High mileage for a mid distance runners?

possible answer wrote:

come on, guys. that´s almost comical: "step up from 35miles to 130miles! do it like ovett! we all can do so!"

Do you always read stuff and then say the writer said something different? If so, I imagine you have a very manual job, if indeed you're employed

What's your 100, 200 and 400 times while running low mileage.

When you could run a 4:20 mile was 6 @ 6:30 not easy? Ever focus on the

speeds between 4:20 and 6:30, like 4 times a mile @ 5:10 with x recovery?

Breathtaking insight.

when I ran 4:20 I never attempted to go 6:30 pace on my runs. I was always around 7-7:20 pace

thisbro wrote:

That being said, you express a desire to increase both your 800 and mile time, which within one season could be challenging. If you focus on increasing your mileage this winter, keep that the same (or less) during outdoor and then add in the speed work necessary for decreasing your 800 time.

They are adjacent events. It should not be challenging to improve both of them in the same season.

I have very very similar PBs as the OP on about the same mileage. My easy pace for recovery runs tend to be right around 7:00. If I'm feeling good and looking to get working a little harder on the run it'll drop to around 6:30...which isn't "hard" necessarily, but I'm putting in some work....a good moderate pace. for mileage I've been on the low side for the past couple years due to shin troubles...around 35-40 like OP is at now. I've been healthy for about a year and am hoping to put in consistent 50 mile weeks after a xc averaging above that. will most likely be doubling a few days. hoping to get as close to 2:25 1k and 3:49 1500 as I can

Alberto Salazar has said most people run too slowly on their easy days, and that one of the biggest changes Mo made when he joined the NOP (and Cam Levins too) is that they have started to run much faster on their easy days. Sub 6 minute pace.

Alberto said Mary Cain was running 6:30 pace on her easy runs before joining the NOP, which was faster than Cam & Mo were running on most of their easy runs.

He has said that as long as your workouts don't suffer, you'll be fine running faster on your easy days, though tired, but eventually you'll break through to a new level of fitness.

You must get in a 60-mile run before you can be considered a contender like the King. It is akin to the holy grail.

I am a Mid-Distance runner at the D1 level and i managed to run 1:52 with about 30-35 miles of base training at then 25-30 miles during racing. I was consistent around 1:52 and high 48s. But i also ran a 4:12 1500m which is awful. So it’s really about what you want to be best at and how you wanna train. We have high intensity and little bulk mileage.