gbrunner wrote:
no worries,
i just thought it would be interesting to see if others had been as idiotic as i was! how about yourself?
I think you just wanted to tell people how fast you were. Lame thread. Everybody has had some crazy training weeks. It's not a big deal.
My season consisted of a bunch of 3k-10k events with 1 half marathon at the end. And yes, I purposely made this workout week this hard just to impress people.
Monday AM: 10x200m hill sprints PM: 12 miles @ 7 minute pace
Tuesday AM: 15 miles @ 7:30 pace PM: 8x1600m @ 5:10 pace
Wednesday AM: 12 miles @ 7:30 pace PM: 9 miles @ 7 minute pace
Thursday AM: 15 miles @ 7 minute pace PM: 12 miles @ 5:35 pace
Friday AM: 9 miles @ 7:30 pace PM: 12 miles @ 7 minute pace
Saturday AM: 12x800m @ 4:30 pace PM: 12 miles @ 7:30 pace
Sunday AM: 18 miles @ 7:30 pace PM: rest
144 miles per week
Day 1: 26 miles, 21 beers
Day 2: 15 miles, 23 beers
Day 3: 45 miles, 38 beers
Day 4: 14 miles, 18 beers
total 100 miles, 100 beers
Fast Guy wrote:
Day 1: 26 miles, 21 beers
Day 2: 15 miles, 23 beers
Day 3: 45 miles, 38 beers
Day 4: 14 miles, 18 beers
total 100 miles, 100 beers
Day 1: 16 miles, 19 beers
Day 2: 12 miles, 12 beers
Day 3: 2 miles, 9 beers
Day 4: 15 beers
mountainrunner21 wrote:
i beat all of the american guys, any coaches out there want to give me some scholarship money?! seriously!
Post again, and leave your email (in the appropriate blank) this time. That is, if you're truly serious.
American coaches (who might consider giving you a scholarship) are certainly not going to post a response on this thread, but they might email you.
Fast Guy wrote:
Day 1: 26 miles, 21 beers
Day 2: 15 miles, 23 beers
Day 3: 45 miles, 38 beers
Day 4: 14 miles, 18 beers
total 100 miles, 100 beers
^ this
Before my soph year in high school I was still playing basketball and attended a basketall camp during the summer. In a seven day period, I played 3 pony league baseball games, attended the camp and ran 85 miles. I would sneak off the college campus and run 10-12 miles in the afternoon between sessions and games.
just message me on facebook or add me, pretty obvious who i am if you look at the results
Mine seems downright tame compared to some of the weeks posted here, but why not. This was in preparation for a 2:48 marathon.
Monday: 23.5 miles at 6:54 pace, 5:59 last mile
Tuesday: 10.5 miles
Wednesday: 16 miles with 10 miles at 6:10 pace
Thursday: 4.1 miles am/8.4 miles pm
Friday: 12 miles with 2x 3 miles at 5:59 pace
Saturday: 5.5 miles am/7 miles pm
Sunday: 16 miles
Total: 103. Not the highest I've ever done, but definitely the most taxing in terms of mileage and workouts. I remember feeling pretty darn terrible on the 16-miler.
malmo wrote:Of course not. Even at my best I couldn't have handled a week like that, not even close -- and I was known to be able to handle pretty much anything.
Malmo, I tend to believe him for a few reasons:
(1) I never underestimate stupidity, especially when it comes to runners and training. In the words of Konrad Adenauer, "In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity."
(2) I knew a couple of guys who tried similar schedules in the late 70s and early 80s. They also disappeared from the sport.
