0 to 100 miles in one week. Advice?

Doubles. Very easy doubles.

Lots of sleep.

step 1: just DON'T.

100mi for one week?! - lol don't be a p*ssy - seriously

You aren't going to be running 100 miles in a week but you have a good chance at jogging 100 miles in a week.

I would start slow with a 10 mile jog the first day. After that jog 6 miles in the morning and another 9 miles at night. Shoot for 9 minute pace and you should have no problem finishing.

two 7 mile runs every day @ an easy pace.

2x7 = 14 miles a day X 7 = 98, so just try and fit 2 more miles somewhere in there.

Uh, don't do it. I was going to post a f***ing stupid response but this is kind of serious. you can get seriously injured going from 0 to 100, or a little better sounding, 40mpw sporadically to 100mpw for one week. it takes YEARS to develop the microscopic changes of the capillary beds, mitochondria, tendon strength, muscle strength, etc to run that much. how will you have time if you have a job or something too? its a f***ing stupid idea and plese dont try it. i warned you

You likely will have trouble walking normal after the first day. If you are somehow able to make it through two days, you likely won't be able to make it through 3 without injury or exhaustion.

This idea sounds about as intelligent as stepping out in front of a moving vehicle and seeing how few bones you can break.

My suggestion is do it and then come back here in 6 months and let us know how your ITBS, Plantar foot, hip issues and tendonitis is doing.

My guess is you will not complete this and if you do you will be sore as hell.

I'm also guessing you are probably lieing about this entire circumstance just out of pure boredom.

Just walk for two days and be done with it.

I've done it many times. It's no big deal. Like the man said-doubles, easy and rest.

You have ultra runners doing a sporadic 20-40 mpw who go out and run 100 miles in one shot. You all really think this guy can't do this?

2 x 7 mile run per day. Take it one 7 mile run at a time. Don't look forward and don't look back. Lots of food and sleep.

Years smears. We're Americans and want 100 miles right now, not when we're grandpas. Success = instant gratification. A quick update for anyone still reading this. Idiot #1(one with patella pain) trotted 6 this morning and whined about a baby blister. He just got back from his second run and already has doubts about completing it. He said he "feels like he got hit by a truck." Myself, my running week starts tomorrow so I don't have anything to say. We also convinced a 3rd guy to do this as well. He has not started as of this post, but decided that he will start tonight. 14 miles in the dark during a midwest winter is a beach though so we'll see.

This is a bad idea.

But if you're serious about covering 100 miles this week, you're going to have to walk the vast majority of them. It doesn't matter if you run 7 minute pace... 8 minute pace... 10 minute pace, you will be sore after the first day, if you're being truthful about having been doing 0 mpw lately.

You have to avoid fatigue and soreness like the plague because once it sets in - and it will set in, even shuffling along - you'll be screwed. Thus, you'll need to walk. Pick an 8 mile loop and do it twice a day and figure on each trip taking 2 hours. So before you start, you'll have to ask yourself if this idea is worth walk/jogging about 3.5 hours per day for a week?

While you may be able to do it, you'll wind up injured. I guarantee it. I went from 20 to 50mpw and lost 4-5 months of running.

I've gone from 20 miles one week to 100 the next than to about 115 the next.

It's going to be very doable but just realize your legs are going to be rocked and sore after the first few days.

Go slow and stay on soft surface.

I'm not sure why some of the people on here are talking about this like it's some impossible task or something. It's not a big deal unless you are severally injury prone/have glass legs.

I would recommend triples. Three easy 5 mile runs each day. On the last day only do two. Obviously you don't want to be dealing with work/school that week.

I've also gone from 20 miles one week to 100 the next. It wasn't hard, but I think there is a key difference here. In my case, I had finished the track season, and took the better part of a month off before I jumped right into summer base. So I had a few down/off weeks and jumped back up to 100 - 140 mpw. This guy has taken the better part of several YEARS off. Plus he has never done 100 to begin with.

Dontdoitjdsj wrote:

While you may be able to do it, you'll wind up injured. I guarantee it.

You what?

LOL