just curious, What approx mileage are you aiming to peak at this summer? (include age and current PRs)

hit 50 last week, going for maybe 70. Best was a 27:17 8k. Been at 80 before so might take it higer in the fall if I decide to do a half or full marathon.

I'll be 25 next month.

Aiming to get consistent weeks at 100-110 by August

5k pr 15:30, looking to drop that under 15.

Odelepus wrote:

just curious, What approx mileage are you aiming to peak at this summer? (include age and current PRs)

myself-only mid-16s 5k, looking to get up around like 85-90+mpw and hopefully get into low 16s/high 15s.

Goal is 80-90. I did 86 last week. 16:19 5k, 34:20 10k, age is 21 year. Most mileage ever is NOW. I did month of 70 at end of my summer build-up few years back, got fast for my age (16:41 5k at age 16 year old).

I think things are going up. I can make 15m30sec by end of summer. Wish me luck!

Just running nothing but slow mileage won't do much for you. If you're feeling good why hold yourself back and plod at 9 min/miles? It's pointless unless you want to be an ultra marathon runner.

The info is all here guys. Read the logs of the people who have been there and done it. Do they run a lot? Damn right they do. Do they jog most of it? Hell no! Now that doesn't mean you have to try and set your PRs on all your loops each day but jogging for the whole summer is not the best idea if you want to run fast.

But still take an "easy" day or two per week, right?

parkercoach wrote:

But still take an "easy" day or two per week, right?

by "easy" do you mean 8-9 minute pace? if so, no.

21 years old entering my senior year of college cross

PRs: 26:50 8k cross

15:45 a couple years ago

1:14:15 half marathon

2:46 debut marathon

I'll probably peak at about 80-90, but not until august/september.

Got up to mid 90's, 100 once this past spring training for the marathon

aslkdfj wrote:

by "easy" do you mean 8-9 minute pace? if so, no.

Yes run as slow as you need to on recovery days. I have done doubles as slow as 10 min/mile pace to start out. There's no basis for making a blanket statement that no one should run slower than an arbitrary pace

What pace should easy runs be at?

xc chick. wrote:

80-90 miles a week, I've run mid/low 18s 5k on the track, hoping to get into the high 17s.

That seems like a lot of miles just to get into the high 17's. Last season I think I maxed out in the summer at 50 mpw, and 55mpw in the season. I hit high 17's in cross fairly easily.

21yo (female)

5k 17:52

1500 4:28

Age 23

pr 4.02 mile 14.20 5k 24.40 8k

55 miles now hoping to be 65 in few months

ex-xc girl wrote:

xc chick. wrote:

80-90 miles a week, I've run mid/low 18s 5k on the track, hoping to get into the high 17s.

That seems like a lot of miles just to get into the high 17's. Last season I think I maxed out in the summer at 50 mpw, and 55mpw in the season. I hit high 17's in cross fairly easily.

21yo (female)

5k 17:52

1500 4:28

I'm beginning to think that posts like this are just a way of back door bragging. I mean, Shalane Flanagan could probably run under 17 just running 20 miles a week, but that doesn't mean you should only run 20 miles a week.

Incoming junior in high school, 16 years old. Pr's from sophomore year:

5k- 16:03

Mile- 4:25

That was off of a 50 mile peak. This summer I've bumped up the mileage and am currently doing low 60 weeks. My ideal peak would be 70 miles a week.

My last week looked like this:

Mon- 6/4

Tues- 7/3

Wed- 6/4

Thurs- 5/5

Fri- cross training (happened to be plyos)

Sat- 6/4

Sun- 13

Total of 63 miles. My weekly long run is 20-25% of mileage.

Everyone's different, different talent levels, different running bg/history. The idea though is to dream over the summer and push the boundaries out mileage wise.

does that mean during the summer you should be running at 8-9 min pace everyday? that would probably be too slow for almost everyone on this board, but 8-9min pace for a shakeout run or double would be fine if you need it. Does it mean you should be running everything faster than 6:30 pace no matter what? No, probably not that fast unless you're sub-elite or elite I'd say, but i mean who cares just listen to your body. Dont some elites run 6:30-7min pace (or even 8min pace - rarely though) on easy days? the real work comes in the fall.

Those of you telling people to run less and run it faster - it's not like you know the running bg history/age of these particular runners. Dont some elite women run 90-110mpw to run sub 16min, so why am I restricted by you to only run 50mpw because you tell me you were able to run sub 16min off 50mpw?

I run about 50-60 miles a week and recently ran a 14:52 5k. I turned 40 last month and started to feel my body not recover from high mileage. I dropped mileage and rested more and now I'm running faster than ever.

Dirty Jerzy wrote:

ex-xc girl wrote:

That seems like a lot of miles just to get into the high 17's. Last season I think I maxed out in the summer at 50 mpw, and 55mpw in the season. I hit high 17's in cross fairly easily.

21yo (female)

5k 17:52

1500 4:28

I'm beginning to think that posts like this are just a way of back door bragging. I mean, Shalane Flanagan could probably run under 17 just running 20 miles a week, but that doesn't mean you should only run 20 miles a week.

80-90 miles is a lot of mileage for a female runner. The more miles a person runs, the greater chance they have of injury. Each runner just has to find where they can get maximum benefits from their mileage without becoming injured. Greater mileage doesn't always mean faster times.

70-75 miles per week

I'm 58, and can't even break 20 for 5K anymore. Pathetic, but I still love it.

OldXCguy wrote:

. . . but I still love it.

Running: you're doing it right! Please take this in the spirit in which I intend it: when I'm your age, I hope I still love running that much!

No mileage "goals" this summer- but I'm guessing I'll be in the 90s for most of the summer.

Cross 8k- 25:22, like to take a good chunk off that.

OldXCguy,

I work with older runners, what is your e-mail