What's the Big Deal About Higher Mileage? It's Not That Hard.

Make your next troll attempt more believable.

When I told them it was probably around 120 - 130 right now, they couldn't believe it.

It's pretty easy to do. Out the door when you get up, run 50ish minutes, come back, have breakfast, go about your day. When you get home, throw on the shoes, run a bit further this time, get back, eat dinner.

It's not even that much out of your day.

It's probably equivalent to the amount of time most people spend in front of the TV anyway.

Bulllllshit. 120-130 miles a week on 50 minutes in the morning and " a bit further" another time (soo, what 70 minutes tops?).

That's like 120 minutes tops...not 120-130 MILES A WEEK. Unless you're running these minutes at WR pace for all of your miles.

Come on, buddy.

Congratulations. You will be awarded with a top honors practice medal.

Real runners run to race.

All that matters is how fast you are. You may be fast and it doesn't matter that you don't train with a team. Do whatever you want. It is an individual sport.

But don't come here acting special because you run far in your training.

Tony Soprano wrote:

Bulllllshit. 120-130 miles a week on 50 minutes in the morning and " a bit further" another time (soo, what 70 minutes tops?).

That's like 120 minutes tops...not 120-130 MILES A WEEK. Unless you're running these minutes at WR pace for all of your miles.

Come on, buddy.

Not a math whiz, are you? 120 minutes per day at 6 minute pace is 20 miles per day.

Wow, if you're for real, that's pretty impressive. Some people just can't do that kind of training because their bodies won't let them. Also, it sounds like you're an LSD maniac. (Long, Slow, Distance) I'm guessing that your runs are at the very most at 8:00 to 6:30. That would put you at 90 mpw at the lowest, which isn't super high mileage and 120 at the highest, which is up there, but not super insane. Keep in mind that there have been high level runners that have hit 300+ miles in a week of training, and still competed at a high level. If you were to actually instead of doing a double run every day, pop a couple track workouts or hill repeats, you could be a hell of a runner. I know personally if I tried to do that, my bones would explode and my knees would get screwed up beyond belief. It's just a matter of finding out what works.

nice troll attempt.

If you were really that blase~ about running you wouldn't even bother with letsrun.

good try.

Tony Soprano wrote:

120-130 miles a week on 50 minutes in the morning and " a bit further" another time (soo, what 70 minutes tops?).

That's like 120 minutes tops...not 120-130 MILES A WEEK. Unless you're running these minutes at WR pace for all of your miles.

Come on, buddy.

Which world record is only 7:00 mile pace?

100k?

Tony Soprano,

I guesstimated 120 - 130 off a rough average of 7 minutes per mile. There's a section in the middle of one of my routes where there are two driveways exactly one mile apart, so I just time my self between them every once in a while to get an idea of how fast I usually go. It's usually around that, 7 minutes.

I meant 50 and 70 for a regular day. Obviously sometimes I'll do more or less. The weekly total ends up being slightly more because I do really long runs sometimes (once or twice a week).

X Runner,

I never said I thought I was special. You might be faster than me, then you would be more "special", wouldn't you? Actually judging by your reaction to my thread post, I would guess that you already are quite "special".

50mpw runner,

How long have you been running 50 miles per week? Do you do a lot of your runs really fast? Just out of curiosity, if you do, do you feel it helps you to do less faster as opposed to more slower?

I might very well be doing Long, Slow Distance like you said, but like I said, I feel that I've figured out what works for me. It feels best this way, anyway.

When I first started running I ran really short distances, like 2 miles, but I ran them all as fast as I could, every day. I got faster for a month, but then I didn't get any faster after that, and my calf got all wonky. I figured it was from going as fast as I could all the time, so I started varying it, going slower, but for longer.

The most basic thing I've been looking for is a good balance between distance and speed in my weekly running, and and I think I've found a good balance.

I hope more runners are like 50mpw runner, and fewer runners are resentful like X Runner and Tony Soprano. If the inverse is true then it would kind of justify why I don't really want to get into the running culture.

Of course, I shouldn't assume that the people on this website represent all runners. All I did was ask someone I know what a popular running website was and he said "letsrun.com". So here I am.

What kind of times are you running?

