Love the analogy for recovery of 'letting the cement dry first'. Made me resist the temptation to go out today when I know 'it's not quite dry yet - one more day should do it!' Thanks again Team Parry!

It's great seeing content directed at new and new-again runners. I know, intellectually, not to compare myself to long term runners but so much content is focused on really athletic people trying to become even more athletic. It can get in your head after a while.

I lift regularly, 5 days a week. When I started training for a half marathon, I was able to run 4 miles within a week. In three months, I could run 11 miles. I attribute a lot of my endurance to my strength training.

I wish I could still run. That priciple, no doubt, holds true for bicycling as well. long story short: metal hip, came apart-ish. Touch of covid for a week. old age. stamina needs rebuilding. Thanks for this, it gives me something to work with.

Great video. Really clear. Awesome content based on the science. Running slower to get faster is so counterintuitive but so true.

@davidoregan8369

Жыл бұрын

Exactly and from a 50 year old runner who learned the hard way about running slower to run faster. Great video and great advice once again from the guys!

Thank you! Great info.

I love these lessons. I find that it might feel silly to run so slow but it does make you faster !

Great video Guys.. and Shona 😊

Excellent way to explain it

A long run can mean so much per person. 10K is a long run for me, but I do want to find a healthy way to increase my distance 😊

@BollywoodMediaOnline

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same: what is a long run distance recommended for those of us running for fitness or only 5K/10K races??

Thumbs up for the Thumbnail and the video info was also fine.

I have just gotten back to running from being injured for 8 months and it to needing to run a mile twice a week in P.E. I pt definitely took a toll on my running skills thanks for this video😅

2:55 Totally agree with this. I HATE coming back after a break or (especially) injury and seeing the slow times I'm running compared to my PB times. I have to say though, it's a lot easier now that I have a treadmill because it allows me to be patient with the foundation and build phases, probably more so as I'm not running my usual circuits and being tempted to run them a bit faster or longer. It's nice after several weeks/months getting back out there knowing I'm prepared. Sure, the times are still much lower than past PBs, but I know that as I've built a solid base, the times will start coming down rapidly when I introduce more distance and speed.

I'm 47...and I used to run..8 miles..every other day...I took a big break of the running...and then now I can't do even a mile...soo frustrating...because I'm soo tired.

I seem to be building stamina by a gradual increase in weekly mileage. But it doesn't always keep me going flat out on parkrun race day. Maybe I need to work on strength for that. Or maybe take it very easy on my Friday run.

Great vedio ....I am 42 years . I started jogging about 3 months ago after a 20 years gap.. now I am doing 7 km easy jog daily and a 10 km once a week ...running speed is not my priority at the moment... is it OK to jog this much ....I feal fatigue in middle of week....

@adventureswithsammy7154

Жыл бұрын

if I understand correctly, you doing 7k daily, so 56k a week, without rest? Yes, I believe you are fatigue in middle of week often. Sounds to me, you could benefit with some recovery. And the difference of 7k to 10k, is just not enough difference for LONG SLOW DISTANCE benefit. What I did 20 years ago, use LSD method, with easy days ahead and a recovery day. So for example, 2k 8k off 2k 8k off with 7th of just some 600m tempo runs at pace. 6x600m (centered around 5k high school distance) Recovery appears to be lacking. Fatigue and plateau follow, and risk of injury increases.

What if you do not have that much cement?

"Long run is 30% of other total other run. " This says very little 30% of the last 10 days 12 days, 2 days, last 2 runs?

@bodyNsoulPK

Жыл бұрын

I guess it is typically meant to be 30% of the weekly volume, if you do a weekly long run... 🤔

At the standard I am, 10k is my long run. If that is 30% I need to do shorter distances on other days to make up the 70%? As it stands 10k is 100% of my weekly running

@adamadequate4596

Жыл бұрын

Ignore the 30% rule if you're doing low volume, it mathematically doesn't make sense unless you run at least 4, but more like 5+ times a week. You would probably benefit from adding a second day (maybe just 2km at first), then build that to 4km then 6km over the next 2 weeks. See how your legs are holding up. If they are hurting then cut back to 2km and build back to 6 and see if they are better than time. If you can do a 6k and a 10k without hurting, then you can add a third day doing the same. 3x a week tends to be the best starting point. As long as your legs are handling the distance, don't worry too much about your long run. It's more of a problem if people are consistently pushing 20km+ a week while doing minimal volume other days. If 2km a week is too much to add, try 1km a week (it's what I did), but it can take longer and might frustrate people at the small increments, but it is the more likely approach to avoid injury. Build up slowly week by week and pay attention to your legs, don't fret too much over the numbers it'll just suck the fun out and isn't necessary early on. It's more important to not run all your km flat out (slow down) than to worry about volume.

