Mystical Miles: Running Living Beaming is a marvellous book about the deeper experiences life has to offer. And sure, it's about running, about the fullness of what it is like to run. Not quite a training guide though with lots practical tips, it goes further and through running explores the shimmering brilliance of life

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Training weeks

During the week:

The pattern applies no matter the distance. [Sure this may be a lazy guide but its better to err on the side of caution.] 

 Starting weekly distances 

You have to start with what you can sustain for 4 weeks, come smiling out the other end and after a rest up your mileage. Actually its based on what you were doing in November and December (which in turn is based on September and October. The sam 10% increase principle applies. The best too is to have a good two week rest before you start … oh and start on 1 January each year. Enjoy the end of year break … make sure your family and friends get a good dose of your nice side and then start the process that will take you deep into a really rich world: 

Examples:

Weekly progressions

Batch weeks into 4 weekly groups with a rest week or two in them; do a little more each week (the conservative guide is not more than 10 % per week. Because I keep the weeks the same for 4 weeks, I take a jump more than 10% from batch to batch).  

You can build your own weeks on this pattern ... you will know your your starting point and what you want to achieve.