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is it OK to run one hour three times a week or is it best to have two short runs and a long run

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I finished C25K in January and B210K February. I have been running for 60 minutes excluding the warm up and call down three times a week since. I am really enjoying it but just wondered what you all think

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I can't see any problem with that. If that's what you enjoy and it fits in with your routine then that's fine. If you ever have specific targets in mind - aiming for a particular race or time, perhaps - then you might want to vary your running sessions, but at the end of the day it's something you do for yourself so just do what suits you.

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A great answer!

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Read this thread I posted a while a go. It's got loads of information about varying your training scheme. From all my research this is the recommended training but like people say do whatever you're comfortable with

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