How many consecutive days per week should an 8 mile run be done? (I am not at my peek proformance level)?

Question

on a scale from 1 to 10. 10 being peek proformance I am prob at 6.5.

Answer 1

base this on your weekly milage.  My teammates and I (University @ Buffalo; NCAA D1) run anywhere from 50-90 miles a week.  We are training for weekly races though.  Training at this milage, we tend to go atleast 8 5 days a week (we cross train on Thursdays).  If you begin to feel burned out, try less.  By the way, what distance races are you training for?

Answer 2

at least once

not more than 3 times

depends on your pace and recovery

Answer 3

it really depend what you are training for. a good training program varies in the workouts. Ex. strength, speed, endurance and rest. rest is especially important, at least once a week. easy runs proceed a hard workout.

8 miles would be considered an endurance run, i would say 2 consecutive days at the most. followed by speed, rest strength and then endurance again.

if you are looking for speed, i would avoid the consecutive distance runs. and focus more on speed workouts.

if you are looking for continuous speed, i would run long distance 3-4 a week.

if you are looking for distance, i would do a ladder to allow recovery. 8, 10, 15 then stay in the 8 miles the whole week. with once every two weeks a long one again.

it really depends on what you are capable on running. some of my teammates, run 8 miles in the morning and 8 at night. and sometimes 6 in the morning speed on afternoon and 6 at night. they are seeking top performance, and it works.

Answer 4

probably twice a week. nothing more nothing less.