Running & Lifting, I know, I know

[stinkerbell6879]

It gets brought up pretty often, but runners. How do you spread out your run days and lifting days? I know after short runs I can lift during the week and would be ok, but which areas? Like run, lift arms/back, etc...I don't want "heavy" legs on run days. KWIM?

Extra points if you post your lifting/run schedule!

[enfuego23]

I usually lift 2 days a week (Mondays/Saturdays) and run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Long runs are on Sunday so I strength train the day after my long runs. Some people take a rest day after their long runs but I don't usually. I have tried lifting 3 days a week but I was too sore to run and I'm training for a half-marathon so running is priority right now.

I follow the New Rules of Lifting For Women but i don't follow it religiously. I had to watch how heavy the weights I was lifting because I was pretty sore so I cut back on the weights and just added more reps.

[taratru]

When my gym was open, I would do body pump tues, thurs, sat. Tues and thurs are shorter run days (3-5 miles). I'll have to change Saturday when I find a new gym, since I do my long runs on Saturday.

[stinkerbell6879]

Thanks! I like the idea of Tues/Thurs after my shorter runs, then enough time before my longer run on the weekend. I am still trying to maintain mileage because I have several 1/2's left this year but have notice that I am not as strong any more since running the higher mileage...

[hjohnson050711]

i have been running 3-4 times per week and lifting 2x per week (yoga or ballet the other day) so a week would look like

M: run + ballet

Tues: lift

Wednesday: run

Thursday: yoga

Friday: lift

saturday or sunday (the other day would be rest day) long run

[shorty20]

When I could run and wasn't injured, this was my typical schedule:

Sunday - long run
Monday - ST arms, abs and back
Tuesday - ST legs, easy run
Wed - ST arms, abs and back
Thursday - run
Friday - usually my off day
Sat - bootcampl