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  • hobbyjog5

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    1 month ago 04/05/2026 10:34am EDT
    re: Wowww

    Wowww wrote:

    interesting... wrote:

    At a recent 5K I saw a 19 year old girl run 17:09 on 15 mpw. Checked her strava and she never goes over 15 miles in a week... longest run 4-6 miles. I felt like a mug for running 50 miles for 18:00.

    Wow

    She also ran a 36 10k on 15 mpw. Pretty impressive to 99.9% of runners.

  • hobbyjog5

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    1 month ago 04/05/2026 10:47am EDT
    re: Condor

    Condor wrote:

    If you are training for middle distance races, why would you need to jog around for miles and miles at a slow pace?

    In general, I think runners need to "act their mileage". It is inefficient to run 50 MPW if you are aiming for a 38 minute 10k...

  • p or i

    Anonymous Poster

    1 month ago 04/05/2026 1:29pm EDT
    re: hobbyjog5

    mileage does not equal fitness

    training = fitness

    you can train hard on low mileage

    example:

    Sunday - up to 15 miles 6:00

    Tuesday - 10 mile steady state 5:30

    Thursday - 6 miles 5:30 or faster

    Sat - race or another steady run

    total weekly mileage = 25-40

    i ran 23:45 8K doing this and Pr'ed by 1:45

    low mileage does not mean low training; it means fresh training/running

  • aha ha

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    1 month ago 04/10/2026 6:27am EDT
    re: hobbyjog5

    hobbyjog5 wrote:

    Condor wrote:

    If you are training for middle distance races, why would you need to jog around for miles and miles at a slow pace?

    In general, I think runners need to "act their mileage". It is inefficient to run 50 MPW if you are aiming for a 38 minute 10k...

    Exactly right, but don't expect the morons on here to understand that. Let them do their high mileage and their long runs.

  • aha ha

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    1 month ago 04/10/2026 6:28am EDT
    re: hobbyjog5

    hobbyjog5 wrote:

    Wowww wrote:

    Wow

    She also ran a 36 10k on 15 mpw. Pretty impressive to 99.9% of runners.

    Explain the downvote? So 17 flat and a 36 10k is not impressive for an 18 year old girl who is only running 15 mpw? I assume you are all 13 minute 5k runners?

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