4 weeks to go before Anglesey Half Marathon. Looking forward to it and training hard. Last years annual mileage was about 1100 so been putting miles in. A colleague is also doing the run and we kind of spur each other on. If I go out and do 10 miles, he sees it on strava and goes and does more. You get the picture. I did nearly 17 miles today giving me a weekly mileage of over 50, which is a bit of a spike.
Pretty sure the more experienced among you will concur that I am overdoing it what would you suggest with 4 weeks to go. For the record I am 54 and PB for this race is 1:52:00 I would really like to be sub 1:50.
Interested to know the pitfalls of excess mileage and happy to take on board sensible advice.
Thanks
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What about weekend long runs before the HM. what would you suggest as a maximum distance?
I'll go out on a limb here and wager you already be running your easy runs a bit fast. What paces are you generally running the bulk of your mileage at. Your race pace is circa 8. 30mm so hopefully around 10mm.....
TT I think the treadmill will be best for the intervals as you say and I have a mill in the mancave. So much easier than trying to guess the pace outside.
https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20795770/classic-signs-youre-overtraining/
If not, just stick with the volume and taper two weeks out.
Strava trace here for any who are interested
https://www.strava.com/activities/2187874041
As ever thanks for the good advice and support RW