07/07/2025
How many days do I need to run a week? How many days a week should I run?
It depends. It’s not just about what your goals are but also about your training history and injury risk factors. We see athletes PR on 3 days a week up to 6 days a week!
Should I be doing speed work?
It depends. Likely some level of speedwork should be incorporated but there is a big range from weekly strides to meaty quality sessions and spicy long runs. We see athletes PR on almost nothing, to needing an overhaul on what their speed looks like.
Should I be cross-training?
It depends. How much are you running, what are your goals, what are your injury risk factors? Some athletes thrive from cutting back mileage and swapping with some biking and others really benefit from just getting some more running specific work in.
How long should my longest long run be?
It depends! The length of an athlete’s longest long run depends on their pace, training and injury history, recovery skills, and goals. We’ve had athletes run strong with their longest run being 16 miles and others knocking out spicy 22 milers.
So why use something like when they are only using a small sample of your contributing factors to build your training. It might work out, but it’s also a gamble.
The good news? When we build our Personalized Training Plans, we ask you about all the things that go into building you a training plan that balances your goals with getting you to the start line healthy and not burnt out hating training.
The cost? The SAME as a Runna subscription (Runna = 19.99/mo, our 16 week plan = 80$)
Even better, if you’re local to AZ and training for one our fall marathons, you can get the training plan for $60 with some additional perks using code “LOCAL20”. Want details on this? Slide into our DMs.
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