Longest you have sustained 100mpw

I ran over 100 miles per week for about five years straight. Earlier, I had average over 100 for four years, then dropped it down for a few years, only to ramp it back up over 100 for five more years straight.

If Tom Fleming were to respond to this thread, I think we'd see some crazy answer. Or Jack Foster (RIP!) . . .

I hit 100 mpw and kept it going for about 10 days. Legs were fatigued naturally but I felt good otherwise. The stairs at work kicked my ass that week, I remember that.

Greg Hill wrote:

If Tom Fleming were to respond to this thread, I think we'd see some crazy answer. . . .

Tom Fleming:

"My biggest training weeks ever were two 200-mile weeks that Bill Rodgers and I did together – one week at his place and one week at my place. We either did two 15-mile runs or three 10-mile runs each day. Both times it was disastrous as it was way too much running and whether we did two 15-milers or three 10-milers it didn’t work. All we were doing was eating, sleeping and running and we both agreed it was too much. I found that my best high mileage weeks were around 160 miles. I would run 150 to 160 miles a week for about five weeks when I was getting ready for the Boston Marathon. It felt pretty easy, but 200 miles a week was insane. There just wasn’t enough time to recover and we couldn’t eat enough food to nourish our bodies."

I ran doubles 6 days a week and once on Sundays. I did tripled once, ran 175 miles and went into a prolonged down swing.

Igy

52 weeks, went from 18:30 5k down to 16:10 - all easy running except for road races.

Just did it for fun and curiosity.

vampgaze wrote:

what are you PRs? maybe a personal question, but i've always been curious since you seem to have a lot of very good training information

Ha. By Letsrun standards I was a hobby jogger.

2:05, 4:27, 9:32 in HS, Indiana All-State XC and track (mid 90s)

Didn't run very successfully in college.

Post college: 15:43, 32:08, 48:54 (15k), 1:09:40 (half), 2:32:50 (marathon).

I was skinny but never "runner skinny", 5'6" 140-43lbs.

Alan

About 5 weeks in the summers of 78 and 79. In 79 I just wanted to test to see how much I could do and did one week of 131. I did not get injured from any of those miles and brought the miles down because CC season was starting each year. As for those that question the obsession with the number 100 it was just another way to keep motivated. It wasn’t the only number; hitting X number of 400’s, having to get at least one mile under X time were all motivational. As for running how I felt. I sucked then and I suck now at knowing that. With about 100% injury rate I’d say quite a few of us are not good at knowing our bodies.

in flats right?

PsaltyDog wrote:

5 weeks.

I stopped because I got violently ill after an 18 miler in 90 degree heat. I threw up 10 times in the next 24 hours and had to take the next few days a bit easier. The throwing up was the worst. I couldn't eat or drink anything. I couldn't stand up straight without my stomach cramping painfully. Dropped 12 pounds because I had absolutely nothing in me.

Maintained 70s mpw for a few months after that, before I had a freak hip injury sideline me for 6 weeks.

You sound like a bit of a wimp.

DukeRaoul wrote:

Why is letsrun obsessed with 100 mile weeks? Seriously, I want to know.

Chasing mileage is how you get injured all in the name of chasing some stupid and insignificant streak.

The race results don't show how many consecutive weeks training you have had over 100 mpw.

Why are you obsessed with 2:35 marathons? Seriously, I want to know.

Chasing times is how you get injured all in the name of chasing some stupid and insignificant number.

Look, unless you are earning a living (or a scholarship) in this sport, the point, the ONLY point, is to enjoy it. If you think otherwise, you are deluding yourself with the false grandiosity typical of current generations.

Enjoying it can be whatever that means to you. Maybe you enjoy trying to break 2:35. Maybe someone else enjoys trying to run 100+ miles per week. Maybe I enjoy racing every weekend, even if I don't run the fastest time I could.

Why the eff do you care what someone else takes pride in, compared with you?

huhuhuh wrote:

in flats right?

Maybe. Tiger/Nike Corsair/Cortez, Tiger Boston, Tiger Montreal, Nike Roadrunner, a few others that I've forgotten. You can call them what you want.

0.25 days

no h streets?

what you on now a days (current production)?

no h streets?what you on now a days (current production)?Read more: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6794706&page=1#ixzz3oZM1WNzw

HRE wrote:

huhuhuh wrote:

in flats right?

Maybe. Tiger/Nike Corsair/Cortez, Tiger Boston, Tiger Montreal, Nike Roadrunner, a few others that I've forgotten. You can call them what you want.

huhuhu wrote:

no h streets?

what you on now a days (current production)?

Puma and adidas were too expensive for me then. I don't even know if the H Streets were around. These days I'm in Asics Piranhas a lot of the time and the Saucony A5 Grid and occasionally the New Balance Road Minimus.

whenever you sign your name "alan" i think of alan webb in the top photo on this article:http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250990-The-2014-NYRR-Millrose-Games/article/24459-Vigilante-reflects-on-Webbs-career#.Vh6vQPlVhBci know you're not him, but in my mind....you are(explosion)

Runningart2004 wrote:

I averaged 93 miles a week in 2005. That included two 6 week spans where I tapered and recovered from two marathons. So I would say 9 out of 12 months averaged over 100 a week including a 500 mile February and a high of 140 miles in a week. I never got hurt running higher mileage.

Alan

The more important question: How much money were you spending on food and shoes and any other running related supplies while running 100 mpw for X weeks? I'd imagine high mileage running is expensive!

Runningart2004 wrote:

vampgaze wrote:

what are you PRs? maybe a personal question, but i've always been curious since you seem to have a lot of very good training information

Ha. By Letsrun standards I was a hobby jogger.

Alan

Most peolpe on Letsrun are hobbyjoggers.

I always kept my shoes for far longer than necessary. Eventually I realized that shoes simply get in the way of a natural running stride and their only purpose is to protect you from the road. I did all of my training in flats. Typically what I would call "marathon flats". With the really light nothing there flats my feet would be sore. I trained in old school Nike Waffle Racers, Brooks T4 Racers, etc. I would wear them until the black outsole was worn off at an angle. Midsole foam loses 75% of its effectiveness after approx 100 miles then starts to level off to 90% through 300 miles. I would put a good 1000 miles on a pair of shoes.

Ali rice and chicken is cheap. That was 90% of my diet lol.

Alan