(3) Finally, I believe because of his last paragraph, with emphasis added:
this stupid schedule carried on for another three weeks, the mileage there hitting 181, 186 and 173. i felt tired all the time, caused obviously by the training but also because I worked 6 days a week in a slate mine. I got ill in the 4th week so the mileage was "only" 101, week 5 i developed bronchitis meaning only 58, week 6 51, week 7 back up to 137. week 8 i got the flu but still had to go to work, i ran just 9 miles this week, then only 22 in week 9. the final two weeks were 43 and 76. i had a disaster in the marathon, setting off at 2.11 pace, ended up running 2.23.39. needless to say I went back to being coached by my dad after this , and got a new job as a gardener, 5 days a week. ran a decent track season, running 3.49.1 1500m (this was always my best event, should have stuck to it), 8.07.8 3k, 13.53.1 5k and a 29.33.8 10k. I can honestly say this marathon training cycle screwed up m ability to run past 20 minutes without immense fatigue. to this day I regret doing it.
Yep. That's exactly what I'd expect to happen were someone to attempt that schedule.
college teammate:
200+mpw for 8 consecutive weeks
8060 total miles in a year
2:15 marathon
ran from his home to our apartment one Saturday = 20 miles talked with us for about 10 min and said "well I better get goin" and left for home = 40 miles. and there's other insane stuff. I'm pretty confidant he ran 20 miles the next day and day after and ...
same guy ran a 30+ run with another teammate and timed their marathon on the way @ 2:27. Other guy was a 2:17 marathoner and one of the earlier sub 9:00 two milers in HS (as a jr)
Told me he ran about 230 or 240 in a week a couple of times. Our interval work was most closely akin to a cross between Lydiard and Tabori but I'm too old to remember the specifics of most of em and I didn't keep a training log.
Biggest week for me:
Friday: 44 miles, 5000' climb.
Saturday: Off (was up all night Friday night helping a buddy with a race, so I rested on Saturday)
Sunday: 12 miles AM, 2500' climb. 14 miles PM, 500' climb.
Monday: 13 miles, 2000' climb.
Tuesday: 14 miles AM 2000' climb, 20 miles PM, 500' climb.
Wednesday: 22 miles AM, 500' climb, 3 miles PM, flat.
Thursday: 9 miles AM, 500' climb, 13 miles PM, 2000' climb.
Total: 164 miles, 15500' climb, with a day off.
college teammate:
200+mpw for 8 consecutive weeks
8060 total miles in a year
2:15 marathon
ran from his home to our apartment one Saturday = 20 miles talked with us for about 10 min and said "well I better get goin" and left for home = 40 miles. and there's other insane stuff. I'm pretty confidant he ran 20 miles the next day and day after and ...
same guy ran a 30+ run with another teammate and timed their marathon on the way @ 2:27. Other guy was a 2:17 marathoner and one of the earlier sub 9:00 two milers in HS (as a jr)
Told me he ran about 230 or 240 in a week a couple of times. Our interval work was most closely akin to a cross between Lydiard and Tabori but I'm too old to remember the specifics of most of em and I didn't keep a training log.
Biggest week for me:
Friday: 44 miles, 5000' climb.
Saturday: Off (was up all night Friday night helping a buddy with a race, so I rested on Saturday)
Sunday: 12 miles AM, 2500' climb. 14 miles PM, 500' climb.
Monday: 13 miles, 2000' climb.
Tuesday: 14 miles AM 2000' climb, 20 miles PM, 500' climb.
Wednesday: 22 miles AM, 500' climb, 3 miles PM, flat.
Thursday: 9 miles AM, 500' climb, 13 miles PM, 2000' climb.
Total: 164 miles, 15500' climb, with a day off.
This week finished 16 days before a 100 mile race I was doing. I tapered out after this, went to the race, and the mental aspect of the race was honestly easier than the mental aspect of this week, especially with that 20 miles on Tuesday right before bed and having to wake up at 5:30 on Wednesday for another 22. I literally had nightmares that night about having to get out of bed to go do yet another long run.
