3000-4000 calories?

Kartelite,

you should hear what Answer Man and Jim2 said, they are correct. About the calories calculation, you should count on the whether too. Running in COLD weather burns more calories if you have high metabolism as body needs more heat. The 100cal/mile rule applies exactly for 28-30 deg celc weather.

Im 150lbs 5'11 and am on my highest cycle now, 147-148mpw. I need a total of 5500+ calories/day just to mantain my body weight. I eat breakfast b4 and after run, lunch and evening supper twice(b4 and after PM run), and dinner, and hit the couch.

Jim2,

I agree. If he really did those things (including the 3500 calories per day) then he's got some serious metabolism. My guess is that he probably really isn't eating as much as he thinks he is or the amount of tennis and lifting is really a hell of a lot.

Oh believe me, I've eaten over 3500 calories already today. 5 slices of Domino's pepperoni (1500), 64 oz of Gatorade (400), orange juice, granola bars, 6 little candy bars at tennis tonight, over half a box cereal (800+ cals), plus various other little things.

FYI: When I ran 5 miles around a track, I lost 475 cals. When on a hilly cross country course, I lost 530. I was at an even 8 minute mile pace both times. So it appears I was right about the 100 calorie rule.

As far as my day's activities, I had a 4 mile warmup, then 4x800 in 2:20 each, 2 mile cooldown. This doesn't count the jogging b/t intervals or stretching. Also I played two sets of tennis tonight, but didn't weight lift as today was a "workout" day for running.

Don't tell me that with my physical endeavors for the day I don't need at least 3500 calories. I also have to go to class and do other various activities of a less athletic nature.

[quote]kartelite wrote:

FYI: When I ran 5 miles around a track, I lost 475 cals. When on a hilly cross country course, I lost 530. I was at an even 8 minute mile pace both times. So it appears I was right about the 100 calorie rule.

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How do you make such specific calculations? It sounds like you have gone beyond the general 100 cal/mile rule of thumb and done some kind of scientific measurements.

I too am 6'4" and can weigh as little as 160 after an AM run when I haven't drank any water, but during the day I weigh more like 165+. I run 90 - 100 a week and eat a shitload just as you describe and I am quite lean. I can't imagine how people run 120 a week and eat so much less. If I just accidentally eat less in a day or have a string of high mileage days without eating more, I lose weight and feel weak and like shit - I have to buy ice cream and other goodies to make sure I eat enough when doing over 100 a week. I actually weigh alot less than when I ran some of my PR's - I used to race at 170 and I am not even so sure losing weight has helped me.

I wonder if some people just don't digest fully all the food they eat?

I didn't make the calculations, needless to say. I wore a heart rate monitor the entire time, and I had already done a stress test at Virginia Military Institute for a W&L coach's research project. With the results of the stress test, the VMI physiology professor could tell my calorie expenditure based on my heart rate at any given time during a run. I'm not sure if a difference in running economy would show up, but I'm assuming my economy was the same for the treadmill as it was outside, or at least pretty close.

Running decreases the transit time for food in the intestines, so there is less absorbtion. So you really can't count calories. Most people know how much they have to eat to keep from losing weight.

You just have to go to the basic, weighing yourself once a week is reasonable. Dont weigh yourself everyday, it's useless.