55 mpw to 90 mpw

I am doing this and am on 70mpw with two workouts per week. At the start of the year I was on 45-50 so it has taken six months to get to 70 for me.

I suppose it depends on whether you have run 90 mpw before? I haven't.

Why not focus on getting to 70mpw first, worry about 90 when you are at 70 mpw.

If not I think it can take the best part of a year if you want to retain quality aswell. If you just wanna go upto 90 mpw just as base with very little quailty then it would be shorter.

I would be interested to hear the opinions of others.

doit wrote:

I am doing this and am on 70mpw with two workouts per week.

Do you break it into 35-35 mile runs, or maybe a short run and a long run?

i had never done 90 until this past winter when i was training for boston. my highest ever was probably in teh 70s but i had never done that consistently even for previous marathons i had only reached 75 twice. This go around i started at about 50mpw in early december (i had trained in the high 40s for most of july - nov) and i was 90 less than 3 months later...

I went 50, 45, 53, 55, 60, 60, 66, 70, 75, 80, 80, 80, 90, 90, 60, 90, 90.

I'm currently trying to train at a higher level and plan to hit 90ish ever week and i've found the biggest help to be doubling 4-5 times a week. Go out for an easy 4mi in the morning and that will get you an easy extra 15-20mpw. I was never a doubler before but now I try not to think of it as doubling...its just part of my routine...what else am i going to do at 6AM?

dont be a pussy! I and many people I know who are pretty damn good go from a break to 90+ in a few weeks. I have never understood this whole build up thing. It would take years to get to that point and in my opinion would take too long. I went from 50mpw and got sick of that so bumped it to like 95 the next week and then maintained somewhere around that getting as high as 120. I ran over 90 sec faster in xc that year and pr'd big time in every event in track. If you want to be good take risks, listen to your body and just forget about barriers. If you want to be mediocre then take the time and build to your mileage. Many of my friend have rarely been injured and I have never been out for more than a day my whole running career so this getting injured is bull. Just dont make the mistake of trying to run everything at a fast pace. Run at a comfortable pace for each run, one day might be 6min pace and feel easy and great, another might be 8 min pace. Do strides and some sort of drills/plyos 2-3 times a week and you will be ready and prepared well for whatever your goal race is or xc season. After doing this for a while like a month or two add in tempos one day a week. Trust me you will know when your ready to add in tempos. Also deal with the fact that you WILL be tired. Its a gurantee like taxes and death. But it will pass and most who do run this much will tell you the same. Dont wait for the oppurtunites to come to you, start today and go get the oppurtunities yourself.