Would you run 100 mpw if you could run a 14:00 5k?

No I think the max a 5k runner should be runner ( I mean a pure 5k runner) is around 80 miles a week. The 5k/10k types run around 85-90 while the 1500-5k types may only run 70-80

Just running 100 mpw does not mean you will get any faster.

It seems a lot of people aren’t understanding that this is a purely hypothetical question…

I would run 100 mpw for the next year for a 14:59 (or even a bit slower honestly), if I was able to run 100 mpw without getting injured immediately.

No, but it makes it a lot more likely that you will/

Yes

There are people running 100mpw to break 3 hours marathon.

What about if you had to run 100 miles a week for a year?

That becomes the problem for some high mileage guys. They see some good results but they also know they need to commit to like a year of that training before they really hit their ceiling. Would a year of 100 mile weeks be worth it?

This is a theoretical thread, not a training thread. SMH.

How could you struggle at sub-5 pace but run sub-15 for 5km? If you can run 14:xx then you are easily running sub-5 pace...

Yes.

I enjoy running. If I got to do more of it, without getting injured, I would.

Running a 14:00 5k would just be a bonus.

It wasn't easy I trained hard. It was good speed work for the 10K. I went several years without improving in high school (15:44) Somehow freshmen year got better on 120 mile weeks, and finally a couple years later after being close a few times I went under 15min. I was good but had to train with JV for 400 repeats.

You ran 120 mile weeks. That is wild for a non-pro.

I had long stints (like months on end) in the 70-80 range, but 120 is from another planet. Were you doubling every day or mostly singles?

What? It's not unusual for ordinary middle-of-pack club runners to run 120mpw or more - at least for some of the year. I was a 15m guy off 50-70mpw. I think (back in the day) I'd run 100mpw for 6 months for a guaranteed season of 14m. No more. That would at least get me some respectable regional attention where I came from.

YES !

Yes, its unusual. Random club guys in my area run around 60-80 miles per week. I am talking about the 14,30-30,30 5k-10k level guys. 120 miles is wild as a non pro athlete with a full time job

I ran plenty of 100 mile weeks to run much slower, so yes.

It’s because people have a ridiculous obsession with mileage and think that more time a 6:30-7:30 pace is going to help them run the sub 4:30 pace needed for a sub 14 5k. Challenge this thinking and you’ll offend people. Kudos to your son’s 13:50!

To run 1359...yes

To run 1459...no

I ran very close to 1459 off 60-80/week, but would always get hurt when I pushed the upper end.

This makes me ponder, would I run 100 miles/week if it guaranteed I would NOT get hurt. I think yes.

I spent 5 years running 100 MPW in a group of 5 - 10 guys in our 40s. We ran about 3 marathons per year around 3:30. None of us could break 20 minutes for 5k but we had a great time. So my answer is of course I woukd run 100 MPW to break 14:00. I would run 100 MPW to break 18 minutes.