175 miles - 25 a day, for seven days. I was challenged to do this by a friend and training partner who was an elite marathoner and who had done this for two consecutive weeks, so I said what the heck. For the first 5 days I ran doubles, with 10-12 in the morning before going to work, then 13-15 in the afternoon after work. The last day, Sunday, was my toughest, because I had done one long run of 25 on Saturday, then ran 18 Sunday morning and had to come back with a 7 miler that night. I was able to do it and ran the last mile of that 7 miler in 5:24 because I just wanted it to end. This was back when I was much younger, and I suppose I should not wonder why I now run so slowly on my afternoon 30-45 minute runs!
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summary guy wrote:
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Malmo- I ran a 177 mile week, then missed a couple days next week with the flu.
Posters- So you got sick from the mileage, eh?
Malmo- Nope, I got sick because I had the flu. Getting sick happens to most people 2-3 times a year, regardless of mileage.
Posters- Nuh uh, it was the mileage. Everyone knows that.
Malmo- My experience differs. What you said is dumb.
Posters- Oh, so you're saying if a 15 year old boy ran 170 miles next week, he'd be fine?
Malmo- No.
Posters- So you admit high mileage makes you sick?
Malmo- No, can any of you read?
Posters- You're arrogant!
Malmo- You're ignorant.
Posters- But running a lot MAKES YOU SICK.
Malmo- Not in my experience, or in the experience of all my super fast friends.
Posters- You're arrogant and mean!
Malmo- I'm also right.
Posters- But why don't you conform to our preconceived notions?
Malmo- Becuase they're wrong. I got sick 2-3 times a year, regardless of mileage. I got injured more at low mileage than high mileage, too.
Posters- Ok, you're clearly senile. You're saying that you speak for the whole running community, and every 15 year old boy with a pair of spikes should be running 175 miles a week, all at tempo pace?
Malmo- *hides face in palm of hands*
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I ran 30 miles per day for 7 days.
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104, twice. Lots of 100+ weeks.
Never felt good at higher mileage (100+ mpw) as the gastric distress was alarming.
I found it hard to maintain weight. In college I was 6'3, 145 lbs usually and had to work very hard to keep it from dipping lower.
Going faster and keeping weekly mileage in the mid-80s worked best for me.
Maybe I never spent enough time in the 100+ range to adapt. -
124. Had a very good track season after that. I have a friend who tried to run 800 miles in a month. He broke down in the 4th week. Substantially!
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To see how I'd respond
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I just came off a block of 6 straight weeks of 80mpw including my weekly PR of 85.
A month ago I set a 10 mile PR of 50:56!! -
o.O wrote:
To see how I'd respond
So......... how did you respond to it?
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triplezero wrote:
137, last winter. I managed to string a bunch of 120-130 weeks together over the winter and went on to have a great track season over the summer. The 137 was mostly easy mileage with maybe only a tempo run in there. I'm a 23 year old woman, btw. It's nice to see women like the OP who aren't afraid of mileage.
I agree with triplezero always nice to see women running more. I wish I knew how many of the posters were female!
22yr female- 133. -
cadillac wrote:
229 this summer. I was training for an ultra (yeah, I know). It was part of 10 straight weeks above 200. I ran a mile PR in a workout, but never used the shape I was in for a race other than the ultra which I bombed due to nutritional issues.
Which ultra was it? -
Jackfruitman wrote:
Which ultra was it?
North Coast 24 -
86, but I've hit 84 for a few weeks in a row now. Is it worth bumping it way up for a week, even if after that i come back down to my normal volume?
I only ask, because I have some time off work coming up, was thinking about putting in a big week. -
97 miles (ave. for 10? weeks over 85 - 90 mpw) for one week of running...1973...getting ready for Seaside, Ore. marathon in Feb., 2:48 & change, hit the wall..:(
May, lower mileage, 60 - 70? per wk., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2:38:19 felt sooo easy this time. -
victoria, b.c., canada, runner wrote:
97 miles (ave. for 10? weeks over 85 - 90 mpw) for one week of running...1973...getting ready for Seaside, Ore. marathon in Feb., 2:48 & change, hit the wall..:(
May, lower mileage, 60 - 70? per wk., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2:38:19 felt sooo easy this time.
What were the conditions for seaside? I had considered to run that one, but the typical conditions did not appear to be amicable. -
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51.5 and damn proud of it!!!
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55mi, in buildup to half marathon PR 1:16 ... this year going for 110mi, 1:10
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Given a certain mileage, why are two (or three) runs a day better than one run a day?
One reason that I can see is that one ran a day would be more tiring and more likely to lead to depletion, where this is not so likely with two runs a day.
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There could be a number of reasons why you turn one big run into two. First of all, as you are more tired in the second half of that one long run than two shorter ones, your form can sometimes suffer in those latter miles and you can be more susceptible to those little overuse injuries that can happen with running. But with two runs, you start off the second one relatively fresh again.
You might just want to mix things up, keep doing different length runs and such.
Or you might just not have a single block of time to do the one run.
Best bet: Some days do one big run, other days two shorter ones. Keep mixing it up. -
91, gives me a lot of respect for you guys who do this week after week.
