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How many mles a week are you doing?

Posted by simon on 8/1/2007 on simon's blog

Up until just a few weeks ago I would have been able to answer this question exactly, to the .25 of a mile.

Now, gulp, I've realised that I am no longer keeping a training diary, let alone keeping a tally of distance covered.

In my new state of mind,to the question of "how many miles are you doing?" there are only three possible answers: Enough, Not Enough and Too Many.

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Quality vs. Quantity: How Much Running is Enough?

http://www.yourrunning.com/blog-how_much_running_is_enough_heres_how_to_...

It's a lot less than you might think, according to legendary Boston area coach Billy Squires. But you have to do enough to break through to a decent level of fitness.

When that happens, you will find yourself running like "a kite in the wind", he says in his book Speed with Endurance, co-written with Bruce Lehane.