Brenda Martinez runs 70 MPW...

this is why the US loses to Kenya, Russia, GBR, South Africa, etc at 800/1500. High schoolers run more! This is very low mileage.

as far as I know, they don't 70mpw is medium mileage for an 80071500m runner.

runrawr wrote:

this is why the US loses to Kenya, Russia, GBR, South Africa, etc at 800/1500. High schoolers run more! This is very low mileage.

But our high schoolers are American too.

I remember hearing that double olympic champ Kelly Holmes was extremely low mileage and ran no longer than 60 minutes.

It seems like norm, but maybe not.

That seems really high for a woman competing in the 800.

runrawr wrote:

this is why the US loses to Kenya, Russia, GBR, South Africa, etc at 800/1500. High schoolers run more! This is very low mileage.

You haven't been watching much track and field lately, have you?

yyy wrote:

as far as I know, they don't 70mpw is medium mileage for an 80071500m runner.

What the f**k was that?? Bc it wasn't English

yyy wrote:

as far as I know, they don't 70mpw is medium mileage for an 80071500m runner.

As that is roughly 50,000 miles, I find it hard to believe that running 70 miles per week would be adequate preparation.

i disagree with this. she could run a damn good 5K if she wanted to this summer/got in the right race (i believe she PR'd very early in the season running solo at a low key meet). she posted some of her workouts on twitter and was doing 3 mile runs at 5:00 pace in training. she is a damn good runner 800-5000, and her 5K strength/70mpw volume only helps her 800.

jello wrote:

Brenda is more of an 800m/1500m type

brohan santana wrote:

i disagree with this. she could run a damn good 5K if she wanted to this summer/got in the right race (i believe she PR'd very early in the season running solo at a low key meet). she posted some of her workouts on twitter and was doing 3 mile runs at 5:00 pace in training. she is a damn good runner 800-5000, and her 5K strength/70mpw volume only helps her 800.

jello wrote:

Brenda is more of an 800m/1500m type

i was at that low key meet she ran

she lapped 2nd place and ran 15:36 (not alone, paced through 3k ish)

this was early march, so she obviously was in better shape later.

i'd say that if BMart was in the 5000 at worlds and the race went out at 15 flat pace, she could hold on and run at least 15:10

Everybody is different. Lagat for many years only ran 60s a week. Others have run quite a bit more and quite a bit less. I would say it is pretty reasonable training for Brenda Martinez. Nothing crazy low or high.

My bad:)

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Often 800/1500m runners are too fast twitch to get sufficient gain from quality mileage. Basically, their tempo runs are too slow because they can't run 10k at a very good pace. Therefore they must run more mileage to make up for that - not less.

she's not a 400/800-type runner a la Montano. 70mpw seems spot on for a woman who could run a world-class time at 800-5000m.

Canova>God wrote:

That seems really high for a woman competing in the 800.

I figured it would be lower since her focus appears to be the 800; 65-70 is about what an elite male 800m runs. Btw, middle distance mileage varies depending on the approach, a 4/8 800m meter runners is not going run as much mileage as 8/1500 runner.

Her coach knows what he is doing , Dr. Vigil wrote the book on it , she has never raced better than now , her build up and milage has given her strength specific to her needs. Each athlete is different.

I don't think she has ever really focused on the 800 before this season. I always thought of her as a 1500 runner.

I think it might be more this than just mileage.

Speed endurance 8 x 1k in 3 min & fast 400.

Coach Vigil knows his runners.

http://www.flotrack.org/video/712300-Brenda-Martinez-interval-session-with-all-out-400m-tag