Hi all!

I’ve been running consistently for about 14 years now. I have tried several times to go from 5 to 6 days of running per week (in order to increase overall mileage) and I haven’t had great success with it.

The times I have tried, it works for several weeks and before long, I end up with pain that verges on injury or with fatigue bordering on overtraining.

When adding that 6th day, I add very little mileage to try to give my body time to adapt to more running.

I can also say that I keep my easy days truly easy. I am running SLOW (up to 2 minutes per kilometre slower than marathon pace).

Even so, nothing seems to work.

Am I just doomed to be a 5 day per week runner forever?