Of those who ran under 3'30" who ran the least mileage overall in base and prep? And how much was it?

Coe's mileage calculations are total BS, and anyway who cares? There's more to life than miles, some people spend time in the gym or doing intervals or in the lab doping. The point is that everyone that has run sub 3:30 trained as hard as they possibly could have. And if they didn't, they should have because they would have run faster and won more money and medals.

I just said what i heard and i know that 1500 meter runners probably do a lot of crosstraining to get faster with drills and weights and maybe aerobic crosstraining etc...

I also never asked to overall hours just mileage run.

I'm guessing that there are very few people, at least among those who will be posting on this message board, who have any sort of reliable information on this.

Bernard Lagat does in the 50's

From the research I have done on top 1500 guys, I have determined that most did at least 60 miles at some point, up to over 100. It appears that during the base, most likely winter, most put in decent miles, then as the summer rolled around they ran more like 50-60, then maybe even less to really peak.

The 1500 requires much aerobic power, combined with sharpened pH buffering and pure speed. The aerobic power seams to be maintained pretty easily during the peaking phase (40-50 mpw), but it is difficult to develop, which is where the miles put in over the years or in the base come into play. Not many have gone sub 3:30, but the first one to do was Sais Aouita I believe and he was known as a low mileage kinda guy. On the other hand, fellow Moroccan El G ran around 80 mpw and did everything fast, then I assume dropped some miles for peaking.

In conclusion, I believe that most sub 3:30 guys run around 80 mpw during the base, and then drop as big races come. Information can be hard to come by though as most great runners hide their training as they believe it was something unique to only them, and they don't want their secret out.

kilometers or miles?

Bernard Lagat does in the 50's[/quote]

When??? this means nothing as all runners change their mileage throughout the season, ie base, speed, peaking. And from my research I was under the impression he ran higher mileage sometimes too, like 80 at times.

Concerned Citizen wrote:

I'm guessing that there are very few people, at least among those who will be posting on this message board, who have any sort of reliable information on this.

This sums it up.

Oh, and Steve Cram was the first under 3:30 as he held of Aouita in that race. One the best world record races ever.