Is 4,000 miles in 2011 considered high mileage?

Yes, I'm 30 some miles from 4k for a 4th straight year, and that's 100 to 112 mpw for a good part of the year, downtime after the marathon, and out for about two months w/calf injuries.

Lets wrote:

I ran ~3,480 miles last year.

I am about to hit 4,000 miles for this year.

What do you say letsrun, would you consider this a "high mileage" year?

If not, then what do you consider a high mileage year? 5,000?

Unless you're a 1500 or 800 meter specialist, then, 'no, 4000 miles is not high mileae' is the answer to your question. If your specialty is 10000m or above then 5000 miles in a year is not high mileage.

I say run 6000+ miles (better that you run 7000+ if you're shooting for a fast marathon. Good Luck.!

Wow. yes it is.

nope, close though

That's an average of about 71 per week so I would say that is pretty good week in and week out. 7000 miles in a year would just be insane unless you are riding a bike.

Running in the Rain wrote:

That's an average of about 71 per week so I would say that is pretty good week in and week out. 7000 miles in a year would just be insane unless you are riding a bike.

Sorry more like 77 per week

70-80 mpw is high milage for a non pro

for a pro distance runner, not so much

I am going to make 1,700 miles this year so I consider 4,000 high mileage.

Sophomore college runner who does 5k/10k and the occasional 3k indoors. Year total: ~4,600mi. Although I am one of the more consistent runners I know: other than the 1week I take off after each season, I only took 3 other days off in the past year. So yes, I would say 4K miles is high mileage for the runner not competing on a team and only training on his own for personal satisfaction.

4000M is a lot for a yearly total. That may average out to only about 75MPW, but assuming that you're taking the a down week once a month, a couple tapers for important races, and maybe a week or two off after each season, it'll add up. Last year, I ran just under 4000M and was running 100-110MPW during base and 85-95MPW in season. I took about 25 "0-days," mostly during a 3 week break in early June after track. So, for someone who runs about 340 days of the year, 4000M is really more like 80-85MPW average, which isn't bad including tapers.

OnPoint - I'd say that's pretty close to what my year looked like.

- I ran a marathon, which obviously includes a taper and some down time.

- I had numerous OFF days, scheduled and non-scheduled.

- 3-5 goal races with another 7-10 tune ups.

- I had 10-15 weeks at 100+ miles (not all consecutively).

If I had ran 77 miles week in and week out, I'd say this is not considered high mileage. But the fact that I had a full racing schedule with taper/down time/etc, then I'd consider 4,000 high mileage for a non-professional runner.

What was everyone else's yearly total for 2011?

Just completed 14 miles today that put me over 2500 miles for the year, which was my goal:

- an hour a day was my baseline, never doubled

- 3 marathons; taper before each, ~10 days off after each, scattered sick days and/or ice storms led to 62 days off (18 days on stationary bike = 44 days of 0 exercise)

-~50 miles per week

I'm happy. As much as I would like to, I will never hit 4000 in one year - not enough hours in te hday for a father.

20:11 is kinda slow for a 4k

That's not quite "high mileage" by LR standards, but impressive none the less. If I had to guess, I'd say about 100 mile weeks begins to get into the lower range of "high mileage". One critical stat is missing however: the average PACE you ran those miles. The total miles tell only half the story.

Lets wrote:

What was everyone else's yearly total for 2011?

By Saturday, I should have roughly 2100 miles for the year. That's on 6 days a week. Some weeks might have been 5 or less due to sickness, niggles, marathon recovery and/or life. This was the first year I've actually counted, thanks to Daily Mile. I know I've run more in the past, but I've also run much less other years I was injured. I'm pretty happy with being mostly healthy this year. Of course I hope to raise the number in 2012.

I ran an average pace of 5:47 pace and overtrained my ass off.

Seriously though, I don't think average pace tells that much. I ran easy miles, hard miles, tempos, intervals, 8:40 pace, 5:20 pace, and everything in btwn. What does the average really tell you? If I had to guess it was probably between 7:00 and 7:30 avg pace, but I'm definitely not taking the time to calculate that stat.

I ask about the average as some will just jog the miles and get little out of them. Their reported 4000 miles per year at 10 min pace represents infinitely less fitness than what you are doing.

4000 is pretty good. Whether its high or not is semantics. If you're asking if you should run more in 2012 go for it if you held up well this year.

Or your name is Anton Krupicka. That guy has logged some crazy miles in the past.