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In <1993Jan8.131724.17875@crd.ge.com> berkery@emmax5crd.ge.com (jack berkery) writes:


>> From: samari@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Tammy Woodley)
>> ...
>> I am curious about the effects of running on consecutive days.  I figure
>> that it probably depends on how far and hard you run, but what are the best  
>> combinations?   

>Read the attached article below originally posted last August.

>           So it would seem that if you want to increase mileage more
>safely it's better to increase the length of each run instead of the number
>of runs per week.

It may be that it's safer to run fewer days per week, but that doesn't
necessarily mean that that's the way to achieve your optimum performance.
Unless you cross-train, I don't think you can improve much past a very
basic level by running just every other day.  Unless you're very prone
to injury, I think a casual racer needs to run 4 (maybe 5) days a week
and a somewhat serious runner 5-6 days a week.  I also believe in days
off, and, except on a few occasions, I've never run more than 6 consecutive
days.  Anyone running more than 2 consecutive days needs to have some
sort of hard/easy schedule, though.

-- Rick Schubert (rick.schubert@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM)