What do you all think about poppin a 100 mile week when I have been running about 60mpw. I just feel like droppin a 100, nothing fast just easy running every day. Just wondering. I think if I run easy enough the miles will not destroy me. There is no purpose for this except to try it. I am not preparing for any races and to be quite honest I am washed up. Just want to bust a good week.
Not a good idea. You'll feel that one for three weeks. Don't go more than 75.
do it. It's no big deal.
True that (speaking from my own experience, of course, so take it for what it's worth).
I did mid-60's for most of last spring, then I started back up in late summer after an IT band problem. I hit about 5 weeks of high-60's until last week, where I did 82. I'm not injured or anything, but I definitely feel my body struggling a little bit to adapt. Had I piled on another 20 miles or so, I guarantee you I'd be hurting pretty bad.
With some build-up, you could probably do this pretty easily, though. Just do it a little more gradually, perhaps by trying a few 70-80 mile weeks and holding that for a little while until your body adapts to the increased load.
do it. just only do 50 or so the week afterwards so you don't get injured.
I'll agree. If you're not worried about competing in the near future, and just want to do it, chances are you'll be fine if you just take it easy for a little bit the week after. Go for it, it'll be fun.
Go for it! Mileage spikes are fine. even though that is a big jump it will be fun. Keep on truckin.
DON'T DO IT. Lets do a little cost analysis here. The Pros of you doing the 100 mile week without building up first- you can brag that you ran 100 miles in a week(something that is actually very common, so not worth bragging about)
Cons- You might get injured
When you jump up like that, since its only 1 week, you will get NO BENEFIT whatsoever in terms of physiology. The risk for injury is so much greater than the thrill of being able to say that you ran 100 slow miles in a week.
i don't think it would be a bad idea. just take it really easy and take it really easy the next week. you may not get much of a fitness boost from it, but i think your legs will benefit from the stress once they recover from it. you'll discover very quickly that a 100 mile week is a world apart from a 60 mile week. not so much the mileage, but the time you spend running and the extra time you need to recover. but it's a good experience.
if hes washed up and has no races, let him do it. whats the worst that happens? he cant run for a week? its just 100 miles..it wont kill him, and if he has the time to run that muh he probably doesnt have much else going on in his life...
trackhead wrote:
Not a good idea. You'll feel that one for three weeks. Don't go more than 75.
So what? After the 3 weeks he/she might feel great.
Do it and welcome to the world of Thonerdom!
12 100 mile weeks-that would be worth doing. otherwise the previous poster is right-it is just something to talk about that won't really help.
I really just want to do it to say I did. I have some friends who think I can't and I just want to challenge myself. After the week is over I will go back down. It is completely for kicks. I may fall apart, but I also may feel great. It turns out I have a week of no work and I need something to do.
At least it's some kind of goal that might ignite your desire to become something other than "washed up." It sounds like you need a challenge and a change. If you are successful, it will be a "small victory" that no one can take from you.
Get out there and do it! Just try to work in some soft surfaces.
I agree with malmo...just do it...doing a 100 mile week is not that hard when you break it down...I would not be scared to do it in the least little bit...
Why burden the next three weeks of training because of one anomalous week?
So for the rest of my life I can say...shit I ran 100 mpw once, I may have not used it to train for bettering performance, but I used it as a motivator and a personal challenege. Why the hell do people run these 100 mile races. They want to challenege themselves (at the risk of breakdown). I am not motivated to do speed workouts and tempo runs, but I am enjoying the long easy runs. What the hell I am going to finish the week off Sunday-Saturday. So far, Sun:13 Monday:16.5 Tuesday:15 I am a bit tired biut nothing unusual.
Do it and welcome to the world of LOTSofpeopledom!
Remember that those extra miles will mean you'll have to eat another 500 saltines.