At what age have fell runners found that training wise "more is less" & "less is more"? In other words, with increasing age how much have you cut down on training, in order to avoid injury and exhaustion, to keep running well?
Obviously much will depend on your type of running, short races, longs, no races but BG type challenges, supporting, etc. But I wondered at what age and why you cut back, whether you have found that 3 good sessions a week are better than 6 a week - avoiding injury perhaps? What was your reduction in training as age increased and what prompted it? What is the decrease in performance, is it significant by cutting out 3 runs and resting instead?
I seem to recall Joss Naylor saying that he trained for one of his long challenges (I can't remember which, in last 10 years) with 1 long run a week + plenty of hard work on the farm. Talking to Mr YDT, he seems to advocate the great importance of resting the body between runs as we get older, certainly if trying to complete long outings. I'm thinking in the V60 bracket here, what is the correct balance?
I know there are dozens of imponderables, relating to ability, physique and length of runs etc. and I'm not looking for the quick answer "You lose x% per mile, per year". I'm interested in how you adapted your training, so you keep consistantly running as you age.
I'm not looking for a magic formula, simply interested (and older)!