This week's episode of The Sunday Shakeout features a tutorial on baseline mileage. It has become clear since the era of guys like Arthur Lydiard that mileage is one of the most important things to track and a training plan that features relatively high mileage will build your fitness just about, if not more than anything else. Some of the greatest marathoners of all time, namely Eliud Kipchoge are great examples of this. He runs around 120 miles per week and that is how he breaks world records. You would think that because mileage is such a great way to build fitness, that people would know HOW to increase mileage. But in today's modern world of simple formulas and instant results, that just isn't the case. Thus, the 10% rule arose. In a nutshell, the 10% suggests that you should increase your weekly mileage by 10% every week. However, this approach is both unproductive and unsafe. There is a better way to increase mileage. Thus, the importance of baseline mileage.
In this episode, I discuss:

Baseline mileage 101 - what, how, where, how to apply it

The flaws of the 10% rule

How baseline mileage demonstrates that training is complex, not a simple formula

The role of consistency and progression with regards to baseline mileage


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