I have always wondered is any research out that states how much improvement occurs when you step up mileage? I know that Vo2 is not improved after around 75 miles per week. But economy is improved. So what kind of benefits are happening at different mileage levels?
Like say a guy runs 5k in 16:00 at 50mpw. Then 15:20 at 75 mpw. Then 14:58 at 100mpw. Is that a realistic perception?
read lydiard's books. he tried all the different mpws and found 100mpw to be optimal.
Good to read lydiard's books. Better to find out for yourself.
There is no such thing as a magic formula for mileage. Each individual has his own optimal mileage. You´re just gonna have to find out for yourself.
I've read Lydiard's books. The understanding of more mileage being of benefit is not a new thing to me. I am wondering about what kinds of improvements are associated with different levels of mileage.
I'm sorry, I will probably only tell you what you already know, but I will say it anyway. There is little difference in mileage vs performance up until 60-70mpw when all of a sudden your performace goes way up. Most everything I've read says 100-120mpw to be the best and this does indeed improve running economy. How much it helps will probably vary from person to person, but I've heard of people going from 15:00 5Ks to sub 30:00 10ks by raising their mileage from around 60mpw to 100mpw, so the gains are enormous.
Lydiard never counted the recovery/easy mileage of his runners in their totals. I think it is more like 100mile/week of fairly high end aerobic running that is optimum.
It's realistic. But there isn't any absolute, measurable correlation.
you need to take into account the principle of diminishing returns. the higher your mileage becomes and the greater training stresses you induce upon your body the harder it is to improve. if you can drop 30 seconds from a 5k by going from 50mpw to 75mpw the same thing will not necessarily happen when you go to 100mpw. it might but the principle of diminishing returns says it will most likely not.