The long run has a job
It builds sustained easy effort, teaches clothing and fueling logistics, and reveals how form and judgment change with fatigue. It should not require race-level recovery every week.
Its run/walk track reaches a 10-mile longest session before two taper weeks; other tracks may use time instead of distance.
Why time matters
Ten miles may take one runner 90 minutes and another more than two hours. Terrain and heat change the dose again. Time on feet helps prevent the distance number from hiding how demanding the session actually is.
What not to do
Do not turn the final long run into a race simulation, add untested fuel, or place it so close to race day that recovery competes with the start line. The purpose is to create readiness, not evidence for social media.
Run More! You can do it!
RunTeaming is an Android running league. Your best qualifying run of the week becomes your score on a five-runner team. The app supplies the team and matches it against another team near its level, so you do not have to recruit anyone or share a time or place.
Use the button to email the Google account on your Android phone. You will get a reply with the current access instructions.
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