Originally Posted by
Darwen Dashers Calvin
I'm no expert but I do seem to match up to Noel's post above...
I've only been training since January but I'm usually around 40-45 miles per week, have been for about 7 months now. I started factoring in speed work about 2 months ago - track work & fartlek training (sometimes both in one) and they do help massively.
As Noel posted above, I would wait until you can do 30/35 miles a week without getting injured and then maybe consider it, along with more racing experience. I've only been racing since the start of last December but just done my 60th this season last Sunday...