60 to 100mpw jump. Getinhere guys! OFFICIAL THREAD LOG

Doubling often depends how fast you take the runs. If you are going to do a 14 mile day you would either do 2x 7 milers at a average pace OR 1x 14 mile run at easy pace.

Why only go to 100mpw, go to 150 or you're a puss

juzkeepgrinden wrote:

Doubling often depends how fast you take the runs. If you are going to do a 14 mile day you would either do 2x 7 milers at a average pace OR 1x 14 mile run at easy pace.

Those aren't the only two opportunities. OP could do a 6-8, 5-9, 4-10, maybe a 12-2, 11-3, etc or three runs if too long of runs starts to hurt.

theres oodles amount of ways

Doubling often depends how fast you take the runs. If you are going to do a 14 mile day you would either do 2x 7 milers at a average pace OR 1x 14 mile run at easy pace.

Tried something similar in the past, going from 65mpw to 100mpw. Only speed was from hill sprints 2x a week. Managed to build up to ~85. Going over that became too difficult. Sometimes I would go out for a short 6 miler and would fail to reach recovery pace. Then the next day I would feel good and bang a 10+6 double at easy pace. And the next day it was recovery pace again. THat's when I decided to quit and drop back to 70-75. Took me a few weeks to be able to feel good to start speedwork again. I think I dodged a major overtraining bullet there.

You mentioned trying to keep turnover. Use strides. Abuse the strides. Tempos will be tougher than you think, based on my experience.

I tried going from 65 miles a week to 90 this past summer. I haven't run a step in 2 and a half months after developing high hamstring tendinopathy. Who knows how long I'll be out......be careful, I have learned the hard way not to jump up so fast in mileage. Of course I am also 37 now so I am no spring chicken anymore. Just be careful and listen closely to your body - means be willing to back off the mileage if you feel any injuries coming on. Looking back the warning signs were there for my hamstring injury - very tight and sore much of the time. I should have backed off, gotten a massage, and addressed the underlying cause to my symptoms. Instead I ignored them and pushed forward. After about 2 months of that I was a hobbling mess and missed my marathon.

I will regularly check this thread, please update your running log here in the following months man.

I jumped from around 70mpw all summer to closer to 85/90 since, with 5 of those weeks being 100+, which I'm trying to maintain. You will be tired and probably get some aches and pains that will deserve some backing off - I would listen to those.

I have to say though, I don't think you'll do it. If you' need to double 4 days a week to hit 60 and you aren't already doing a long run, then you are set up for failure. You need to work up to a 14 mile long run, and think you could hit 100 miles a week right away? I just don't see someone running 100 mpw and finding it necessary to build up to a 14 miler...

Add in a 16-18 mile long run. Once that feels easy, build up the mileage with doubles, then add in the workouts.That's just my opinion though, I'd like to see you succeed.

this week

Monday 8 mile jogging 7.30 pace average 1 hr (8)

Tuesday 1mile jog + 10 mile 67 mins + 1 min jog (12)

wednesday 11 miles jogging average 7.30 pace (11)

Thursday 13.1 mile continuous run with 8 x 800m steep hils 1h39 600m asscent

Friday planned (6) jogging

Sat planned 6 easy am and 10 steady pm

Sunday 16 mile progression run with group start 7min end 6.20ish

Total 82 miles its a fair old slog and i think im still a bit of the 100mile but im sure i will get there in a few weeks if i cut back on the heavy hill session and progression run for a few weeks. Recon i can only do it with doubles though.

good luck and wish me luck

Good luck to you bro

You have opened my eyes. I won't just jump to 100 miles per week from 50. I AM doubling on 50 but that is because I am simply utilizing one of the three ways to get more FIT

F - Frequency

I - Intensity

T - Time

Frequency I find is the most convenient to me and best choice for reducing injury. If I go intense too often or too long of runs i find I run the risk of getting injured much much greater

Heres my plan:

This week: 50-55 miles

Next week: 55-60 miles,

Thanksgiving week: 60-70 miles

And I will see each week how my legs are doing. I have minor soreness in my shins right now, put in an 11 mile day yesterday. So obviously if I were to jump straight to 14 I'd end up getting injured pretty quickly.

Stay tuned!

You've already missed the point.It's not about mileage, it's about TIME.How many hours a week will you be running?Why are Americans so focused on how far when all of the best runners in the world focus on TIME.

BECAUSE, more miles = more time. You are clueless.

57 miles this week

Next week I am going to try for 60-65 miles and get out of my comfort zone of 50-55 miles

I think the month of December is when this sh** will go down

You're gonna get a stress fracture. Already pain in shins

I thought the point of the thread is to jump up to 100 miles? Why mess around with 60? Just do it already.

Jayz wrote:

You're gonna get a stress fracture. Already pain in shins

It has been gone. No stress fractures LOL

dial it up wrote:

I thought the point of the thread is to jump up to 100 miles? Why mess around with 60? Just do it already.

Because don't want to get injured. Thought about it a little. I will still jump from 60-70 miles to 100 starting December. thats not a big enough risk for you?

What is this obsession with 100mpw that everyone has? It is a number nothing more nothing less

why wrote:

What is this obsession with 100mpw that everyone has? It is a number nothing more nothing less

100 is the magic number. all the pros do it. some people like u with that attitude just aren't meant to be good. thats okay

reed wrote:

while you're still under 70 mpw, stop doubling. if you're doing 3-4 doubles at 60 mpw that means you're doing just 6 mile runs on average. no bueno

start singling, making your easy run progress to 10-12 miles. then once you're over 75-80 mpw, it becomes easier to handle a 6 mile morning jog followed by an 8 mile afternoon run.

Different things work for different people. The above may work for "reed."

However, it is precisely wrong for a whole lot of other people, some of whom have run doubles at 50mpw or less and seen major improvements.