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* It easier to know what to eat when your daily calorie burn is similar each day.
* Having the same routine every day is much simpler.
* I lost weight while running every day, getting down to below 130 pounds (60 Kg), which seems to be optimal.
* I was surprised how much mileage my body could handle, and this provided quite a bit of confidence.
There are also some downsides to running more frequently.
* The risk of [[Overtraining Syndrome]] goes up with {{TrainingMonotony}}. For me, the personal cost of this was a high, and I would not willingly go back to that situation.
* It takes a lot more hours per week to put in those extra miles. I got to the point where I didn't seem to do anything but sleep, work, and run.
The big question is how my fitness changed with the greater running frequency. Overall, there was no improvement in my fitness with greater mileage and frequency, even though I was running about 50% more than other similar periods. I did have a good result in September (3 months into the experiment) at the [[2011 North Coast 24 Hour National Championships]], finishing second with 146 miles. However, by the end of the six-month experiment I felt like my fitness had gradually declined. Here are some comments from my running log near the end:* My legs were tired and I felt like I was running on sand, and by mile 13 I was ready to stop.* This run started off with the dead legs and went downhill from there. * I really wanted to go further, but the wheels fell off too badly.Reading through my training logs from this period there is a pervasive malaise and fatigue. After a few weeks of returning to 4 days/week this mostly abated.
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