week 3 advanced long run

Derek

I was looking at the advanced long run tomorrow and it is scheduled to be 130 min.  The listed workouts falls about 20 min short.  I was just wondering what others were planning on doing to fill the time. 

jpriore

I'll usually just base on it on how I feel (most likely just extend Z2 until 5 min. warm-down)

ghc19127

If I extend my runs it is usually at z2/MP also. If you are feeling good, that might be the way to go. I most likely won't extend the workout thought, but just follow the set and run for that amount of time. I'm more likely to assume the set is correct and the math is just wrong. That seems to be the more common error with the new plans. It is the same run as last week with 2x15 rather than 2x12, that's an extra six minutes to get us around two hours before we rest for a week. I don't know where the plan is going or how it has changed but we never got up over 150 minutes in the 1.0 plan and that was 4 or 5 weeks out from the race. I think the sage advice would have you consider the cost vs. benefit of running the extra time. I think there is a point of diminishing returns as you get over 2-2.5 hours. I'm not sure exactly where that point is but I came to the realization that adding duration was mostly a psychological benefit for me. Full disclosure, I've got no delusions about KQ'ing (not to suggest that anyone else is delusional but that I would be) and a kid due next week, so, I'm in "get-r-done" mode.

Derek

thanks guys, enjoy your run today.