What do most of the best high school runners in the nation do for summer mileage. My teammate that went 14:52 (5K.) did 700 miles? What would I expect out of Cerake, Haney, De La Rosa, etc...?
What do most of the best high school runners in the nation do for summer mileage. My teammate that went 14:52 (5K.) did 700 miles? What would I expect out of Cerake, Haney, De La Rosa, etc...?
usually 80-90 mpw, but it really all depends
there are HS elites that run 60 mpw and some that run 100
according to an article I read once, they interviewed all the athletes at Footlocker Cross Country Nationals a few years ago. The average for girls was 40-50(or was it 50-60?) mpw, with a high amount of them doing swimming and a couple doing biking as an extra aerobic stimulus without pounding on legs.
For boys it was anywhere from 60-80 mpw with little to no cross training, the few that cross trained lifted weights.
That help?
xcrunner1949 wrote:
What do most of the best high school runners in the nation do for summer mileage. My teammate that went 14:52 (5K.) did 700 miles? What would I expect out of Cerake, Haney, De La Rosa, etc...?
I'm sure De La Rosa easily does more than 1000 summer miles. The other two I don't know.
Depends how long your summer is. 1000 is a lot easier with a 12 week summer. It only makes sense to talk about miles per week. Most high school boys build up to 60-80 miles a week. Some run less, a few run more.