For those that have managed to up their mileage to 90-100mpw and not get injured, what about your running did you notice after consistently running that mileage for a month or so? Did your average pace get faster, did long runs become easier, do tell.
I've been doing 90-100 for a couple weeks now with no workouts and notice that most runs feel easier.
Nothing feels different. You race faster.
depends how much you were running before
After one month of good mileage, all I really feel is hungry all the time.
I was running about 70 consistently for a few years never doubling.
tapering is just wonderful, you will have so much energy and you will feel really bouncy and fit when you race.
your so dumb u cant get any better with 10 xtra miles
your so dumb u cant get any better with 10 xtra miles
really tired after two weeks. first week, runs may be good, the second week, they are probably much slower, third week you are adapting to the mileage and should see signs of major improvement (faster workouts, faster easy runs), the fourth week should bring major improvement and you should be pr'ing in week five. get lots of extra sleep, nap a lot (you will feel like you need to), make sure your iron and hydration are good, and enjoy the results.
jjjjjjjj wrote:
really tired after two weeks. first week, runs may be good, the second week, they are probably much slower, third week you are adapting to the mileage and should see signs of major improvement (faster workouts, faster easy runs), the fourth week should bring major improvement and you should be pr'ing in week five. get lots of extra sleep, nap a lot (you will feel like you need to), make sure your iron and hydration are good, and enjoy the results.
Some people adapt, some don´t. I was never able to move beyond
60 mpw. I tried everything: I slowed down my runs to a complete jog, no workouts, took care of sleep and nutrition and generally did everything by the book but after 2-3 months I was a slow, overtrained wreck. I tried multiple times but the results were always the same. I decide to settle for 60mpw and ended up having a 29,50 10k PB.
You will get faster but you have to ABSORB the training. try it for few weeks, down week, try it for few more weeks, taper, race.
first time to 80 mpw i was dead and raced really poorly. first time to 90s i was dead but then i backed off and really worked well having that behind me.
after a few weeks?
not much
after a few months?
some improvement
Depends on your lifestyle.
Assuming you did 60, 70, and 80 miles a week before you got to 90 (and assuming you did at least 3-4 weeks of each), and assuming you're not running your miles too hard, you should find yourself adapting to the distance - if you're going to - by 4 to 5 weeks. What that means is that it won't be as hard to handle the volume, and you'll stop worrying about injury.
But don't expect to be faster just because you're doing more volume. In fact, you might find your first race or two to be slower! Again, this depends on the makeup of your volume. Is it all distance? Are you mixing in fartlek, hills, hill reps, or intervals? Are you racing now and then while doing your volume training?
Distance all on its own won't make you a fast racer. But it'll give you the background you need to fly once you mix in the other essential elements of training.
On the other hand, if you simply jumped to 90-100 without a proper buildup, then you're probably putting more of an adaptation stress on your body than it can handle. And you can expect to crash soon and hard.
Good luck!
SoCal Pete wrote:
Again, this depends on the makeup of your volume. Is it all distance? Are you mixing in fartlek, hills, hill reps, or intervals? Are you racing now and then while doing your volume training?
Distance all on its own won't make you a fast racer. But it'll give you the background you need to fly once you mix in the other essential elements of training.
On the other hand, if you simply jumped to 90-100 without a proper buildup, then you're probably putting more of an adaptation stress on your body than it can handle. And you can expect to crash soon and hard.
Good luck!
No speed workouts as of yet but quite a bit of hills mixed in. I live on top of a series of hills so most of my runs finish with hills. I also started adding short hill sprints (6-8 second bursts) to some of my easy runs. I plan on holding off on any type of speed intervals other than maybe a tempo run until maybe a month or so of 90-100 mile weeks. I tried going up to 90mpw a couple of years ago but got injured right after I added speed intervals. Hopefully, a longer high mileage adaption period and the hill sprints will prevent that from happening again.
As far as build-up, I've been running 60-70 fairly consistently for about 3-4 years.