I'm presenlty running about 35 miles a week. I want to reduce my milegae without losing endurance or stamina.

I'm running 6, sometimes 7 days a week, but need to reduce my mileage because I no longer have as much time, and I want to give my body a break. I've been training like this for about 18 months and have gotten myself in great shape. I want to continue running enough to maintain my present endurance and stamina. What frequency and mileage do I need to continue running to accomplish this? Thanks for your help?

I'm presenlty running about 35 miles a week. I want to reduce my milegae without losing endurance or stamina.
instead of going for distance you can interval train which will take a lot less time but still allow you to keep up your current fitness level. interval training consists of a block of time for warm up pace, then a minute or two all out spring, then several minutes of moderate pace, then a min or two of all out sprint, then several minutes of moderate pace...ect until you reach the last several minutes where you will go into a cool down pace. you're going to need a stopwatch for this and about a 20-30min block of time, which ever you have time for. its not going to give your body a break...the only way to do that is to take a couple days off completely..which is absolutely ok and will not hinder your current fitness level at all. also you can do some cross training. many professional athletes supplement their training with jumproping because it is one of the most intense kinds of training you can do, when done properly. so if you wanted you could do 20 minutes of running and 10minutes of jumprope. hope this helps! :)
Reply:The first thought that comes to my mind is weights. The second thought that comes to my mind is walking with weights. The third thought that comes to my mind is jogging while with weights in hands and around ankles. Five pound weights on ankles and around wrists and or hand held, ought to allow you to cut back distance and still keep up the stamina and fitness gained. I have found that just lifting weights every other day with no aerobics workout gets the job done for me. Your aerobics workout has a shelf life of about 2 days but if you must run every day, run every other day without the weights and every other day walk with the weights. Somehow this should allow you to cut back. Psycologically you may be using the high for an anti depressant or other pain killer and not realize it until after you engage the cut. This will require some research on your part for the psycological adjustment.
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