I must be the dumbest runner ever. I get up every morning and go for a 10km run , speed of the run is determined by how I feel on the day. Some days fast some days slow but mostly somewhere in between. Weekends I'll try for a longer run of 25km+ or race somewhere. But I'm just a social runner , running because I enjoy it. I'll never make top 10 or even top 100 for that matter so timing really doesn't matter. I'm extremely happy with sub 4h marathon or 1h45 half or whatever " goal" I set myself 2 minutes before the start of a race. I don't have the genetics or desire to run that much faster than what I'm currently managing. I never had injury problems until I tried doing quality sessions with the faster runners begining of this year. Busted my knee and battled for 4 weeks. Im actually in the same club as Lindsey. I tried following his program , but I hated taking a rest day on days when I wanted to be out running, or running up and down the same hill for the sake of ticking it off a to do list. Now I'm back to my usual junk slown and consistent miles and it works for me. I know the philosophy is work smarter not harder but some of us are doomed to always work harder. For me following a structured program makes it all to serious for a fun runner like myself. For other it makes them win races which is what gives them enjoyment. Every year my mate with 800km of Comrades training kilos beats me and I usually do double that. Sent from my Redmi 4X using Tapatalk
