Three runs a week fit my life and leave me reasonably recovered. I'm tempted to add a short fourth run for more consistency, but I don't want to convert a sustainable hobby into a schedule I resent. Would you make the new run ridiculously easy—twenty minutes at conversational pace—or distribute the existing weekly distance across four days first? There's no race deadline; I'm just enjoying getting fitter.
Adding a fourth weekly run when three days feels sustainable
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I'd make the fourth run very easy first. Twenty minutes at a pace where you could keep talking is enough to add frequency without sneaking i...
I'd make the fourth run very easy first. Twenty minutes at a pace where you could keep talking is enough to add frequency without sneaking in extra fatigue.
I agree, but I wouldn't rush to redistribute the old miles right away. Keep the original three mostly the same and let the new day be a short bonus for a few weeks.
That bonus-day idea saved me from resenting running. When I treated the extra day like a tiny habit instead of a real workout, it stopped feeling like homework.
This is the part people skip over. If the new run makes the week feel heavier instead of smoother, it's not helping just because the calenda...