Farah runs 170+ miles/week in Kenya

Farah, you realize, is not the norm. Great natural talent, 170 mi/week for him is like 120 mi/week for others.

Mo Farah is sexy

Looks like AlSal and Mo learned a thing or two from Houle and Levins...

Try reading more slowly:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles "

He is stating that he runs 130 miles a week when there.

Ian Stewart said something vaguely about doing 25 miles a day and a long run on Sunday. Sounded like just vague memories of what he and Bedford might have done, or that some hypothetical figures can still do now if they want to when coming here.

But Farah said 130.

You're welcome.

Sir Lance-alot wrote:

Try reading more slowly:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles "

He is stating that he runs 130 miles a week when there.

Ian Stewart said something vaguely about doing 25 miles a day and a long run on Sunday. Sounded like just vague memories of what he and Bedford might have done, or that some hypothetical figures can still do now if they want to when coming here.

But Farah said 130.

You're welcome.

the article is vague, it says 130 at one point and 25 miles a day plus a long run on sundays at another

We are all runners and know how we talk about it. I'm guessing Mo averages around 130 while there, sometimes peaks at 170, and averages about 25 miles a day however he also probably has lower mileage days as well bringing the total average down around the 130-140 area.

It also says he runs all his distance at race pace. What, 4:15 per mile? For 130 miles a week?

Journalists who dont know anything about the sport should not write about it.

Maybe the Independent mixed up miles with kilometer in which case they should be running a Mars space probe.

I think this should read as "up to 25mi per day in doubles and a long run on Sunday".

Let's assume the daily average is 18mi....1h in the morning and a track workout in the PM or vice versa. Then 20mi continuous run on the weekend.

128 miles.

Sir Lance-alot wrote:

Try reading more slowly:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles "

He is stating that he runs 130 miles a week when there.

Ian Stewart said something vaguely about doing 25 miles a day and a long run on Sunday. Sounded like just vague memories of what he and Bedford might have done, or that some hypothetical figures can still do now if they want to when coming here.

But Farah said 130.

You're welcome.

I read that as he runs 130 miles the rest of the week, besides the 24 mile easy run he does on Sunday. The puts him just over 150mpw.

"Sunday is a rest day," Mo Farah says. If you can count a 24-mile morning run through the steep, red, dusty trails as restful, that is. With no afternoon run planned, and the rest of his week's 130 miles of training having been conducted at close to or bang on race-speed, for Farah that is what the group run happens to be, as he puts the foundations in place for his London Olympic challenge here, at 7,800ft above sea level in the thin air of Iten.

joho wrote:

"Sunday is a rest day," Mo Farah says. If you can count a 24-mile morning run through the steep, red, dusty trails as restful, that is. With no afternoon run planned, and the rest of his week's 130 miles of training having been conducted at close to or bang on race-speed, for Farah that is what the group run happens to be, as he puts the foundations in place for his London Olympic challenge here, at 7,800ft above sea level in the thin air of Iten.

- 24 miles on rest day

- 154 mpw total

- 130 of those CLOSE TO OR AT RACE SPEED (=4:20min/mile)

- at 7800 ft

Gotta love the British media. If all that is true, expect sub25 10k from Mo in London.

What part of:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles of training"

Do you guys not understand?

But this is that part that the Lydiard Cult nuts won't want to talk about:

"having been conducted at close to or bang on race-speed"

The amount of intensity is the difference, but the "Lydiard Imitations" thread posters wouldn't want to talk about this. They might have to work too hard...and that's why US-born long distance runners don't win.

coach d you should create a super training program based just on fluff articles from the Independent. Save us all the grief of studying from any other sources.

Coach D, do you honestly think Farah runs anywhere near 130 miles per week at race pace? I can't fathom someone calling themselves a coach being so ignorant. I'd be surprised if he ran more than 30 mpw at race pace.

So, if race pace is around 4:20/mi, then Farah really isn't running for that much total time each week. Probably way less than 10 hours of running per week. Sounds like a freakin' vacation.

coach d wrote:

What part of:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles of training"

Do you guys not understand?

B.

"Don't believe everything you read." - John Schiefer, Trackandfieldmedia.com

You are clueless.

malmo wrote:

coach d wrote:

What part of:

"the rest of his week's 130 miles of training"

Do you guys not understand?

B.

"Don't believe everything you read." - John Schiefer, Trackandfieldmedia.com

You are clueless.

Haha, straight from a guy who has walked the walk.

Big PR wrote:

So, if race pace is around 4:20/mi

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say is race pace is about 4:20. It's actually a bit faster. 4:20 is only "close to race pace".

if you guys want the mileage king, rob watson is definitely up there. 2:10 in his near future

http://www.leblogdurob.blogspot.com