mountainrunner21 wrote:
a week leading up to the world mountain running champs this year (junior race) was this;
monday- am. 2 hours running in the mountains, from 1250m to 3600m and back down, after only coming to altitude the previous day. suffered with a bit of apoxia at the top
tuesday- am. cable car up to 2400m, then 20 minute w/u, 7 x 2 minutes uphill with jog down recovery, 20 minute w/d, cable car down pm. 30 minutes on trails at 1250m
wednesday- am. 1 hour 10 minutes from 1250m up to around 2000m, and back down pm. 30 minutes on trails at 1250m, then 10 x 15 second strides
thursday- am. 20 minute w/u, then fartlek of 10 x 1 minute with 1 minute recovery, 5 minutes easy, 5 x 3 minutes with 2 minute recovery, 5 minutes easy, 10 x 1 minute with 1 minute recovery, 20 minute w/d, all done on trails at 1250m pm. 30 minutes on the same trails as the morning
friday- am. 1 hour 10 minutes from 1250m up to 2100m and back down pm. 40 minutes on trails at 1250m, then 10 x 15 second uphill strides
saturday- am. 20 minute w/u, 3 x 3k on uphill mountain road (10.11, 9.55, 9.48), jogged back downhill each time, but cutting the switchbacks to limit recovery, 20 minute w/d pm. 30 minutes made up of 20 minutes uphill to next village, then 10 minutes downhill
sunday- am. travelled to italy pm. 20 minutes jogging
had a decent race, died a bit after 4km, was a slog to the finish. this isnt what i usually do, spent october-april not running very seriously, only 25-35 miles per week. then hit a 76 while on holiday in april and realised i had a big ability to jump up fast in mileage and not get hurt. i beat all of the american guys, any coaches out there want to give me some scholarship money?! seriously!
Coaches aren't going to care at all about the mountain running stuff.
Looks like your PRs are 9:26 and 4:20. These are good, but not great. Might get some scholarship money at some lower level D1 schools, or check out some D2 schools.
Probably not good enough for a full ride to a top 25 D1 school.
i know that, top 25 is out the question for the moment, im fully aware of how competitive distance running scholarships are at the moment. to be honest, i'd take just about anything, d1, d2, even d3. just desperate to run in the states!
Here is a week from my summer training log. I was a nordic ski racer, but did a lot of running in the summer. At the time I was 5' 7" and 210lbs. So even though I was lean, ( less than 10% body fat), I was pretty heavy.
Monday: 30 KM roller ski AM, PM 15 mile hill fartlek
Tuesday: 50 Mile bike ride, PM 10 mile run easy
Wednesday: 10 mile run easy, PM track ladder pace work 4 X ( 400, 800, 1600, 800, 400) 10K pace going up, faster than 10K pace going down. Rest 1:00 per 400 ran
Thursday: 50 KM roller ski AM, 50 mile bike PM
Friday: AM 50 mile bike, PM 10 mile easy
Saturday: 50 KM roller ski, 50 Mile bike
Sunday: 20 mile run
For all that running my times were pretty slow, (5 Mile 27:27, 10K 33:12, Half marathon 1:15:23) I tried a marathon but broke my foot during it, and never tried again. But put me on a pair of skinny skis where I could use my strength and I was competitive. (Not national team caliber but a consistent top 20-30 finisher in major competitions).
I also had to retire due to severe osteoarthritis at 21, so this type of schedule did not work out in the long run.
I quite simply refuse to believe that you did this training - or even any real training - let alone a 1:15 half! - while weighing 210 lbs at 5'7". At that size you would, clinically speaking, be considered obese. Even if it were all muscle it would be well-nigh impossible to run fast for long distances. Typo?
Yeah half was a typo, it was 1:19:xx, just under 1:20. I was nicknamed the incredible hulk in those days. And yes, my first sport was not nordic skiing but football. I blew out my knees and switched to that sport because it was fun, and I knew I was OK at it because I did that as winter conditioning. It was good strength training for football, and low impact so I could recover from football season.
Anyway, that training load was only a little more than normal for a NCAA division I Nordic ski racer in those days.
At the time I had 10% body fat.
i once hit 50 miles in a week in high school, it was nuts.
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