Peaked at 6h/week?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been training with the Norwegian Single Approach (NSA) since July last year and have seen solid results so far on around 5.5–6 hours per week, averaging 55–65 km weekly. Since then, my PBs have improved: I went from a 39:45 10K to 39:05 last October, then ran 1:27 for the half marathon in November and repeated 1:27 again in December.

I have a 5K time trial scheduled for tomorrow morning. The last one I did was on December 31st, where I ran 18:45 (same as another 5K TT I did in early September). Depending on tomorrow’s result, I’m wondering: is it possible that I’ve already peaked on ~6 hours per week?

I’m asking because I have a pretty tight work schedule. I can train about 1 hour per weekday and a bit more on weekends, but I’m not sure I want to push up to 7–8 hours per week yet.

For reference:

•	31M

•	Running for 3 years total

•	Doing “vanilla” NSA since July (3x10, 5x5, 8–9x3 structure)

•	Paces mostly align with Lactrace recommendations, except my easy pace, which is 30–60 sec/km slower

What are your thoughts?

Thanks everyone!