I have noticed that when people are shocked by the amount of mileage someone is doing, it's because they expect the people running huge miles to have impressive PR's. The shock usually comes when you have pedestrian PR's but huge mileage totals.

So, maybe you should run some faster times. Then people won't be so shocked.

Tony Soprano wrote:

Bulllllshit. 120-130 miles a week on 50 minutes in the morning and " a bit further" another time (soo, what 70 minutes tops?).

That's like 120 minutes tops...not 120-130 MILES A WEEK. Unless you're running these minutes at WR pace for all of your miles.

Come on, buddy.

I'm not saying that we necessarily believe him (he seems a little too blithe to me), but you might want to work on your math skills.

If he runs 6:40 pace, that's 9 miles an hour or, by your example of 50 min. + 70 min., 18 miles a day or 126 miles a week. So it is possible to run 120-130 miles a week on two hours a day for a young, fit guy who is reasonably talented, isn't it? And under his scenario, that's exactly what he describes.

Of course, for most people running that kind of mileage, there's also stretching, strength work, massage, showers, travel to runs, etc. If he's not doing any of that, I agree with his point, whether it's fictional or not.

all I really want to know is what times this guy is running. If he's running marathons at 6:30 pace for his races, then my only question would be why are you wasting your time with 120 miles per week? Anybody could reasonably set super high mileage goals if they're jogging the entire time. To be competitive you need to be able to run fast, period.

Ticktock,

I ran a local highschool/ community-organized 5-mile race in 25:07 recently. I was trying for 25:00, I had my dad riding a bike ahead of me to try to keep the pace consistent. Hoping to run faster soon.

You're a good runner and surely have talent. Keep up the good work and try for a 1/2 marathon or marathon maybe this spring. It seems like you are a slow-twitch mileage hog and would do well at longer races.

You are right. Mileage is not that hard. What is hardest is just getting out the door 13 times a week.

All You Real Runners wrote:

Of course, I shouldn't assume that the people on this website represent all runners. All I did was ask someone I know what a popular running website was and he said "letsrun.com". So here I am.

Unfortunately, this website IS representative of all runners. Most posters here are fitness runners, or at best, recreational runners. This website is not representative of lifestyles and attitudes you will see from serious competitive athletes. I used to say that we didn't have a bunch of whiny, snotty, vulgar, unathletic little brats in the sport back in the day like is the predominant attitude of today. That is, until one day it dawned on me that maybe they were there the entire time -- I never knew them because they didn't have a medium like the internet to give them a voice. They are experts in training and racing tactics, yet they cannot wipe their own asses without written instructions.

Good luck. keep up the good work.

Alacrity, thanks for the compliment.

I am looking for some longer races to do soon within reasonable driving distance. One of the problems for me about where I live is it's mostly rural with smaller towns and cities spread around, so there aren't a lot of races, and when there are some, they're usually 10 km, so I don't really get a lot of variety. The longest race I have done so far is 12 km for a road race last August. However, there is a half marathon in 3 weeks about 3 hours from here, all I have to do is figure out how to get there and back (no car). I'm pretty excited to try out the distance, though.

And you're right about getting out the door. "Starting is the hardest part", as people say. Once it becomes routine it gets a lot easier though. Plus I find I enjoy it more the longer I keep the routine, so it gets easier and easier to head out the door.

malmo, thank you for the well-wishes.

If what you said is the case, could you recommend a good forum to talk with "serious competitive athletes"?

I'm just curious to find out what they do, but I don't know of any in my area (although I think there will be some fast guys at the half marathon). Once again, I'm not necessarily looking for advice or anything, I'm just interested to see if/how they're approaches are different from mine.

Running is simple, but not easy.

All You Real Runners wrote:

malmo, thank you for the well-wishes.

If what you said is the case, could you recommend a good forum to talk with "serious competitive athletes"? .

This is the only place for serious competitive athletes. Most top competitive athletes either lurk here or post anonymously. The point I'm making is that 95% of those who post here are rank amateurs and angry punks. One thing you can count on, most good threads get vandalized by them. If you stick around, eventually you'll soon be able to sort out the wheat from the chaff.

If it's half marathon approaches you're looking for to compare to your own, here's a recent thread to get you in the right direction. The punks were way too intimidated to try to vandalize this one.