whats the fastest way to build up to a 70 mile week

Just increase the number of days each week that you do dubbles.

There really is no evidence that doubles makes one a better runner.

"I've did" ??

next time you troll tone down the grammar errors and add a borderline racist/sexist remark.

Good luck grasshopper.

its not that hard-sunday long run, longer cool downs and 10 mile easy recovery days

10 miles a day, every day.

asdfhhh wrote:

There really is no evidence that doubles makes one a better runner.

Don't be ridiculous. Is there any evidence that running singles makes one a better runner than doubles?

In fact there is plenty of both anecdotal, circumstantial, and physiological evidence that increasing running frequency tends to lead to faster racing.

fastest way, 5 miles in the AM, 5 miles in the PM, every day.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

fastest way, 5 miles in the AM, 5 miles in the PM, every day.

A more faster way would be to do 70 miles. Today. Take off rest of the week.

Add about 10 mpw every week in your buildup. If you are feeling like crap at any point don't increase but try to maintain, and then increase by 10 the following week.

If your goal mileage is 70 mpw I don't think it is necessary to do doubles, this can easily be accomplished in singles. Now if you were suggesting 90, then maybe 2-3 5 milers as doubles would be a good idea.

The fastest way is to just start running 70 miles per week. Why build up to it? That is actually pretty low mileage.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

fastest way, 5 miles in the AM, 5 miles in the PM, every day.

This is the easiest way. The only challenging part to this is that you can't miss a run. This means getting into a sleep routine so that waking up in the morning before work, school is relatively easy. But I've found this type of training to be effective. You get 35+ minutes usually, yet it's not that much so you don't risk injury. Obviously if you want to race then you'll need to add variety, miles, or workouts. But simply doing this day in and day out will get you in solid shape while remaining healthy. And it's not the end of the world to miss one run and end up with 65 miles.

spiked beer wrote:

Obviously if you want to race then you'll need to add variety, miles, or workouts. But simply doing this day in and day out will get you in solid shape while remaining healthy. And it's not the end of the world to miss one run and end up with 65 miles.

Yes, this will not get you race specific fitness. It will get you fit enough to train in a hurry, though.

If you run slow enough it's very easy to run 70 miles without a buildup at all. Then your pace will come down naturally.

Going into my senior year of HS my highest had been around 50 and I only averaged 35 for my JR year. I just started running 70s from the get go and never got injured. If you are fat this program won't work.

Fastest way (general formula).

Let the miles you currently run be X.

Fastest way to 70 - Run 70-X more miles next week.

Done.

There is a strong correlation with doubles and successful running. Nearly all elites double in some way. The top 5 percentile of runners double way more than the bottom 5 percentile of runners.

Really, just run 30-45 minutes in one additional session each day (less if necessary). If you can get up in the morning okay, then do it then. If the morning stinks for you, then do it at 9pm before you go to bed or something. Be smart about knowing when not to do it. But you should be able to easily double four or five days per week.

Doubles are more a matter of discipline than of handling the stress load. Eat well, sleep right, recover, hydrate, and you should be able to double without trouble. Just go run a few miles. Getting out the door is 99% of the challenge.

I'm a masters runner, so take this for what it's worth. I usually do a fall marathon, so I take one to two weeks off except for a shake out as I feel the desire. From there I start with 40mpw. It's a solid starting point and not too taxing. I mostly do 5-6 miles runs, a Wednesday run of 8 or so, and a Saturday or Sunday run of 10 or so. These two runs are increased first. So, I'll increase the mid-week run to 12-14, gradually getting a solid portion of this run at marathon pace, and the weekend run up to 15-22.

My key is getting the endurance runs up first.

Add doubles on Tues-Thur-Sat and add a few miles to the Friday run and you're there. I use the doubles on Tue-Thur for speed or tempo work. So, if I'm doing a 4/6 split, 4 will be easy and the six will either be tempo or track.