Running 100mpw at 9min pace. What result would you get?

Jecht

If I remember you correctly from CBus two years ago you said you started to fall off the park we were in together when running with the 3:20s around 17 or so? I remember you saying you were having trouble breathing and that a few of the girls with us and some others were talking the whole time.

I think just sticking to consistent higher mileage and running by feel for easy days is your answer. The true easy, not the lie to yourself so it looks good in Strava easy.

I’d focus less on the long run being king of all and instead On just extending your evening easy runs. No need to double until you hit 60-70 miles in singles.

Just be consistent, even in your workouts and you’ll crush it.

easy weeks wrote:

Just another fat guy wrote:

Ed Whitlock?

Yeah, I live near Ed and have talked to him a number of times at races over the past 16 years or so. I'm sure he has slowed down now, but 10-15 years ago when he was in his 70s he was running high volume slow mileage, and that's all he did other than race. It's been well-documented.

He ran 17:30 in the first race I ever entered. I believe he was 69. Incredible.

Pretty wild that this was posted a day before he passed away, but maybe it didn’t seem so coincidental at the time. R.I.P. Ed.

Thanks man!

Did 8 yesterday as a time trial at moderate pace (steady-state) in 66:52 (8:17.5/mi.) and know I have a ways to go. I had done 3 EZ a day before (9:25/9:25/9:20), a true EZ where I wasn't breathing through my mouth, and it felt good when I did the 8-miler at a faster clip.

(I don't have a Strava though).

I hope we have a Cbus Marathon but I'm not counting on it.

I’m not sure not breathing through your mouth makes it easy, but it should be a pace where you can sustain good form and breathe but talk also. You wouldn’t breathe not through your mouth when talking normally, so I wouldn’t recommend it for running personally.

That true easy is perfect man, just what you need to be doing and you’ll make bigger breakthroughs by doing consistent easy miles with the moderate efforts and speed sprinkled throughout. Ways to go is no problem because hopefully you’re in this for life right!

I hope Columbus is still a go, I want to fly back to Ohio for that race but they didn’t even have registration yet. Cap city getting canceled already has me worried.

Have you thought about doing Glass City instead?

Turning 55 this year. Sucks getting old. (Especially coming of age in the late 80s early 90s days of "less is more" training). As I waddle around trails I often wonder what 100 m/wks would do other than helping me drop 45 lbs and turn my legs to dust.

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[quote]HRE wrote:

He was training low mileage at slow pace. Whenever he tried to train faster, he got hurt.

Totally me after a terrible calf injury at 40. Running same time as prime but at slower pace/proper easy heart rate. I can build a up to 90 minute runs. However, even strides gets calf/AT acting up. Maybe the answer is 90 min a day!

No. It depends on your ability.

I’m sure whoever originally was posting in this was wondering about your answer 2 years later.

19 runners in the 50-54 went sub 2:40 this year at Chicago with 2 dipping until 2:30 (one being Ken Rideout). 2 more went sub 2:40 55-59. Quite a change in 6 years, I dont think supershoes account for all of this right?

It wouldn't make any difference if he ran 100 MPW at 7:00.

In the last 6 months of 2024 I ran 110 miles per week. Mostly 9 minute miles on easy days. But then workouts like 5x2 miles at LT with 2 minutes rest which is 5:30/mi for me and 20x400m at 5:00/mi with 3 minutes rest.