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How many miles do you consider a "good" workout?
How far do you guys consider an average run a "good" workout? I don't mean marathon training, where you run double digits (kudo's to you ladies that can! Good gracious!) I mean just an average, after work, run.
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Re: How many miles do you consider a "good" workout?
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I don't really have a set number of miles, I think it depends more on how fast you're running then on what mileage it is. Racing a 5k and doing an easy run of 5k distance are two totally different things effort wise. They're both good workouts, just different.
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My running buddies and I were recently laughing about how much our frame of reference for this has changed over time. I remember back in the days when 3-4 slow miles was a good workout and 6 miles was a long run. I still do sometimes run as little as 3-4 miles, but that would be on a weekday when I'm pressed for time and doing fast speedwork (intervals). My weekend long runs are usually at least 10 miles, even if I don't have a race on the horizon.
So, I don't always gauge what's a "good workout" by distance... speed factors in too. I can get a great workout in a short distance (<4 miles) if I'm doing a bunch of fast 400m or 800m repeats.
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I don't judge a "good" workout based on distance. I judge it based on effort. A 5 mile run at a slow pace is a lot easier for me than 6-8 400s (with a warm up and cool down mile)
my rule is that i always run at least a 5k. that's a half hour of work for me (yes, i'm slow, and i'm not ashamed), which feels like the lowest you can really go without phoning it in.
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Its not always about distance, but the effort put into the run! You could run 6 miles at a slow & easy pace but then run 3 miles at 5K race pace and have a better work out.
I am unable to do speed work now that I am further along in my pregnancy so I try to run at least 5 miles at one time.
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Depends on the day. Yesterday I would've been happy with 2 miles--I was doing intervals on a treadmill. It ended up being 4mi and I felt really accomplished. Today was a recovery run. Again, 2mi would've been fine with me, but I squeezed in 3mi and feel like WonderWoman.
And this is from someone who has done (and loved) those double-digit runs you mention.
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I feel like anything less than 45 minutes isn't worth the trouble of suiting up for. In the past, if I didn't have 45 minutes to devote to running I would just skip it. I've been trying to get out of that mindset lately and run at least a little bit if that's all I have time for, but I still feel like I haven't done enough until I hit the 45 min mark.
My minimum is usually 4, when I'm hungover or super tired or didn't eat well that day, I usually am still able to crank out 4 or 4.5. My runs are typically 6 to 7 miles normally though. But that's me, it really is whatever you feel good at!
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I think it depends more on the effort than the distance-I've had three mile runs feel like a "better" workout than 5 mile runs because of difference in effort. Today is a good example of that for me-I ran 5 miles at a really easy pace and walked the uphills and I was thrilled with that...because I donated blood yesterday and knew if I tried to push it (today is usually a speedwork day for me) then I'd crash and burn. For me, today's run was a good workout.
But if you're looking for average distance for an after work run...if I'm just running for the hell of it after work (no speedwork) it's usually between 3-5 miles. Sometimes I'll run longer if I have company (last week I did 7.5 with some hill repeats with a friend) and sometimes its less (2 miles last Friday thanks to some GI issues).
Ditto. It used to be at least 60 minutes, but having DD changed that