feel bad for them wrote:
Mr E-man wrote:Low 16s
Really? I have never run more than 50 miles in a week and never averaged over 40 for a three-week period. Probably 30 per week on average over the racing season in my city, and nothing at all the other roughly six months of the year. And I have a 16:05.
maybe you would be fast if you ran more
girly giggler wrote:
you quit running but post on a running website?
So did I. So do a lot of people. What's it to you?
Bear in mind that slow people -- say 20:00 5K/3:15 marathon -- who run 100 miles a week are putting in as much training time as elites who run at least 140 miles a week. That alone limits the number of sloggers who train that much because even if they wanted to and had the time, most of them would fall apart.
I know a number of runners who can't approach even the times I listed above who go over 100 miles a week fairly often, but none who do it week in and week out. A few are ultramarathoners and one or two never even race -- they're basically exercise bulimics who are in it for the calorie burn and rarely put in less than 2 1/2 hours a day between serious injuries.
Newport Richie wrote:
between serious injuries.
lol...not at the people with serious injuries....just the context and the "way" that it was said...lol.
it is almost like you are insinuating that they can almost always count on serious injuries every so often.
Classic Letsrun...
let me disagree here wrote:
I've never ran a marathon but I know Pr in it as well.
NowayGUY wrote:
why am i putting this out wrote:Looks like he should be running 110 miles a week.
Wow, only 9:53 hell no!!
yeah he sucks
Me. 17:30. Dropped 6.5 minutes off my half marathon PR in 2.5 months at 100+ per week. Then got married.
Oh. Should have mentioned my half was only 1:19!Had fun though.
Sun dog wrote:
Me. 17:30. Dropped 6.5 minutes off my half marathon PR in 2.5 months at 100+ per week. Then got married.
haha YO wrote:
I never understand why so many people care so much about what OTHER people do. If someone likes running 80 miles a week and runs 3:20, who gives a shit? Who are you to tell them to do it any differently? Also, if someone wants to run 10 miles a week and race 5ks, who cares?
it's called looking for a trend.
It's not just about running 100 miles a week, it's how you get there. Can you savor all the mileage possible? If you truly want to grasp every last potential you can out of every single mile you put on at the end of the week, you need to go sloooooow. It should take 4 years to work up to 60 miles a week, then maybe another 4 to get up to 100 miles per week. This is the slowest you can go without compromising the fact that you actually age. When you make massive leaps you waste a lot of potential as your body cannot savor each increase in volume.
Slow and steady wins the fastest race.
Now I ran a 200 mile week. I'm hoping to pr in the 150 by atleast 10 seconds this coming season.
Had so much fun years ago doin 100s that this summer went from 3 years of maybe 10-20 per week to 100 in 10 weeks and feelin great. Getting faster all the time.Don't let life pass you by. Get as much mileage in as soon as you can.
t94bell wrote:
It's not just about running 100 miles a week, it's how you get there. Can you savor all the mileage possible? If you truly want to grasp every last potential you can out of every single mile you put on at the end of the week, you need to go sloooooow. It should take 4 years to work up to 60 miles a week, then maybe another 4 to get up to 100 miles per week. This is the slowest you can go without compromising the fact that you actually age. When you make massive leaps you waste a lot of potential as your body cannot savor each increase in volume.
Slow and steady wins the fastest race.
Good luck on your comeback, Josh.