So how is it going? Any news?
So how is it going? Any news?
Badly, I'm guessing.
reed wrote:
i'm not going to try to tell you how dumb this is, i'll just try to help
while you're still under 70 mpw, stop doubling. if you're doing 3-4 doubles at 60 mpw that means you're doing just 6 mile runs on average. no bueno
start singling, making your easy run progress to 10-12 miles. then once you're over 75-80 mpw, it becomes easier to handle a 6 mile morning jog followed by an 8 mile afternoon run.
I want to second this. I think that anything under 70 miles a week should be singles. I just feel like it makes you stronger. When I was running 100 miles a week I only doubled 2-3 times a week. It took a while til I could run high mileage singles but once you adjust and then go up to 100 miles a week with a few doubles, you should feel pretty damn good. I barely tapered when I raced because that's just what works for me. Good luck.
Randy Oldman wrote:
Badly, I'm guessing.
Yeah, for a 5:30 miler 100 mpw is going to be about 2 hours per day of running/jogging (is 8:30 pace running or jogging?). That's about the maximum amount of time most elites can handle in their mid 20s after they've had 7-10 years of good training behind them.
This is a total trainwreck that can't even get up to full speed before derailing.
Randy Oldman wrote:
Badly, I'm guessing.
I did one week of it, felt amazing, and now I have some knee and hip pain. Took 3 days off and just started to jog 9:00/mi+ for only 4 miles. Slowly getting back
I tend to break down physically and physiologically more than 40 miles a week but in my defense I am old.
Hopefully you wilk only get the early signs instead of a full blown injury. Your body is saying no, listen to it.
Isn't it a bit risky to jump from 55mpw to 100, slow runs notwithstanding? I had issues going from a mere 35mpw to 50mpw.
Recovering Jogger wrote:
Isn't it a bit risky to jump from 55mpw to 100, slow runs notwithstanding? I had issues going from a mere 35mpw to 50mpw.
Yeah, the reason we don't do that has nothing to do with how hard it feels; it's to stay healthy. You see far more people with gains year after year when they increase slowly.
I did this around the same time the OP did and everything went fine - all of the additional miles for me were in the form of easy miles. I do two hard workouts a week and doubled my warmups and cool downs for some additional miles there. I normally took one day off a week but added a moderate length run there. And then the rest of the easy days I turned into doubles.
I'm tapering now for a race but peaked at about 102 miles a week for one week alone, then dropped down to 80s/90s for two weeks.
Did just fine and it definitely improved my fitness.