I ran 17:59 off football practices and a 5k XC meet per week. My summer base was 10-15 mpw in the summer. My long run was 3.5 miles. My winter training was basketball and spring track was 15 mpw alternating between 4 miles easy and 8x400 workouts. I ran 4:38 for 1600m. Between FB/BB that's a lot of 5-10 second sprints accumulating over a season.
Two years later, I was hitting 16:40 on 40 mpw.
Fifteen years later, I now run high 15:xx for 5k and high 4:20s for the mile.
Realism wrote:
Edward Teach wrote:typical? prob around 60 miles a week. Typical might not get you to your goals though. Its also typical mileage for a hs'er running 18 minutes.
a HS boy running 18:00 off 60mpw is very untalented
Haha that was me junior year
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observerer wrote:
Realism wrote:a HS boy running 18:00 off 60mpw is very untalented
Haha that was me junior year
Kudos to you for keeping dedication while going up to that sort of mileage... I'd be demoralized if I couldn't break 18:00 with 30-40 mpw
A smidge off topic but what type of summer mileage would be comparable for a MS (incoming 8th grade) girl? There are some phenoms that can handle high mileage or have been running for several years, but what type of distance and number of days per week is more typical for a decent (sub 6:00 mile) 8th grader to be with a year of scholastic running behind her? I can't see her getting over 15 miles a week this summer so when does the big jump to actually 50 occur?
J.E.M. wrote:
A smidge off topic but what type of summer mileage would be comparable for a MS (incoming 8th grade) girl? There are some phenoms that can handle high mileage or have been running for several years, but what type of distance and number of days per week is more typical for a decent (sub 6:00 mile) 8th grader to be with a year of scholastic running behind her? I can't see her getting over 15 miles a week this summer so when does the big jump to actually 50 occur?
Seeing as your daughter is a good runner, if she keeps up the good work and goes to a well-coached HS program 50mpw might happen sometime during her junior year. There should be no "big jump" in mileage, steady progression is important for long term development. As an 8th grade girl I wouldn't have her running more than 4-5 days per week for max of 15-20mpw
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