Halfway point in BASE training

If you have been following your summer training plan you've reached the midpoint of your base training.  3 weeks down, 3 to go.  Your goal?  Up to this point it was to prepare you for the increase in distance that is expected of you.  The recommended increase each week is 10%,  a simple computation and an increase that should insure your safety.  It is very important that all of you understand this training rule. For those who are following the plan, the next three weeks, during which you're continuing to increase your mileage following the 10% rule, are designed to prepare you for the final 5 weeks which precede our practice sessions.  These 5 weeks start with two weeks of 5 easy days with 1 workout, followed by 3 weeks of 4 days with 2 workouts.  During these 5 weeks there is no increase in your weekly mileage.  Instead, you are substituting a small number of high intensity miles for a corresponding number of easy miles.  That is, an athlete who has reached the 50 mile per week level will continue on at the 50 mile level but will replace, for example 3 easy miles with 3 mile high intensity workout as detailed in the summer training plan.  For those who have not yet started, you'll still need the 6 weeks of base training.  Jumping in on the week 7 training schedule without the 6 week base period will be too stressful and will likely result in injury.

If you aspire to be a top 7 runner, "time is fleeting"  With credit to Henry W. Longfellow, A Psalm of Life , a short poem well worth reading in its entirety . . .

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44644/a-psalm-of-life