I don't understand the logic in the drastic increase. Why triple your mileage so soon? If you can handle triple your mileage in a few months, are you going to triple it again? Dean K is running over 180 miles a week in singles. How many records has he been setting? Hopefully you'll still run well off this endeavor but I think you'd be better off doing what you've always done with a slight increase in volume and intensity.
why don't you try stepping up to 140 mpw first for a couple of months, then slowly build to 200 mpw.....then get back to us
http://www.thestick.com/Wanna Be wrote:
Does anyone have any advice? My friend recommended me a product called "The Stick," its supposed to warm up the muscles and make soreness go away?
Can anyone give me info on that.
It can't get any easier than that!!!
Good luck Bro....keep us posted!!
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Only someone who went to a D2 school could think up something this stupid.
Not a lot of Ivy, Patriot, or NESCAC leaguers coming up with these ideas.
Did you just f'ng include the Patriot and Nescac leagues in with the Ivy league for intelligence? ha ha ha ha ha! Thanks, you just made my evening.
Wanna Be,
I am all for the notion of exploring one's limits, so I'm not going to knock you and tell you that 350mpw is impossible. It really probably isn't, it just happens to be something I've never done.
However, the fact that you're tired after a 140 and 160 mile week should tell you something: SLOW THE PROGRESSION. Hundreds of human beings have run that level of mileage quite comfortably, and you will be able to as well, as long as you GIVE YOUR BODY A CHANCE TO ADAPT.
With your background of 120 mile weeks I would posit that you could be running in the 200mpw range after two months or so...if you give yourself that much time to get there. The human body can do crazy, almost unbelievable things, but only if you give it sufficient time to adapt to the new level of stress before moving onto an even higher level.
I hope you get what you wanted out of this experiment.
Wondering how this is going and whether the project is still ongoing.
On a side note, I had to answer a question about running to resurrect this thread...anybody tell me who Clyde Weston is? He was the right answer by elimination...never heard of him.
50 miles a day, you ARE an idiot. You should spend more time studying to finally master English, not spend more time running.
Anyone else remember "Robot" from a few years back? Basically proposed the same thing. Tried and failed miserably, then quit running altogether.
Wanna Be wrote:
You may think I am trolling. But I swear I am not. I dont make facetious claims and remarks to running...It is one thing I really take seriously.
Currently I run about 120 miles per week. I believe there was a post here not so long ago if I remember by a poster named "High Mileage."
He wanted to run mileage that would not be advised by some. I dont know whether this was a true forum post or not...but that is what my aim is.
Likewise. I said I run about 120 miles per week currently. I need guidance and support. I will start this trek after I take a full week off after the cross country season is over. I am an All American and have ran in the top 25 invdividual results at D2 NCAA Nationals.
Why do I want to run such mileage? I want to see where it takes me. I want to see if I can reach my wildest dreams. I have trained in Lydiard disciples for the past couple of years.
Some say "if its not broke, dont fix it..." But like a youth...When we grew up running we tried out things we didnt know would be beneficial and possible for us and our bodies. We saw improvement...injuries...and just drama all around.
I am at the end of my college career almost and the next horizon awaits. By god, I am not the best runner out there...But one can try. I am willing to.
My goals you ask? I want to qualify and perhaps run in the Olympics. Far Fetched I know, but 2012 is what I am aiming for. I will be moving on to the marathon after this season as I have had previous success at this distance.
Two years ago I ran a PB of 2:38...I love longer distances because I am much more stronger the higher I go. Plus there is an aura behind marathons that let me break down the race mentally and physically which I think other people lack.
Anyways. I will post more later. And hopefully this will inspire others to try this with me.
Thanks for reading this.:)
By a bike, should be easy.
Run better miles with what you do now, add a REAL strength program, and get out there and bust your ass and RECOVER even harder with the 120 (which I don't know how many times 120 is more like 80) that you are currently doing, that is plenty.
Running that mileage will destroy any raw muscular power that you still have, which is necessary in order for you to get faster as much as adding harder endurance training, just ask the better Africans (Qatari defectors, Ethiopians, Morrocanns).
I think Gerry Lindgren used to run that kind of mileage. Read his book for inspiration.
Hi All. Looks like some of you guys have been wondering where I have been. I just ended yesterday with a total high of 213. (Was trying for 220, but was too tired on Friday) I had a 29 mile long run at about 7:45 minute pace the whole way. It was meant to be easy.
I can definitely feel the affects and toll it had taken on my body. I literally have to drink a couple cups of coffee to keep me awake. I get daily massages at my gym for free.
I basically eat and eat and eat till I can eat anymore. I previously mentioned I had dipped down a few for a bit...But I think that was just my body catchin up with the workload. I am tired now, but I can handle it. I am going to stay constant at 250 for 10 weeks....then see where I can go from there.
I run mostly on all trails and in nike frees, asics tiger paws, and puma h streets. I believe in the minimalist way.
I am taking glucosomine and chondrotin daily because someone recomended it to me and I feel better than I have before.
I have lost about 3 pounds. I was skinny before...but now i am getting skinnier.
I will report back in a couple more weeks. It is very hard to have a social life and run this much and have school. But I want to be the best...
best of luck to you all and keep the dream alive...thats what keeps me going.
Nice trolling with you.
Wanna be
I am no expect in this matter, but thought I like to mention a Norwegian woman who is doing what I would call "extreme mileage" and very successful in it as well. Her name is Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu, and is currently Norway's best female marathoner with PB 2:31 (Frankfurt Marathon). She started running in her thirties (in 2002) and are after just few years been averaging 300km (almost 200miles) per week in 2006. Read from an article that even in competition week, where she ran a 10000m in 33min, 5km uphill race and 3000m in 9:06, she still logged 340km (212miles). 3 Days later she ran halfmarathon in 1:12. She made PB on all distances from 1500m to Marathon, doing no speed work. She have been doing quite a lot of racing though.
For the next year she and her trainer (Jan Fjaerestad, who did 2:11 in marathon, and was famous for his 300km+ weeks in the golden age of Norwegian distance running) are planning to add more marathon specific training but keep the mileage. Going to be very interesting to follow here in 2007.
I also think 300miles/week+ is an obscene amount of miles to run per week and wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but I didn't think it was possible for a woman to run this much with her background either, and still feel fresh in her legs and running so well in competition, so maybe it is possible with your extreme weeks or close to it, if your body can handle it.
Hope you publish your status. Useful for the forum to know both successes and problems encountered with extreme weeks.
Not planning to do anything like this myself though.