-What is your HM time?
-On How many miles per week?
Seriously, i saw some guys running a 01:15:00 half marathon on 30MPW doing lots of vo2max stuff and speed stuff.
On the other hand, saw some guys doing 100/110MPW doing only easy mileage+tempo’s.
-What is your HM time?
-On How many miles per week?
Seriously, i saw some guys running a 01:15:00 half marathon on 30MPW doing lots of vo2max stuff and speed stuff.
On the other hand, saw some guys doing 100/110MPW doing only easy mileage+tempo’s.
No half marathon yet, but I managed a 52:45 10-mile on 45-50mpw.
Oh ok. That is a solid time i would say... some guys say “lots of easy miles make you faster” but others say “it’s about volume of QUALITY miles”.
1:16
Ten weeks of 50mpw - 18mile LR’s no real workouts, odd 5k at tempo every few weeks at end of long run.
AM2k1 wrote:
-What is your HM time?
-On How many miles per week?
Seriously, i saw some guys running a 01:15:00 half marathon on 30MPW doing lots of vo2max stuff and speed stuff.
On the other hand, saw some guys doing 100/110MPW doing only easy mileage+tempo’s.
How much VO2 max stuff can you really be doing on 30mpw?
Some people are really talented I suppose. 70-100+ mpw will likely get you sub-1:15 all the way down to world class times. Sub-1:15 range is usually going to require 50-70+mpw. Sub-1:20 probably needs 50ish. Sub-1:30 maybe 30-45.
I ran 1:14 this past winter off of 8 weeks around 60mpw. I was building back up after an injury tho and didn't think I'd be as fit as I was. Before the injury I was running 100mpw training for a fall marathon & had had a few years of marathon builds topping out around there. Lifetime miles matter too.
At age 33 I ran 1:19 off 75-85 mpw.
In February, at age 62, I ran 1:48 off 60-70 mpw.
Assuming you're running "enough" miles (I'm not sure what that is), I think your HM performance depends a lot more on your basic athletic ability and the nature of your training runs than on your mileage.
1:26 in early 30s, 45-55 MPW with my longest run being around 15 miles.
Five years later, I'm running about the same amount, but I'm 15 lbs heavier and I tend to miss my long run a bit too often and substitute with doubles. Also just don't feel as good as I used to. Maybe a 1:32 right now in race conditions.
1:11:05
55mpw
1:14:07 on a very hilly course. Guy 30 seconds ahead of me had run a 1:09 PB just 6 weeks earlier.
8 weeks leading up to race average of 55 mpw, Highest was about 65 mpw which was the most I'd ever done. Longest run was 80 minutes tempo ~13.5 miles. Usually 2 workouts (short intervals @mile - 5K pace + long intervals @10K - 15K pace) with an occasional long tempo at marathon effort.
I've known people to run quite a bit faster with lower mileage and people quite a bit slower with much higher mileage. IMO genetics/talent plays a much bigger role than people like to admit...
Ran 1:29:30 age 45 25 mpw
When 30 yo : 1:19 at around 30 mpw (1 session 10 x 400m, 1 jogging, 1 session 3 x 3000m, 1 run of about 12 miles)
Last year 53 yo 1:32 still around 30-35 mpw less structured but strides, tempo, threshold.
This year I increased the mileage to 40 mpw to try to go back under 1:30
Off about 30 mpw my sophomore year: 1:22
The next year, on the same course, but with a year of 60 mpw under my belt: 1:17
1:25
35 mpw
50 years old
No problem with the half on that mileage but not enough for a proper marathon. Should have been able to run 3 hours or a little over and I ran 3:08. I was on 3:03 pace until 18 miles. I knew if I tried to hold that pace, I would blow up by 22 miles so I slowed down to what pace I felt I could finish and that was about 7:30/mile.
1:14 at 39 on 70 - 80 miles.
1:23
40m/week, but not near being maxed out at that milage, it was only after 2 years of training