@A-betterMe

Жыл бұрын

@@adamadequate4596 well thanks Adam, that was over and above the response I was expecting. I shall take your advice on board ☺️

30% equation means that a 20-mile run should happen in a 60+ mile (100K) week, which most marathon trainers don't do. So, for any runner, (esp. a 50+ runner), does cycling 2-3 times a week (and if yes, how much: 12 miles or 20 each ride?) give enough background for a 20-miler on weekends (2-3 in a 12-week cycle)?

I don't understand the "no more than 30% for a long run advice" for beginners. It's mathematically impossible. Many beginners will run 3-4 times a week at most. At 3 runs a week, even if all your runs are the same length, they are each 33% of your weekly volume. At 4 runs a week, let's say you're doing 40km a week (which is pretty high for a beginner), that's a 12km long run and then three 9.3km runs. You can make some of the 9.3km shorter, but now you're basically doing two long runs in a week. Even at 9.3km there is basically no difference between your long run and a regular run in terms of distance. This only gets worse if you're running less than 40km a week. Surely anyone running more than 40km a week has already figured how to balance their recovery to build volume, because you'll generally hurt yourself by then if you haven't. Why do people continue to push this arbitrary percentage rather than more helpful advice on how to tell if your long run is too long (pace drops considerably by the end, HR spikes considerably, you don't feel at all recovered 2-3 days later, etc)?

@adamadequate4596

Жыл бұрын

Also, you don't mention at all if these "2.5-3 hour runs" are supposed to stick to the 30% rule. That's 20-25k for many people even at a slower pace, which would put total weekly volume at 80-85k in order to keep that under 30%. Is there anyone running that sort of volume that needs this tip?

@bodyNsoulPK

Жыл бұрын

I would advise to check out one of the programs they propose at the end of the video, 5o better understand the concept. 🏃

@thenayancat8802

Жыл бұрын

@@adamadequate4596 Spot on, their advice is totally all over the place imo. Total mix of "beginner" and "expert" stuff that doesn't hold up to basic scrutiny

@urigovind1656

Жыл бұрын

@@adamadequate4596 is

This was sadly a bit too basic for intermediate runners. I was hoping for something like a guideline on how to get past the basic marathon towards a 100k/100mile

How is it even possible for those who think to run a lot without running (pun intended) our of breath? That's pure insanity.

If more than 3hr is dangerous. Most of us should not be running marathons. There should be more 30km races

@MrButhcher

Жыл бұрын

I think the point is rather that running consistently week to week long runs above 3 hours is dangerous.

I never did a long run. Am a 46 year old sprinter. Run no more than 20 minutes a day. My 5k record last year is 21 minutes. Never ran more than 6k in a session in my whole life.

@_Rafiki.

Жыл бұрын

Time to see what you've been missing out on.

@jackcarpenters3759

Жыл бұрын

@@_Rafiki. probably a lot of cortisol and missed sleep '-) i can't handle those longer runs... So i have to do 20 min. Just ran a 3:30 1000m last weekend on a track meeting.

These people can run fawst on the grawss! 🤣

More pizza?

@CoachParry

Жыл бұрын

Is that a question or a statement?

@PoetWithPace

Жыл бұрын

@@CoachParry question?

2 minutes in this seems very basic and patronising.

@graemecharters8175

Жыл бұрын

It depends how much you already know as to whether it's basic or not. This was gold to me when I first learnt about it. Patronizing?- I don't think so. Accessible? - yes.

@therespectedlex9794

Жыл бұрын

@@graemecharters8175 I think I've known since I was a young kid doing fun runs, that getting fit is gradual.

@graemecharters8175

Жыл бұрын

@@therespectedlex9794 Yes, I know getting fit is gradual from sport in my younger days as well and I don't think this video is about getting fit. It's about building stamina and endurance in running. I came to running aged 60 and it took me four years to discover how to run slow enough to build stamina - I got fit ok in those four years but in an injurious way - that is the point. Not that getting fit is gradual but that building endurance is and should be done in a measured and systematic way - I don't think fitness and endurance are necessarily the same thing.

@therespectedlex9794

Жыл бұрын

@@graemecharters8175 The more times you run that 1 mile plus (and some) as a 10 year old, the easier that 3 miles will be. Same principle as having 6 milers and half marathons behind you, but want to go further. True, age, even in my early forties is a factor for fitness.

@-astrangerontheinternet6687

Жыл бұрын

Only thing patronizing around here is your comment, dude.