How to do huge mileage bumps without injuries?

Ya some people can do that, but you need to follow the standard rule and also learn grammar.

He's not injured, yet. I've done this, I have had friends do this, and at first it's all good, but an injury awaits.

I'm sure there is the exception to the rule who can just do massive jumps in volume, but, they are an exception. Wait a few weeks, if he keeps up that mileage, or jumps up again, he likely will end up injured.

In short, the trick to jacking your mileage is to slow down a lot, run doubles, back off as needed (or slightly before needed), and be patient enough to do this for a few months until your default pace speeds up.

And high mileage is not the answer for everyone.

i feel bad to say this but at least if he did it would at least make me happy since it would make some sense. 3 weeks, 3 FULL WEEKS of him just dicking around with mileage bumping it like crazy etc...and no pains or signs of overtraining with him. what pisses me off most is that he has an attitude about it, like he doesn't brag or talk about it but if you saw him run you would know what i mean. just something about his form and the fact that hes a dumb freshman who wore khakis to practice a couple times doing this makes me mad. when i see him do 7 mile runs and repeats and not getting injured it and beating me pisses me off since i could never do that without breaking something. i guess ill make it a secret goal of mine to beat him, ill just do the normal rule then and shlowly build up my mileage

i do my easy runs slower than his, my workouts wayy slower. i backed off a lot i did 11min pace for 5 miles in the morning and an easy 30min run at like 8 min pace in the afternoon(just like what he would do except i do mine slower and had no workouts) and i was injured

Confusedschitmity wrote:

i cant even do 45mpw without some injuries and little complications so it doesnt make sense someone can just blindly keep adding with no injury doe s it?

Your running form is terrible. That's why you keep getting injured when you hit such a low mileage ceiling. Probably overstriding.

Other kid probably has naturally good running form.

Fix your form issues, if possible, then get at it.

Also -

Life tip: you need to stop worrying about other people. Otherwise life is going to long and very frustrating for you.

A freshman I run with in college absolutely blows me away and I'm doing 77 as my max miles week this indoor season while he's doing 60 as his max. Our coach has us do significant jumps in miles, him and I might just be built for it. We also do A TON, I mean a ton, of warm up and cool down stretches. We rol out on PVC pipes, rope stretch, do speedwork every week (more so during track season, which helps with form). There's a lot I could tell you that could help get you better, I'd start with form like someone else said, I would probably be hurt if I didn't work on my form during every run. I wouldn't be as good of a runner as I am now without some self coaching on my runs alone. Not all freshman are dumb, he might just have it man. I'm more than able to give you some insight on my training and how I got to the times I listed below (since I don't know how old you are/what events you race.)

1500: 4:32

1mile: 4:56

3000: 9:46

5000: 16:47

8000: 27:05