I am going to attempt the Lydiard 100 mile base week next week anyone with me?

you don't win counting miles. learned that one the hard way. double, focus on running fast regularly. don't worry about weekly totals, they'll keep growing.

I'll be playing jarts on the lawn. Have fun.

The guy with the prettiest training log doesnt win. You have to perform.

I with you. I've been building my mileage up to this, and am getting into the 90s now. But, I am doing it with doubles, so it's not as monstrous as this schedule.

Go get it, if you feel you can handle it. But I'd encourage you to find whatever level you can handle for 10 weeks - that's the power of the Lydiard base.

Miles make the champion.

I'm.

I'd do...

Mon AM 3

Mon PM 6

Tues AM 9

Tues PM 3

Wed AM 6

Wed PM 6

Thur AM 12

Thur PM 3

Fri AM 2

Fri PM 3

Sat AM 22

Sun PM 15

And just tell people I did a 100 mile week but, that's just me...

Half Trooth wrote:

And just tell people I did a 100 mile week but, that's just me...

And/or do your log in pencil, if at the end of the week it doesn't add up to a 100 rub parts out and correct it.

Are you training or is this just something you want to do?

I did that schedule for a while. Actually I think mine was 10-12-18-12-16-10-22, but close enough for government work. I felt great and ran PRs at 5000 and the mile.

I'm also working up to this. 88 this past week with some quality. I'd like to put in at least 6 weeks of 100 by the end of August.

you're better off with doubles. Someone doing those runs should be running at least 150 miles a week, not 100. Just tweeking your schedule to include doubles you could prob be around 120-130 a week right now.

I am done with school until I start my masters program in the fall. So I just want to try it next week. If it wrecks me I will back off or try doubling to get it. My normal mileage during the season was in the 70s with 2 workouts. So if I keep it under control it shouldn't kill me.

The timemaster wrote:

I am done with school until I start my masters program in the fall. So I just want to try it next week. If it wrecks me I will back off or try doubling to get it. My normal mileage during the season was in the 70s with 2 workouts. So if I keep it under control it shouldn't kill me.

Any doubles for that previous schedule?

Some runners get injured with doubles. I found that it didn't give me enough time to recover, even though the logic is enhanced recovery.

I'll be going from 40 to about 80 over the summer in singles. My concern for the OP is that he's jumping up too quickly.

Lydiard's schedule called for doubles, I thought. Each morning, in addition to the aerobic runs, the runner was supposed to do 'shake-out' runs of 2-6 miles. OP: You should do those too.

OP - don't listen to all the nay-sayers

this schedule works great and will bring huge gains in fitness if done correctly

it took me 6 months to build up and handle the lydiard schedule for 10 weeks straight

just go super easy for your first few weeks until you adjust, you will feel very tired but keep going each day

try to run on soft surfaces as much as possible

don't mix and match days because the point of the schedule is set up to be a "palindrome"....the total volume of the past 7 days will always be 100 miles, so the "pressure" of the training is always constant

soon you will feel like superman after 4-5 weeks....then you can add some 3-4mi shakeout runs in the AM - or PM

the worst feeling run for me was the 10mi the day after 22mi...sometimes i just felt dead the entire run

good luck!

Most distance coaches are lazy. They're afraid to try anything new because they don't want to be blamed if it goes wrong. But the same old, same old, gives the same old results.

--Alberto Salazar

Link wrote:

Lydiard's schedule called for doubles, I thought. Each morning, in addition to the aerobic runs, the runner was supposed to do 'shake-out' runs of 2-6 miles. OP: You should do those too.

That's what I did in the 70's but I was not strong enough until my soph year in college. If you don't break; it works.

The timemaster wrote:

I am going to try this next week and see how it goes. Just finished my senior year of track and always wanted try this. Who's with me?????

Monday 10 miles (15km) at 1/2 effort over undulating course

Tuesday 15 miles (25km) at 1/4 effort over reasonably flat

Wednesday 12 miles (20km) at 1/2 effort over hilly course

Thursday 18 miles (30km) at 1/4 effort over reasonably flat

Friday 10 miles (15km) at 3/4 effort over flat course

Saturday 22 miles (35km) at 1/4 effort over reasonably flat

Sunday 15 miles (25km) at 1/4 effort over any type terrain

Straight out of the "Running with Lydiard" book eh? If this is a serious attempt, good luck! No way I could handle that!