]

Well done!

I've done a maximum of six in a week so far. I keep Friday as a rest day so that I'm fresher for parkrun. I say it's a "rest day" but I usually end up doing a 10km hike in the evening.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

I found that with v02max as well, I ran 5 days in a row and it went up a little every day