It wasn't that memorable. I can't even which college season it was that I did. I had done enough 80 and 90 mile weeks that it wasn't that big of a deal. It is a long haul to make the move from a guy doing in the 60s to 70s to be someone who can consistently do 90's and 100's and not burn yourself up. It is a multi-year process unless you're insanely talented. Once you hit 100 100-115 all feels about the same. But getting up around 120 is another big jump.
1 ting is for shure: If I had to do 100 mile weeks I would get so depressed because that is too much running. How do you find time to bowl with homes and kick it wit the chix??
I commend anyone who does 100 miles. That's real love for rubbing mm
It felt good and I was happy to get it done but wasn’t left with a special feeling. If you are running a 100 mile week you should be well trained and probably have years or at least year of 70-90 mile weeks that you are building on. I’ve ran 100+ mile weeks and have no injuries but I ran them when I was ready.
120 miles is somewhat daunting just from the time prospective and is the highest I have ever done. Also a 100 mile week is with workouts is much easier than a 100 miles week that includes a tempo and track workout.
thewinthatwas wrote:
It felt good and I was happy to get it done but wasn’t left with a special feeling. If you are running a 100 mile week you should be well trained and probably have years or at least year of 70-90 mile weeks that you are building on. I’ve ran 100+ mile weeks and have no injuries but I ran them when I was ready.
120 miles is somewhat daunting just from the time prospective and is the highest I have ever done. Also a 100 mile week is with workouts is much easier than a 100 miles week that includes a tempo and track workout.
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I felt fine. I did it in the winter and did 104 miles. That's the only one I've ever done.
You can build your body up to running a lot, you just have to do it. It's not hard.
Sham 69 wrote:
Were you sore? Happy? Intelligent? Confused?
100 mile week takes a different breed of human: a superhuman that is unlimited (Eliud Kipchogay).
Did your shins hurt a lot? What about your quads? Did you have to eat a LOT of food? Did you gain lots of muscle? Did you SWEAT a lot? Did you get blisters? Did you CHAFE? Share your stories please!
I hit them as base training in the summers. I could only do 5 or 6 in a row before I broke down. I followed Arthur Lydiard’s plan which one of his staff sent to me: M= 10, T=15, W=12, Th=18, F=10, Sa=20, and Su= 15. Oddly, Thursdays were always the hardest day. Answers: sore? No. Happy? Yes. Intelligent? Never sure I was doing the right thing, actually. No shin, quad, or other problems. Always ate a lot. It was not as hard as outdoor season where we were racing 1 or 2X a week + speed work. Folks forget Arthur recommended “jogging to loosen up” in the morning too. I did that a few weeks and that pushed me over 130 miles. That was too much!
Sham 69 wrote:
1 ting is for shure: If I had to do 100 mile weeks I would get so depressed because that is too much running. How do you find time to bowl with homes and kick it wit the chix??
I commend anyone who does 100 miles. That's real love for rubbing mm
You're a newbie. You have years to build up the mileage the correct way.
Pretty much the same as my first 95 mile week
Felt like a champ then. Regretted it for years later on. Most of us are not built to do that without extensive ancillary work like stretching, mobility, foam rolling, massage, and so on. I’m barely built to be a runner much less run 100 mpw like I did in my early forties.
Johnny Rotten wrote:
Felt like a champ then. Regretted it for years later on. Most of us are not built to do that without extensive ancillary work like stretching, mobility, foam rolling, massage, and so on. I’m barely built to be a runner much less run 100 mpw like I did in my early forties.
Regretted the first 100 mile week for years? Did that week lead to a major injury or something?
Yes. In January 2007 I torqued my lower back running a tempo workout—crawled from my car into my house. I have always thought I tore ligaments from my pelvis being out of whack, but I never actually got a solid diagnosis. I ran on and off for a few years after that when I could tolerate it but never very successfully. Now I do a variety of exercise but only run 5-6 miles per week. The bottom line is that I didn’t take care of myself.
That was in my third year of high mileage as a master, by the way. The regret is that that first magical 100 mile week led me to many more of them.
Got it, that makes sense. I didn’t know about the torqued back - that sounds rough.
Hope retirement is going well!
It is a good feeling and only lasts so long for the <1% capable of such a feat. Enjoy the endorphins while they last.
But specifically, when you make Sunday your last day of the runner week jogging 20+ will leave you chafed, hardly able to walk, covered in body secreted salt and feeling the intake of every drop of powerade as you chug it down afterward.
It's hard to remember because it was so f'ing long ago. I know that the week before I had run something like 85-90. I do know that I was tired and the next week was down to about 75.