Has anyone had experience running super high mileage like 140-150 miles a week in college? How much did you improve? How much mpw were you doing prior to this? How long did you do 140-150 before you noticed fitness gains? What were your pr's prior to, and after?
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Running 140+mpw would be counter productive for most college athletes, and probably even for most pros. 90-110mpw is generally optimal for the majority of distance guys. Even Lydiard said at least some time during his life that if you can run more than 100mpw, don't, just run faster.
If you want to run a lot, try it out by building up slowly and seeing how it affects your fitness. Don't automatically assume more is better though.
Guppy wrote:
Running 140+mpw would be counter productive for most college athletes, and probably even for most pros. 90-110mpw is generally optimal for the majority of distance guys. Even Lydiard said at least some time during his life that if you can run more than 100mpw, don't, just run faster.
If you want to run a lot, try it out by building up slowly and seeing how it affects your fitness. Don't automatically assume more is better though.
For the record, Lydiard recommended 100 in singles and said you should also double up even though he didn't count the miles. Lydiard mileage was easily 130+ for many of his guys.
Nigel Tap wrote:
Guppy wrote:Running 140+mpw would be counter productive for most college athletes, and probably even for most pros. 90-110mpw is generally optimal for the majority of distance guys. Even Lydiard said at least some time during his life that if you can run more than 100mpw, don't, just run faster.
If you want to run a lot, try it out by building up slowly and seeing how it affects your fitness. Don't automatically assume more is better though.
For the record, Lydiard recommended 100 in singles and said you should also double up even though he didn't count the miles. Lydiard mileage was easily 130+ for many of his guys.
Yeah, and except for Peter Snell none of his guys would even have a shot at winning an NCAA championship.
A Skeptic wrote:
Yeah, and except for Peter Snell none of his guys would even have a shot at winning an NCAA championship.
Rod Dixon.
John Walker.
Dick Quax
Barry Magee.
Murray Halberg.
Yeah, Olympic Medalists are chumps. Got nothing on the NCAA.
Mlou wrote:
A Skeptic wrote:Yeah, and except for Peter Snell none of his guys would even have a shot at winning an NCAA championship.
Rod Dixon.
John Walker.
Dick Quax
Barry Magee.
Murray Halberg.
Yeah, Olympic Medalists are chumps. Got nothing on the NCAA.
Dixon, Walker and Quax were not coached by Lydiard.
Nigel Tap wrote:
Guppy wrote:Running 140+mpw would be counter productive for most college athletes, and probably even for most pros. 90-110mpw is generally optimal for the majority of distance guys. Even Lydiard said at least some time during his life that if you can run more than 100mpw, don't, just run faster.
If you want to run a lot, try it out by building up slowly and seeing how it affects your fitness. Don't automatically assume more is better though.
For the record, Lydiard recommended 100 in singles and said you should also double up even though he didn't count the miles. Lydiard mileage was easily 130+ for many of his guys.
"Lydiard said so. End of thread."
Nigel Tap wrote:
For the record, Lydiard recommended 100 in singles and said you should also double up even though he didn't count the miles. Lydiard mileage was easily 130+ for many of his guys.
If it's on the record then when did Lydiard ever say that?
Nigel Tap wrote:
Guppy wrote:Running 140+mpw would be counter productive for most college athletes, and probably even for most pros. 90-110mpw is generally optimal for the majority of distance guys. Even Lydiard said at least some time during his life that if you can run more than 100mpw, don't, just run faster.
If you want to run a lot, try it out by building up slowly and seeing how it affects your fitness. Don't automatically assume more is better though.
For the record, Lydiard recommended 100 in singles and said you should also double up even though he didn't count the miles. Lydiard mileage was easily 130+ for many of his guys.
agreed. i wonder how many miles Mitch McConnell runs? I bet his kids work at KFC in Kentucky.
well. wrote:
Dixon, Walker and Quax were not coached by Lydiard.
They did Lydiard style training.
I stand by my statement that more is not necessarily better. For some runners, 150mpw will be optimal. For others, 80mpw will be. The only way to know what is optimal for you is to experiment and see. 90-110mpw is generally considered the norm for elite college guys. If anyone thinks they'd run better off higher mileage than that, go for it and see.
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