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The weather has been nice for the past month and I have been trying to increase my running days/amounts, but even with a day of rest prior, it seems to be negatively effecting my deadlifts. I think I complained about this recovery time problem around this time last year. It's one of those things that makes me strongly suspect the "hybrid athletes" who are running huge miles one day and deadlifting big numbers the next are on all gear.
Define huge miles and big deadlift numbers
400+, 15-20+ miles at under 7 min/mile paces.
That's an astounding number. I can do a set of 5 400lb deadlifts.
At multiple points in my life, I have been able to run a sub-seven mile.
There is absolutely no way in hell I'd ever be able to do both of those things in succession, much less multiple miles at that pace.
I used to run <40 10k's and then either go to the gym the day after or even the same day, when it was young and fit. At that point I was deadlifting maybe ~350lbs.
Running more than twice that distance at only a slightly higher pace in addition to lifting more sounds fairly unrealistic to me. Maybe it's possible but it sounds like it would completely wreck you and not something that could be sustainable.
I know people who run that far that fast regularly but they're built like reeds.
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