I never came close to 70 mile weeks in HS. I can tell you this. When I upped my mileage in college I did improve more than anyone probably thought possible. But I ran low mileage and little speed work in HS. So be careful in HS, but yes you will improve if you are not overtraining or injured.
Build from 45mpw to 70mpw slowly and you'll move up a tier in ability. Jump to 70mpw over the course of a month and you'll either get hurt or burnt out
I think it really depends on what type of school you go to, and honestly the level of personal drive you possess. Some schools in my region are very hard on their athletes and expect a high level of commitment, so you will see their top guys on 50-60 mpw and other athletes getting past 40, but other schools are more lenient or have coaching issues. For example I run around 35 mpw - 40 mpw and ii chose to i could run more but I am just saving that for the summer.
For anyone who has done a big millage increase from one summer to the next summer in hs, we're the improvements large? Say ~45 to ~70
"we're" should be "were." If this wasn't just a stupid typo, then please spend part of your summer improving your language skills. It will serve you better overall than your running career will, most likely.
If I run around 20-30 mpw, should I consider building up to a mileage of 60-70 mpw? I want to get a sub 10 3200 by next track season(I have an 11:45 now as an hs freshman.).
Build from 45mpw to 70mpw slowly and you'll move up a tier in ability. Jump to 70mpw over the course of a month and you'll either get hurt or burnt out
How slowly should one build? What does the progression look like?
Build from 45mpw to 70mpw slowly and you'll move up a tier in ability. Jump to 70mpw over the course of a month and you'll either get hurt or burnt out
How slowly should one build? What does the progression look like?
For anyone who has done a big millage increase from one summer to the next summer in hs, we're the improvements large? Say ~45 to ~70
I did this type of increase in mileage over one summer when I was 18-19 and although I didn’t get injured I did find during the initial increase my races for several weeks suffered big time. However after those few weeks I suddenly improved by a huge amount and dropped my 1500m time by a good 15 seconds to around 4:18. So you can see some big improvements off that type of increase quickly however in hindsight the risk/reward might not be worth it. I think I was just lucky not to get some type of injury.
For anyone who has done a big millage increase from one summer to the next summer in hs, we're the improvements large? Say ~45 to ~70
"we're" should be "were." If this wasn't just a stupid typo, then please spend part of your summer improving your language skills. It will serve you better overall than your running career will, most likely.
You missed the "millage" part too. Unfortunately jobs will overpay any goober to push buttons so OP has a secure future.
I have total burnout after that.. 3 things I can do to break thru? I've tried slow. tried 2x a day. tried sleep. Tried better nutrition.
brain and body just gags.
55mph? no wonder you're burned out
real advice - if your body balks at >55mpw, then just stick with 40-50mpw but increase the quality of your runs and the volume of your crosstraining. You can still keep improving
During marathon training blocks, I will often get up to 6 weeks of 70+ mile weeks. I have not run a 20 minute 5K. Without 5K speedwork, miles alone will not do it (for me), and I am not sure if I have the sheer speed to run one faster than 18-19. Maybe if I was younger...
This was back during the 'low-mileage 90s'. Set still standing school records.
Totally screwed up and A: Picked the wrong college (low mileage) and B: Drank myself into oblivion.
Recovered some, got fat, started running well again, eventually upwards of 120-140 a week and a 2:32 marathon. Also lots of bad race decisions over 5-6+ years and 9 marathons. I think it was 9 *shrug*.