100mpw on Singles

131 in singles sometimes. Used to be fun...

What is you mileage history? Back in college, our team had a number of people running 100 mile weeks in singles. Heck, some of us were running doubles 5/6 days a week and getting 100 miles in our primary runs! It is definitely possible, assuming you have a proper build up.

Like I said I'm right around 90mpw in doubles right now. have been between 70-90mpw for the past two years depending on the season. Of course there were some down weeks.

I figure that it wouldn't be too big of a shock. 2 hour Sunday runs are no problem and I figure I could string a bunch of long days together easily enough.

What's your week look like day-by-day?

Look at people who do 140-150 miles a week. If you count their big singles they are probably pretty close to 100. It's "only" 13 miles a day plus a 22 mile long run..:)

Alan

Sunday 22mi Long run

Monday 10mi Recovery Day

Tuesday 14mi w/ workout in middle

Wednesday 18mi (2nd long run)

Thursday 10mi Recovery Day

Friday 14mi w/ workout in middle

Saturday 12mi Recovery Day

Not too horrible of a week. Monday, Thursday, Saturday should be really slow easy recovery days.

Just a thought.

Can you do it? wrote:

I'm going to be travelling this summer and will be on an unstructured schedule. I figure switching to singles for a few months will make things easier.

Can I run 100mpw on singles? Has anyone done it? How was it?

Right now I'm running 90mpw on doubles and will have it up to 100mpw on doubles for close to two months before I leave.

Yes - simple arithmetic shows that just over 14 miles each day will yield 100 miles per week. Glad to be of help

can be done, but can you do it and still get quality in? Lydiard's boys could, most people can't. sometimes a fast 50:00 is better than an easy 1:20, be smart and don't train to run 100 mpw, train to race fast. many elite runners run around 70-100 mpw total

Can you do it? wrote:

I'm going to be travelling this summer and will be on an unstructured schedule. I figure switching to singles for a few months will make things easier.

Can I run 100mpw on singles? Has anyone done it? How was it?

Right now I'm running 90mpw on doubles and will have it up to 100mpw on doubles for close to two months before I leave.

You should focus more on how you feel, rather than how many miles a week you are hitting. I.E. Don't try to keep up with the same mileage you would be doing if you were doubling.

If you max at 100mpw while running doubles, you shouldn't try to run the same thing on singles.

runinto wrote:

can be done, but can you do it and still get quality in? Lydiard's boys could, most people can't. sometimes a fast 50:00 is better than an easy 1:20, be smart and don't train to run 100 mpw, train to race fast. many elite runners run around 70-100 mpw total

Hey dude the 90s called. They are looking for you.

I've been doing it since the first of the year, until this week because of the amount of snow, but normally my week looks like this:

Mon: 13-15 easy

Tue: 10 @ about current marathon pace

Wed: 15 easy

Thu: 12 fartlek w/ strides/hill bounds/whatever

Fri: 18 easy

Sat: 1warm + 10hard, faster than marathon pace

Sun: 3 hours easy, usually about 22miles, give or take depending on how I'm feeling

It'll change once base training is over...I used to do another slower run at another part of the day but stopped doing it because it takes up so much time to do 100 in singles and then about 30 or so more at the other end of the day. The important thing is to do whatever it takes to recovery by the next day, and that means proper nutrition.

I've done something similar back in my day. The ability to put in a 2nd long run helps tremendously. Some can, some can't.

Alan

running 100mpw now at age 50+ doing singles..answer is yes