Low Milage v.s High Milage?

Quality over quantity for me. I run once every five years.

Depends on the race. 400m vs 5k vs marathon vs ultra?

Had a friend of mine do 200 mpw. All mileage did to me was that my sophomore year I was pale with anemia. My friend could not run under 14 min. for 5K. But ran 14 low a half a dozen times. Mileage is a joke but a necessary one. QUALITY TRULY MATTERS MORE.

Gnomebe wrote:

Had a friend of mine do 200 mpw. All mileage did to me was that my sophomore year I was pale with anemia. My friend could not run under 14 min. for 5K. But ran 14 low a half a dozen times. Mileage is a joke but a necessary one. QUALITY TRULY MATTERS MORE.

You go get 'em tiger!

your pathetic.

Gnomebe wrote:

your pathetic.

"your"?

recklessrunner wrote:

More is better v.s quality beats quantity

what type are you? What's more effective? Idk about you but I think a guy running 150 mpw is going to compete better than a guy running 50.

Milage doesn't appear in the English dictionary.

Sounds French, no?

I ran up to 150mpw for years but found I was too fatigued to complete really quality sessions alongside working and having a life in general, managed 31' for 10k on this kind of training. Found my limit to be 90mpw, my 10k and half marathon pbs (30' flat and 66' flat) were by coincidence built on 58mpw average blocks.

Running the high miles certainly helped build a base but really had to hit the reset button after a while. Think Frank Shorter said you need 2 quality sessions a week and as much mileage as YOU can handle which I think is perfect.

Speling and Gramar wrote:

Gnomebe wrote:

your pathetic.

"your"?

You must be new here.

...Though I will call out the "milage" spelling. Yes, "mileage" rhymes with "silage"--but it's spelled differently, okay?

If you are trying to run a good 5k, then no, unless your on the verge of hitting elite times. If you are a "normal guy" and just trying to break 18,17,16 or even 15 for a 5k, then there is not too much need to run over 60 or 70 mpw.

If you are a respectable marathoner, then yes, do as many miles as you can handle.

For most runners, it takes years of running and learning to run efficiently to be able to rack up the mileage to over 100 without having thyroid, anemia and lowT problems. That is prob why east Africans can handle the mileage because they've been running all their lives.

10 years of building mileage to build your aerobic house fully (Credited to Renato). After that you can lower mileage and get very good quality sessions. This is why africans are so good, their aerobic "house" is built by age 16

It all depends on the person and the event

recklessrunner wrote:

More is better v.s quality beats quantity

what type are you? What's more effective? Idk about you but I think a guy running 150 mpw is going to compete better than a guy running 50.

Run hard everyday

I observe wrote:

recklessrunner wrote:

More is better v.s quality beats quantity

what type are you? What's more effective? Idk about you but I think a guy running 150 mpw is going to compete better than a guy running 50.

Milage doesn't appear in the English dictionary.

It's one of the models in Saucony's Asia line. Marketed somewhere between the Kinvala and the Lide.

youl welcome

Gnomebe wrote:

your pathetic.

I submit to thy eloquence.