How much time to spend running per week
by Joe
(Canada)
At Maffetone heart rate, to see improvements for an example, you should run two hours and 30 minutes a week in order to see it benefits.
Nicole's reply:
Hi Joe, there is no set amount of time to train at MAF but obviously the more you can do the better, but without overdoing it.
Many people feel that aiming for 7 hours a week of MAF training is a good amount of time.
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