Saturday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for August 01, 2026

Kommentare

• u/BenjitheHerd·1·01.08.2026, 07:02

  Injured my plantar plate (again). Not sure how long I'll need to be out, but I absolutely loathe the idea of XT right now. I've been doing some upper body lifting, but the thought of trying to bike or aqua jog fills me with dread. I know fitness will be lost, I'm not sure I care right now. Has anyone taken a fairly large chunk of time off with no cross training? What happened when you went to get back into things?

  • u/run_INXS·1·01.08.2026, 10:52

    You come back faster if you cross train.

  • u/CodeBrownPT·1·01.08.2026, 13:09

    IMO the hours and hours spent cross training while off running should be spent working towards fixing the injury. Pretty easy and effective to spend a couple hours a week rolling the dozens of plantar muscles and calf. Most injuries are undertreated.

  • u/pigeorunner·1·01.08.2026, 14:53

    I get really into swimming when injured, but I dont try to fixate on making it "XT for running." Unpopular opinion probably, but I feel like coming back from an injury with your run-specific fitness struggling a little helps keep intensity at bay while your musculoskeletal system catches up. So I "cross-train" in that i still exercise because that's just...generally healthy, but I'm not super worried about how well it will preserve my running fitness.

• u/run_INXS·1·01.08.2026, 11:01

  278 miles with a C and a B race and a lot of heat and humidity. My training is a little different this year. Over the past 8 or so years I have done a lot of threshold and CV work, alternating between the two (usually two sessions a week). And I have done some six or so week bouts of double threshold over the past few years. This year has had a lot sessions with LT1 and not as much CV. That and I started my fall marathon cycle at the beginning of the month. It's pretty similar to what I have been doing but also dialed a bit differently. Maybe more of a grind but aimed for building resilience, which has been my weaker point for the full marathon. So I feel a little slower for half or 10K type distances, but hopefully will build in that ability to hold MP for longer. It was all much easier when I was younger!

• u/graygray97·1·01.08.2026, 13:31

  Half marathon in 9 weeks and this is the first time I have started a training block with consistent training. Currently have ran 18-22km long run in the last 4 weeks with 3 of them being a vague workout run as well: 20 mins threshold, 12 mins threshold and hill reps, and "easy" mile repeats getting up to MP. I would like at least 5 weeks to have an over distance run still where there is a workout element, I'm guessing it is best to do HM pace ending and elongating the amount each time e.g 22-25k starting at 5k HMP and getting up to 14-16k HMP. Question I have is, what is a good target to reach? 16k at HMP sounds pretty scary even if it is 6-7 weeks from now

  • u/aelvozo·1·01.08.2026, 16:34

    My first question would be what your weekly mileage is — what you’re suggesting is probably just about appropriate on, say, 70 miles/110 kilometres but not on 50 (80km).

    I don’t think ca 14 km @ HMP is an unreasonable target but may be reluctant to reach for it if you haven’t done this sort of thing before.

    I would consider looking at this paradigm for a half marathon plan — with a caveat that it’s aimed at sub-1:10 and a peak mileage of 60mpw/100kmpw or even more. You don’t really have the time to implement it fully, but you can at least have a look at how the HM-specific long runs are programmed.

  • u/4mpersam·1·01.08.2026, 17:04

    16k straight at HMP untapered is a time trial and is too hard. IMO for your first training block about 10k worth of intervals at HMP per session is plenty, e.g. 5 x 2k or 3 x 3k. In a couple years down the line, when your durability is up, might go up to 12-14k worth of intervals towards the end of a block. Consider also whether this session needs to be in your long run. Combining extension and intensity will get you really fit, but the combination of the two will also lead to injury if you can't handle it. For your first training block it may be safer to do an easy long run + 2-3 (sub)threshold sessions per week, and this can still get you in really good shape. Think more in terms of HMP-work per week rather than per session--I have found this to be a much better indicator of fitness.

• u/minomonster·1·01.08.2026, 14:06

  Trying to balance training with 4 days at Lollapalooza this week and it’s not gone according to plan. Given im 8 weeks into Pfitz 18/55 and it’s been going really well, but how bad would it be for this week to be a deload with <20 miles run if I’m logging like 30k steps at the fest?

• u/pigeorunner·1·01.08.2026, 14:55

  Cooler temps are nice. Also feel like I've turned a corner with return-to-run. Just gotta bump the needle along, carefully.