Post your Marathon Progression relative to mileage run per week in the build up

30 mpw & some bicycling (50 mpw): 3:09 - 3:10

45 mpw: 2:56 - 2:59

60 mpw: don't know yet

If we are talking average MPW for say about 10 weeks leading up to taper....

50 - 2.59

60 - 2.54

75 - 2.49

85-90 with peak weekly mileage of 100 - 2.41

100 - got hurt before race day

~ 20 - 3:35 (1992, age 27)

~ 25-30 - 3:15 (1992)

~ 40 - 3:01 (1998?)

~ 45 - 2:52 (2002?)

~ 65 - 2:44 (2004?)

~ 70-75 - 2:42 (2006)

~ 55-60 - 2:44 (2009)

~ 40 - dropped out of final attempt, on pace for > 3:00 at 30 miles (2011, age 46)

I always hated marathons, don't know why I ever did any. The only one I ever finished feeling good was the second one, every one after (and before) that I ended up feeling like dog $h!t and swore never again... By now I really mean it :-)

bump, lets see more times.

2:59 - 55 mpw (age 30)

3:11 - 70 mpw (age 34) - did a 1:15 HM during the build, bombed on race day

2:53 - 50 mpw (age 41)

It's quality, not quantity. Most recent marathon was on Hanson's Plan, hailed it.

60 - 2:57

70 - 2:49

80 - 2:45

100 - 2:40

Recently 30-40 - 3:13 Never said I was smart

20 - 4:47

30 - 4:34

40 - I took up ultra and didn't run anything as easy as a marathon for ~7 years)

45 - 3:55 (~10 years after my first marathon)

85 - 2:35

95 - TBD

Race 1 - 68.375 mpw in 8 weeks leading to taper with a peak at 80: 2:35:20 on a tough course in bad weather.

Race 2 - 72.75 mpw in 8 weeks leading to taper with a peak at 100: 2:30:50 on a fast course in pretty good, if slightly warm weather.

To flesh it out some, my workout for Race 1 went much better than those for Race 2.

Really hard to make an apples to apples comparison on different courses in different weather conditions, especially with a limited data set of 2 races.

40 MPW - 2:43 (age 27)

55 MPW - 2:32 (age 36 & def my best performance relative to fitness)

65 MPW - 2:30 (age 33)

I would view overall mileage as a means to an end. In other words it prepares you to handle and recover from long runs and long marathon pace workouts.

20 / 3h30 (2008)

40-45 / 2h59 (2010)

40-45 / 2h54 (2011)

45-50 / 2h41 (2014)

45-50 / ? (2017)

My mileage per week hasnt changed much since 2010, however after doing it for about 5-6 yrs and learning how to train better i became a better runner.

40 MPW- 3:28 (2007 - age 37)

50 MWP - 3:08 (2008 - age 38)

70 MWP - 2:50 (2010 - age 40)

90 MWP - 2:46 (2-11 - age 41)

70 MWP - 2:50 ( 2016 - age 46)

I am not very talented when it comes to long distances, but there it is:

30M - 3:23 first marathon, 1:29 half, crashed at 20 miles.

40M - 2:53

60M - 2:57

70M - X:XX got injured - out of running for 1 year.

40M - 2:50

60M -X:XX got injured again and gave up with the marathon.

70-3:10 (serious crash and burn)

80-3:02 (really hot day)

90-2:47 (decent race)

100+-DNF (overtrained)

90-2:42

...

Eventual PR of 2:35 keeping mileage around 90.

Every post I put up is deleted. Why?

30mpw- 3:26 (1:28 1st half lol)

55mpw- 2:53

90mpw- 2:37 basically solo and during a storm. Should have been good for ~2:32

Get out meh thread Dank.

P.S - I'm racing a marathon in June - No more 20-30mpw junk stuff like I did before, going to peak at 65- I'll post on this thread to see the difference from my 20-30mpw peak to 65-75.

45-50 4:38 (2006 - This is an outlier because I was severely anemic at the time)

50-60 3:31 (2007)

60-70 3:10 (2008 - This was the first one where, even though I experiencing some tanking at the end, I didn't totally fall apart)

75-80 2:56 (2009 - Nailed it, felt awesome, negative split, etc.)

80-90 3:05 (2013 - Training was going terrific, but started to feel a little overcooked about 3/4 of the way through my training cycle. The lack of a pr here was also influenced by a slight injury and falling iron levels, though.)

Haven't finished a marathon since then. I had a couple of marathon training cycles that were going very well until various major setbacks (illness, injury) ruined things. In both of those I had settled back to around 75 mpw. That seems to be my sweet spot. I've learned that I really benefit from a decent level of mileage, but that I can only handle it if I'm super healthy going in.