HIGH MILEAGE IS OVER_RATED

Are you certain that is what he did?

Then again he could be a phenom, or you could be lying!

i did the same in high school. i also ran 1:55 on 25 mpwthen i went to college and could do 4 x 2-mile at that pace when i was running 60-70 mpw in XC, the lowest mileage on my teami also ran 1:49 in the 800mi bet your buddy could have run 9:25 on 55 mpw.....instead he's average....miles matter. 75 miles isn't that high if you build up to it carefully, fyifor what it's worth.... the idea of running more than 40 mpw was an insane idea to me when i was in high school. my longest run was 8 miles...not with the team, because i got lost

Disgruntlededer wrote:

My buddy ran sub 10 on 20-25 mpw the whole season, with only like 30 mpw during the offseason.

We did more of the longer interval, shorter mileage thing.

I think you meant to say that you ran 4 x 2 mile at 10 minutes each not:

"then i went to college and could do 4 x 2-mile at that pace when i was running 60-70 mpw in XC, the lowest mileage on my team" (1:55!)

If that is the case, I agree with your post!

Every runner responds to stimulus differently; Meaning many runners can be successful off of low mileage, but running higher mileage is a general rule for improvement. No where is there a rule saying each and every runner should be running 80-100 miles a week, because clearly that's not going to work for everyone.

I just want to challenge you a little bit. Who's to say your team mate couldn't have run sub 9:30 if he ran 60-70 miles a week?

Peter Coe 'long slow distance training creates long slow athletes'.

you are naive wrote:

i did the same in high school. i also ran 1:55 on 25 mpw

then i went to college and could do 4 x 2-mile at that pace when i was running 60-70 mpw in XC, the lowest mileage on my team

4x2 miles at 3:50 pace is impressive.

impressed wrote:

you are naive wrote:

i did the same in high school. i also ran 1:55 on 25 mpw

then i went to college and could do 4 x 2-mile at that pace when i was running 60-70 mpw in XC, the lowest mileage on my team

4x2 miles at 3:50 pace is impressive.

Don't be ridiculous! A 1:55 800 is only a 3:51 (not 3:50) full mile pace. Child's play.

any training program needs to be done for 5 to 6 years to measure its merit. Anything less is a trend or a fad but nothing concrete.

HS boys improve from growth more than training.

Yeah, he'll have college coaches beating his doors down with scholarship offers. This changes everything.

Nice troll thread!

Oh yeah high mileage is over rated for kids less than 20 years old AND for those who are already fast from years of training from HS and College. Is high mileage over rated for the people who are 30+ didn't distance run in HS or College? How many people can get sub 35 10 k's or sub 16 5ks from 25 to 30 miles a week who aren't pre trained from HS or College and/or less than 20 years old?

So high mileage is not over rated for "everyone" just people who don't fall into that bracket.

My coach has me doing 35 miles a week on average but I've already hit a 9:07 3200. I'm ITCHING to increase my mileage. I just know it'll get me under 9. However, I trust in my coach and follow his orders. I'm definitely going to persuade him to let me get my mileage up.

As many others said in the thread, your friend could have probably run faster given he had done more milage. It's no secret that increasing mileage increases endurance.