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It takes me two days to recover from a 5k and three if I do 10k on pavements. Not a problem if I run off-road though. There’s no way I can run 6 days a week without degenerating to shuffling, which I absolutely hate and I can’t imagine it has any benefit. Biomechanically it’s not even the same activity.
hence why I said...
Everyone is different
I was the same with football, play once a week, I'd be sore for days, play 4 or 5, no probs.
Mg,
Recovery time can be slow to adapt when starting out running , or coming back after a while.
There's absolutely no probs with giving your body time to recover before your next run.
Do 5k , and have a couple of days off then do another. And keep going. Just give it some consistency for a few months and don't go doubling the distance before your body's really ready.
I have done that. I got better, but it didn't get much easier and I didn't enjoy it much. And when you don't enjoy it there comes a point where you ask yourself why you're bothering.
I'm currently riding for a Zwift team twice a week, I want to do at least one longer ride at the weekend, so that only really leaves room for two runs. So that's what I'll do and whatever happens happens. One run will probably be off road the other will be a couple of 800m intervals.
basically off steady running with some threshold efforts and an attempt at weekly intervals
What you are describing is 2 types of interval work. I suggested that this type of work is required to improve running speed and not just slow running.
Just seen and seems relevant. Though surprising he seems to be credited with discovering this, when it was well known ages ago. Maybe he was a particularly good publiciser of the idea, and/or maybe the USA was a bit primitive when it comes to distance events.