I am looking to run multiple 100 mile weeks in a row, I am 18 and going into my first year of university running. I have run 100 miles in a week twice, but they were not back-to-back. Will i get injured if I run multiple in a row? And are there signs I need to look for to avoid injury?
I pretty much went from 60 a week to 870 over 8 weeks like overnight. Just run and do the little things to stay healthy, like sleeping a lot, eating healthy, staying off your feet, etc.
And also, just train through it. You may experience a zombie week. You're just super tired all the time. Don't be a b**** and then once it passes you'll be glad you toughed it out.
agc5k wrote:
I pretty much went from 60 a week to 870 over 8 weeks like overnight. Just run and do the little things to stay healthy, like sleeping a lot, eating healthy, staying off your feet, etc.
And also, just train through it. You may experience a zombie week. You're just super tired all the time. Don't be a b**** and then once it passes you'll be glad you toughed it out.
Dont listen to this guy. Hes lucky he didnt seriously get injured because jumping mileage like that is the easiest way to get hurt.
If you want to hit 100 mile weeks you have to work your way up there. You may want to take the 3 weeks prior to when you want to do the 100 mpws as small increases. Ex: 85,90,95. If you rush into it you'll end up getting a serious injury.
No, you'll be fine. Here is a comprehensive list of signs to look out for to avoid injury:
*Pain
That's it.
100 miles a week is not extreme for an 18 year old. Good luck, and have fun!
Not to much if you can handle it mentally and/or physically.
It's like a pitcher in baseball.....some animals can go 8/9 innings.....others, while excellent, can't go more than 1 or 2 innings......"Capacity for work" Jumbo Elliot would have said.
Listen to your body and if it's getting very hard or you're feeling aching/pains then stop.
Ideally, one 100 mile week should be "easy" before you start trying to do multiple weeks at that volume back to back. Since you've only done a couple of them I doubt yours were easy.
In summation, that first poster was an idiot and don't listen. You probably shouldn't be trying to run back to back hundos at this point. You have a lot of years of running ahead of you, don't ruin your first collegiate XC season by being an idiot in the summer.
At least talk to your future college coach about it. He'll probably tell you to back off the mileage.
Thanks for all the support, I really appreciate the advice!
Not Cool Bro wrote:
Listen to your body and if it's getting very hard or you're feeling aching/pains then stop.
Ideally, one 100 mile week should be "easy" before you start trying to do multiple weeks at that volume back to back. Since you've only done a couple of them I doubt yours were easy.
Listen to your body. The key is the feel good, or reasonably good. If you are getting through the weeks but you feel like each run is a huge struggle, back off. You should feel tired if this is the first time you shoot for consistent 100mi weeks, but not to the point where the quality of the runs are severely suffering.
A good general rule is to follow the "Three weeks up, one week down" schedule. Three weeks at 100mi, One week at 20% down to recover and recharge. If you keep going 100mi/wk for 5+ weeks your first time, it may be digging you into an overtraining hole.