His training is dumb. You should run 40 miles per week with a 2 hr long run. Works for me! /s
I'm happy to run a 16 5K off 40 mpw whilst having a career and bringing up a young family and having holidays and socialising etc. There comes a point where more running is not worth the effort.
Depends on how you define “low” mileage. Seems like, aside from Jakob, most 1500m guys are in the 70-90 range. Wightman, Kerr and Garcia Romo closer to 70. I think Wightman and Garcia Romo touched 80 a few times. Hoare and McSweyn in the 90s. It just depends on the type of athlete you are.
FWIW I recall seeing Jakob’s mileage as 180km, not 115 miles. 180km is like 112. Close enough.
Most recent coffee club:
Olli: my mileage isn’t that high
Morgan: yeah, “only” 100 /s
I took it as him running 100 now and that being low for whatever reason to Olli
I also want to know how many miles does Grant Fisher and other top American professional and college distance runners run per week? Anyone know?
Top athletes run a lot. I work with a female that ran 104 miles last week and she works 30 hours a week. I know it is hard to fathom for those that work and try to run 40-60 miles per week but for elite athletes it's no a big deal.
I also want to know how many miles does Grant Fisher and other top American professional and college distance runners run per week? Anyone know?
Top athletes run a lot. I work with a female that ran 104 miles last week and she works 30 hours a week. I know it is hard to fathom for those that work and try to run 40-60 miles per week but for elite athletes it's no a big deal.
A fast dude can average 6:30-7:00 pace for combined workouts and easy runs. Here's a hypothetical day. Wake up at 6am, start running at 6:10 and done at 6:52 (6 miles). Shower/eat quick breakfast and start working at 7:45. Done with work at 4:15, start second run at 4:45, done at 5:45 (8-10 miles depending on the day). Now you've still got a few hours to do whatever you want in the evening and still ran 14-16 miles plus a full day of work. Do that three times a week, and the other two days you only do the one 10 mile run for 65-70 minutes and have an extra half hour of free time or sleep. And then you do a long run of 18 miles in 2 hours or less depending on if it contains a workout portion. So you're looking at a 90 mile week while working a 'standard' 40 hour per week job, and you still have about 4 hours of free time every evening and your whole weekend, plus your vacation days and holiday days. The time isn't really the problem, it's the self discipline and time management that is tough for people. If you didn't run/exercise at all you'd have 6 hours of free time instead of the 4-4.5, big whoop, not much difference.
Joe Klecker's running log showed a peak of around 105, but the majority was very close to that, 95-105. I've found top end 5,000-10,000 meter runners are typically 90-110 miles. Jakob being 115 is the highest I've really ever seen, especially for a 1500-5k guy that doesn't really go beyond the 5k at the moment.
Even more remarkable was Marcin Lewandowski to me. He used to run 105-110 mpw in his winter season as an 800m runner. I think a great what-if is if he’d went to the 1500 earlier. I do think he would’ve been a real threat considering how well he ran in his 30s.
I’m always surprised when I hear about middle distance guys (800 or 8/15 guys. I would classify Jakob, Stewy, Ollie as 15/5 guys) doing high mileage like this. How does one keep their speed while doing high mileage? I remember hearing an interview with Sage Hurts earlier this year saying she got way faster (in terms of pure speed) by running less than she did in college.
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