For most beginners who run three or four times per week, a long run in the eight- to 10-mile range is a solid baseline.
Alison Marie Helms, PhD, CPT, a certified running coach, agrees that the primary objective of a long run is to log time on your feet. “If your goal is to run a specific race that’s going to take a ...
Spoiler alert: it’s usually not even close to 13.1 miles ...