I really hate recovery runs so most of the time I don't do them and when I do they are like 3 miles and I have to stop. There was one week in the winter where I managed to run 28 miles however now its racing season I'm doing like 10 mpw. If I were to permanantly increase my mileage to 30 or 40 mpw how many seconds difference would it actually make because I feel like It doesn't even mean a lot.
Unless you're under 1:50 for 800m, you're running that event somewhere around 70% aerobically. If someone asked "Should I try to do REALLY well on the assignment that's worth 70% of my grade? Or the one that's worth 30%?" you wouldn't think long about how to answer.
Pletan wrote:
Unless you're under 1:50 for 800m, you're running that event somewhere around 70% aerobically. If someone asked "Should I try to do REALLY well on the assignment that's worth 70% of my grade? Or the one that's worth 30%?" you wouldn't think long about how to answer.
I'm under 1:50 shape atm I think I ran 1:53 at the weekend quite comfortably
dam bro ur gonna give someone a heart attack
It depends. I’m in similar shape to you, but I run anywhere from 60-75 per week at the moment. I am also training to be solidly fast all the way through 5 miles/8k however.
How fast are you running your distance runs? You do not and should not need to push them hard.
I think the new age consensus is that if you are training just for the 800, not any distance higher, you can get VERY fast on 25-35 mpw, but it needs to be quality work and you have to have the correct genetics to respond well to it.
If you really ran 1:53 on 10 mpw you are insanely talented. Good job!
CopperRunner wrote:
It depends. I’m in similar shape to you, but I run anywhere from 60-75 per week at the moment. I am also training to be solidly fast all the way through 5 miles/8k however.
How fast are you running your distance runs? You do not and should not need to push them hard.
I think the new age consensus is that if you are training just for the 800, not any distance higher, you can get VERY fast on 25-35 mpw, but it needs to be quality work and you have to have the correct genetics to respond well to it.
If you really ran 1:53 on 10 mpw you are insanely talented. Good job!
haha thanks I think It is because I work very hard on my speed sessions and my coach is really good. I run very slow maybe 8 or 9 minutes per mile on my recovery runs if you can even call them that. My 5k pb is just over 18 minutes. I'm trying to figure out if running miles during the week will take me to 1:46 or 1:52 roger bannister did a similar mileage to me.
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Big mileage worked well for the New Zealand guy back in the day. Think he ran 100 MPW with a 20 miler. Had the least raw speed, but the most endurance. Gold Medal!
flvmmox wrote:
dam bro ur gonna give someone a heart attack
lmao I had to have an ecg the other day because of my reaction after the race I thought I was going to die
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