My men's college team runs 100 mpw, the women do 60, tops. From what I've heard this is the status quo at a lot of universities.
What gives?
My men's college team runs 100 mpw, the women do 60, tops. From what I've heard this is the status quo at a lot of universities.
What gives?
10k
6k
doo doo wrote:
10k
6k
So milers only need 16 mpw?
That's a pretty big discrepancy, but in general:
* Women are slower than men
* That means in the same amount of time they cover less distance
* 100 mile weeks are generally more stressful for slower people because they have to spend more time on their feet to cover 100 miles
* So 100 mile weeks are generally more stressful for men than they are for women
I don't think the discrepancy should be 60:100 though. Maybe like 85:100.
xenonscreams wrote:
That's a pretty big discrepancy, but in general:
* Women are slower than men
* That means in the same amount of time they cover less distance
* 100 mile weeks are generally more stressful for slower people because they have to spend more time on their feet to cover 100 miles
* So 100 mile weeks are generally more stressful for men than they are for women
I don't think the discrepancy should be 60:100 though. Maybe like 85:100.
Oops, I meant to say:
* So 100 mile weeks are generally more stressful for women than they are for men
Sorry for the blatant error.
crazy raisin wrote:
doo doo wrote:10k
6k
So milers only need 16 mpw?
Only if they are pussies.
I was kidding.
I agree with the 85:100 ratio.
(1) Testosterone
(2) Recovery ability
But in middle distances, you have a bit different situation. The glycolytic system runs out of power after 40 seconds of maximum effort, and after that you need aerobic support. Because of that and since women take ~10% longer time to cover the distance, females in particularly 400 but also 800 require more aerobic support than men. This CAN mean that for these events, women might need MORE mileage than men.
Does Rowbury do more mileage than Manzano? Could be.
coach d wrote:
(1) Testosterone
(2) Recovery ability
But in middle distances, you have a bit different situation. The glycolytic system runs out of power after 40 seconds of maximum effort, and after that you need aerobic support. Because of that and since women take ~10% longer time to cover the distance, females in particularly 400 but also 800 require more aerobic support than men. This CAN mean that for these events, women might need MORE mileage than men.
Does Rowbury do more mileage than Manzano? Could be.
Actually they would need the same amount of mileage by your logic, because they would be running their mileage 10% slower as well.