Running How-To: Upping Your Mileage Without Exhaustion


Updated 02/17/09 4:02 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 9 comments

How to Safely Increase Your Running Mileage

If 2009 is your year to run a half marathon or a full marathon, you're probably upping your weekly mileage, but you want to be smart about it. Increasing your weekly mileage too quickly leads to overtraining, exhaustion, and overuse injuries — things we are definitely all trying to avoid. Here are a few guidelines to follow as you train for your goal race: Increase your weekly mileage by no Read more