What mileage should I shoot for?

If 10km is the longest distance you want to race and your not a full time athlete then you don't really need to run more than 80 miles a week. Once you are comfortable with this i would work on ramping up the intensity. Start adding in longer tempo runs of 6-10 miles, along with a 5km pace session once a week and some strides thrown in after some runs. Adding any more mileage may be detrimental.

Thank you for the advice.

In addition to the 5k/10k, I would like to race some slightly longer races (15k, half marathon). Do you think 80 would be enough to do quite well at those, or should I go for something slightly higher?

I think I'm going to hold off on racing anything longer than a half (marathon, etc.) until I can see how low I can get my 5k, 10k, half times.

Thanks.

so you're a 35 min 10km man, what is your 5km time?? this has some barring on how to add mileage or intensity

Not to hijack your thread, but could anyone tell me what mileage a (hs) sophomore 800 runner should shoot for this summer? I've built up to 40 in my base with strength intervals, a tempo, and weights+strides. (sub 1:50 800 thread blueprint) I think that I'm doing a little too much intensity relative to my mileage, but wellnow might disagree. Any advice would be appreciated.

Changer of topics wrote:

Not to hijack your thread, but could anyone tell me what mileage a (hs) sophomore 800 runner should shoot for this summer? I've built up to 40 in my base with strength intervals, a tempo, and weights+strides. (sub 1:50 800 thread blueprint) I think that I'm doing a little too much intensity relative to my mileage, but wellnow might disagree. Any advice would be appreciated.

Go away little kid. Saying "Not to hijack your thread" and then hijacking the thread is a dick move.

5k PR is 16:49. Historically, I've been much weaker as the distances get longer. (I assume due to lower mileage, and short running history). That seems to be improving as I've been working on increasing mileage and improving my endurance.

Until I bumped to around 60 mpw, my PRs were: 16:49(5k), 37:00(10k), 1:23(half).

Now, the 5k & 10k at least, seem more in line. I'm pretty sure I could get under 1:20 for the half, but not sure if it would be down around 1:17/1:18 as indicated by the 5k/10k times.

35minute 10k guy wrote:

35:00 10k guy. In my 30s. Been running about 3 years, mileage increased those years as follows: 25, 40, 60.

I really want to get as good as I possibly can. I have time to train. I\'m currently in a base phase, and ramping up my mileage, but I\'m not sure how much I should shoot for this season.

So, what kind of mileage would you recommend?

How old are you?

Youre wrote:

How old are you?

34.

over 9000

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Changer of topics wrote:

Not to hijack your thread, but could anyone tell me what mileage a (hs) sophomore 800 runner should shoot for this summer? I've built up to 40 in my base with strength intervals, a tempo, and weights+strides. (sub 1:50 800 thread blueprint) I think that I'm doing a little too much intensity relative to my mileage, but wellnow might disagree. Any advice would be appreciated.

When are you aiming to peak? If May, longer intervals may be appropriate, but if this is a true "base period"--and as 10th grader you could almost certainly benefit from such, aerobic running, weights, and a few short strides with full recovery is all I'd suggest.

There is no answer as to how much mileage to shoot for; it really depends on how you feel at a given volume of training.