Do I run too much?

No.

Could I run more? Should I put much stock into "you'll burn yourself out, you will ruin your college potential, caches won't want you!"?

Common, my coach is a first year coach who is nice and all, but I don't think they know a ton of training physiology.

Have you had any injuries from your previous training? You need to incorporate a tempo run once a week...

You were doing over 60 MPW, were a 4:20 miler, and couldn't sneak under 10?

Ya I obviously underperformed. I ran the 3200 twice, once solo in the wind and once cause my coach made me at 6 in the morning at a meet. FYI I actually ran 9:57 if it counts for anything. The coach (most) always kept me fresh for the 1600. If it counts for anything, the 9:57 was closed in at least a 65 400/ 32 200, I felt super fresh.

Those are my Thursdays, this week I did 5x mile at threshold pace with a minute of rest plus some 200 strides. I can get more volume out of mile repeats than a 20 minute tempo.

What about 80 miles a week? Is that too much? If I peak at 90 in August, how high can I hold mileage, with state being late October?

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Sounds like 80 might be a little much for High School, but it just depends on what matters most. The "go for broke" attitude is something I would caution you against. If you really want to run in college then you have 4 more years of competition. It would be different if you had no intentions of running in college. I think you are clearly having success with what you are doing, but going much over 70 is probably pushing it. I think it is always better to be a little cautious.

Runnerkid. wrote:

I am going into my senior year of high school. As a junior In the summer I got up to 63 miles a week, getting ready for spring track I ran 68, and for XC I am planning on hitting some weeks at 80 miles in August. I run easy Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hills Tuesday, high end aerobic Thursday, long run Saturday and on the seventh day, I rest.

I want to be really good this year, kinda a go for broke attitude. I have run ~4:20, ~10:00 and ~16:00. I want to run 4:15, 9:30, 15:00 (3 mile) I think I'm on the bubble for D1, but if I don't improve through a killer year of training, probably not. What are your thoughts?

Ps I am fallowing Daniels 5k/10k training, the 1500/3000 version worked well for me in track.

I don't think 80 miles per week is pushing it, I would keep the schedule you have though, and start doing doubles three or four times a week to get your mileage up to 80. Maybe throw in an easy 5 miler on Sunday if you want the junk miles, but I recommend not doing that. Don't go for broke and murder your training, but definitely work hard, listen to your body, and see where it takes you.

Don't do doubles. The stressors of high school are equivalent to the second run. You are doing fine. I might not stick religiously to your rotation of runs but run more by feel. And I think that counting weekly miles is not the way to go, even though we have all done it. Instead, I would focus on making progress in key workouts.