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Zero. The human body was not designed to run. We are not mammals like gazelles or cheetahs.
Lol. Obviously you know nothing about the human body.
Humans were built to run in order to catch food . Our over sized lungs and our ability to sweat makes us the ultimate endurance runner; more so than any other land animal on earth.
Can humans win a 200 meter sprint against a cheetah or horse? not even close, but we are capable of running many more hours/100's of miles more that any other creature without stopping.
I.E.) Dean Karnaze: Ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
The math for miles/training and race distance isn't as simple as a half marathon being twice as many training miles than a 10K just because the race distance is doubled. There's other factors that slow the miles down with higher race distances due to running load on the body etc.
I'm aware of that it just seems that your suggested mileage is high. Hal Hagdons advance 10k program tops out at 30 in a last week of training. Whatever floats your boat but 30 miles a week weekly for a 10k just seems off off, peak miles in most half programs may hit low to mid 30s fwiw
The answer depends on your age and physical condition. For a healthy adult, running a 10K is nothing. Really.
Unless you are obese and/or too old, the question you need to answer is how fast do you want to run a 10K.
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Originally Posted by GeePee
I just recently got back into the swing of running (treadmill)
I would like to be able to run a respectable 10K in a few months.I am currently running between 12-16 miles per week. Is there a target goal to hit that will determine I wont bottom out in a 10K?
My typical run is 5 miles at 48-49 minutes.
You should have no trouble at all running a 10K if you're already running 5 miles regularly. If you want a speedier time, just throw in bursts of 2 minutes of faster pace every mile. This doesn't mean to sprint all out, but run 2 mins per mile at a 7:30 pace.
The answer depends on your age and physical condition. For a healthy adult, running a 10K is nothing. Really.
Unless you are obese and/or too old, the question you need to answer is how fast do you want to run a 10K.
I bet typical American would struggle with it unless they've trained up for it.
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. Our over sized lungs and our ability to sweat makes us the ultimate endurance runner; more so than any other land animal on earth. 
