Most Mileage You've Ever Done in a Week

Oops my mistake, my wife says I'm a bit more confused than I let on, just hate do it so publicly. Carry on then fancy dancers. I'll pay more attention next time.

Sorry malmo.

I feel pathetic.... My highest is in the high 60s or low 70s.

once averaged 126 miles for 48 consecutive weeks back in the 90's. Ten years later put three 170+ mile weeks back-to-back.

mdw wrote:

Oops my mistake, my wife says I'm a bit more confused than I let on, just hate do it so publicly. Carry on then fancy dancers. I'll pay more attention next time.

Sorry malmo.

What are you sorry for?

Nothing like the majority of posters, 51

After 12 weeks of this, 12 weeks of 70, my first time bumping up from anything over 30-40mpw :P

runski wrote: There is often conflicting or inconclusive evidence in science (think about climate change. .

Actually the author and the climate change cult have little in common. The URTI author puts out scientific literature for scrutiny. The global warming cultists have been aggressively trying to halt scrutiny and discussion. A huge difference.

137, last winter. I managed to string a bunch of 120-130 weeks together over the winter and went on to have a great track season over the summer. The 137 was mostly easy mileage with maybe only a tempo run in there. I'm a 23 year old woman, btw. It's nice to see women like the OP who aren't afraid of mileage.

i hate it when posters doubt someone about their intuition to increase their mileage and say they'll get a stress fracture or not improve. Newsflash, africans do this all the time without even having a second thought about it why? because its the only way for improvement, mileage is what develops aerobic capacity and is what creates strength from year to year. Geb has made claims of running 160mpw with the likes of Tergat and many others. Bill Rodgers upwards of 200mpw and frank short about 170mpw...in short anyone that is looking for maximal gains will need to run in the 120-150mpw range and americans should stop looking at high mileage as hurtful when it is the most beneficial aspect of performance RUNNING

triplezero wrote:

137, last winter. I managed to string a bunch of 120-130 weeks together over the winter and went on to have a great track season over the summer. The 137 was mostly easy mileage with maybe only a tempo run in there. I'm a 23 year old woman, btw. It's nice to see women like the OP who aren't afraid of mileage.

Are you Sarah Porter?

112 from Sunday to Saturday. 118 for a seven day stretch.

idiots wrote:

i hate it when posters doubt someone about their intuition to increase their mileage and say they'll get a stress fracture or not improve. Newsflash, africans do this all the time without even having a second thought about it why? because its the only way for improvement, mileage is what develops aerobic capacity and is what creates strength from year to year. Geb has made claims of running 160mpw with the likes of Tergat and many others. Bill Rodgers upwards of 200mpw and frank short about 170mpw...in short anyone that is looking for maximal gains will need to run in the 120-150mpw range and americans should stop looking at high mileage as hurtful when it is the most beneficial aspect of performance RUNNING

here here! Agree 100%

I usually get sick right after I take a rare day off or take a few days off after a marathon.

114 miles in a week for me, with many more over 100. Would I get much improvement out of a series of 120 mpw before my next marathon? I'm considering it.

229 this summer. I was training for an ultra (yeah, I know). It was part of 10 straight weeks above 200. I ran a mile PR in a workout, but never used the shape I was in for a race other than the ultra which I bombed due to nutritional issues.

cadillac wrote:

229 this summer. I was training for an ultra (yeah, I know). It was part of 10 straight weeks above 200. I ran a mile PR in a workout, but never used the shape I was in for a race other than the ultra which I bombed due to nutritional issues.

What was your typical weekly schedule?

I saw Jim Zachor win a 50 mile race on the Santa Monica dirt track in just a few seconds off the AR at the time, which was around 5:16. His schedule was 50 miles on Sunday consisting of 7 times around a 7 mile loop, 20 miles Wednesday, and 12 miles the other 5 days. He told me his marathon PR was 2:46, about the pace that he ran for the 50 mile. He ran a really fine race, though I didn't hear of any other results for him.

chump wrote:

112 from Sunday to Saturday. 118 for a seven day stretch.

I've never understood why people feel the need to differentiate between mileage run during a calendar week vs. a 7 day stretch. 7 consecutive days are a week no matter when you start counting.

J.R. wrote:

What was your typical weekly schedule?

I saw Jim Zachor win a 50 mile race on the Santa Monica dirt track in just a few seconds off the AR at the time, which was around 5:16. His schedule was 50 miles on Sunday consisting of 7 times around a 7 mile loop, 20 miles Wednesday, and 12 miles the other 5 days. He told me his marathon PR was 2:46, about the pace that he ran for the 50 mile. He ran a really fine race, though I didn't hear of any other results for him.

Typically on weekdays I'd run 20 easy in the morning and 9 at night. 2 days a week the 9 at night would include either 5k of stuff on the track (at about 5x effort) or a 5-6 mile tempo. On the weekend I'd try to do a 30+ mile run each day. Somehow I ended up with no injury or fatigue problems. Most of my runs were at 7-7:15 pace.

I think the current 50 mile AR is 4:51 by a 2:20 or faster marathoner. Before I started this really high mileage stuff, I ran a 2:26 but haven't run one since, so I can't really comment on the improvement other than anecdotally.

By 5x I meant 5km.

I did 120-120-119 as my final 3 weeks before the taper for Boston in 2009. Best 3 weeks of running in my life.