improvement after high mileage

Training Advice/Discussion 5k/10k

15 years ago 04/26/2008 11:54am EDT

hi everyone. im a college freshmen 19 years old and hve been runnng pretty high mileage this year. im improing very steadily and feeling stronger every week. ive been reading the posts on here about burning out and stopping of improvement from high mileage and its kinda freaking me out. i dont want that to happen to me. my question is can i improve from this season to next season with dropping my weekly mileage or since im running 90-105 miles a week now can i expect to me at my peak for distance running?

15 years ago 04/26/2008 8:51pm EDT

re: costa rican runner

I made dramatic improvement in a short time, almost entirely by doing high mileage. Went from 3:03 to 2:35 in 14 months.

15 years ago 04/27/2008 4:56am EDT

re: Lazy L

Lazy L wrote:
I made dramatic improvement in a short time, almost entirely by doing high mileage. Went from 3:03 to 2:35 in 14 months.

800m?

15 years ago 04/27/2008 5:04am EDT

re: curious!

15 years ago 04/27/2008 7:52am EDT

re: Lazy L

From what to what in terms of distance?

15 years ago 04/27/2008 8:20am EDT

re: DistanceDude

What sort of pace changes in your daily runs have you seen costarican?

15 years ago 04/27/2008 8:29am EDT

re: ?

my easy rns have ben close to the same, but my tempo and interval work im running way faster. also a couple of my runs a week ive been doing progressive runs where i start at like 715 pace and by the end of the run im at like 555-600 pace. if idropped to say 75-80 would that still be enough tokeep improving? thanks for the feedback.

15 years ago 04/27/2008 8:43am EDT

re: costa rican runner

Contrary to popular belief, 100 miles per week isn't the golden pinnacle to a runner's training. There is always more stress that you can put on your body to let it keep adapting, mileage is just part of that.

You can

increase the pace of tempos and interval workouts

add in sprints,

weight training,

drills,

hills,

barefoot running,

altitude

do the miles in singles McDougal style, although this probably isn't a great idea unless you are preparing for the marathon),

have a harder long run

or even just race more. Anyway, if you are improving and feeling stronger, don't worry about it.

Reply Replying to

Username

Password

Leave the password field blank to post anonymously.

Post Preview

By posting you acknowledge that you have read and abide by our Terms and Conditions.

Remember me on this device.

improvement after high mileage

Of General Interest

This thread has already been deleted.

You have been subscribed.

improvement after high mileage

Follow DistanceDude

Block DistanceDude

Follow fUrCeOsNhN

Block fUrCeOsNhN

Of General Interest

This thread has already been deleted.

Reply Replying to

You have been subscribed.