Weekly milage

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    mafranc

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    1 year ago 12/21/2022 11:39pm EST

    Is my weekly mileage to low? I am going to go based off of June 22' which is the end of track to now during Indoor. I average 22.84 miles a week. I run xc, indoor, and outdoor track. I have PRs of a 16:59 3 mile, 17:34 5k, 4:48 mile from last outdoor season and a 2:08 800m from last outdoor season as well. During my season in outdoor I improved tremendously going from 5:30 to 4:48 from sophomore to junior year and dropping 12 seconds in my 800. Even with this improvement I peaked mid season in the mile. For XC Senior year I improved my 5k by 1:21 and my 3 mile by 1:13. I have not posted any prs in indoor for those events yet since I am running 600m and 1000m in indoor. I wonder even though I continue to improve is my weekly mileage to low? My coaches have never pushed high mileage but my competitors average 40-55 miles throughout this time maybe even more. My highest mielage week was maybe 35-40 just once and highest weekly average was 35 in august and lowest weekly average was 18. Any advice?

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    Sham 69

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    1 year ago 12/21/2022 11:48pm EST
    re: mafranc
    It's spelled "millage". Not "milage" or "mileage".

    Not many on this board will tell you this, but I will. And I know this from experience. Millage is straight up overrated. I did lower millage than most people who ran my times and did great. The truth is, everybody's different and there isn't just one way to get fast. Different people need different millage.

    You're getting good results on low millage. Stay on low millage until you hit a plateau. Once you hit the plateau, THEN you think about what you can do to break it. Then you can tamper with the volume or intensity of your workout regimen.

    Good luck little bro.

  • runsmart2038

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    1 year ago 12/21/2022 11:55pm EST
    re: mafranc

    More mileage is almost always better as long as you can stay healthy. Just focus on running every day and don’t worry about going too slow for easy days. You’ve still got a few months before the season starts which is plenty of time to build up to 50ish and feel comfortable holding that for most of the season. Don’t be afraid to take down weeks if you feel over fatigued. Once you’re ready to peak, drop down to 30 or 35ish for a couple weeks before your big race and be ready to set the track on fire.

  • Mhwah

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    1 year ago 12/22/2022 1:26am EST
    re: Sham 69

    Sham 69 wrote:

    It's spelled "millage". Not "milage" or "mileage".

    No its myleg

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    Sub-8 Mile

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    1 year ago 12/22/2022 3:33am EST
    re: mafranc

    1) Slowly, steadily double your mileage over the next year.

    2) Add in some pure sprint work to lower your 400m speed.

    3) Be consistent, give it time, enjoy the ride.

  • have you considered cross training?

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 12/22/2022 7:33am EST
    re: mafranc

    Look at it from the perspective of how much time other sports train per week. Do you think any other sport average 3 hours a week training (assuming average of 7:30 pace)? Of course not, if your body can't handle more mileage (well first slow down and try to run on dirt trails if that's available to you) and get on the bike or pool or XC skiing if that's available to you. The average runner would greatly benefit from a hour or two of cross training a day. Ie am run one hour pm bike 2-3 hours

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