How many mpw did you run in HS and what were your PRs?

I did around 60 in the off season and 40 during track and xc.

429

952

1228 xc 2.5 mile

50-60 in season

70-80 off season

4:28/9:32

Alan

Seems like I've seen this exact thread before. Anyway, I think you should do more than most teenagers. For me:

65-70

33:25 10k

2:64 M

35-40 mpw

800: 1:57

Mile: 4:25

Maybe five. Probably not that many as a rule unless we had more than one meet in the week. And I was never timed. Our coach only timed the top 2 or 3 of our guys in a race. I managed to figure out that I never ran any distance including the 880 at better than 6:00 mile pace but I had to do a lot of extrapolating to do it.

HRE wrote:

Maybe five. Probably not that many as a rule unless we had more than one meet in the week. And I was never timed. Our coach only timed the top 2 or 3 of our guys in a race. I managed to figure out that I never ran any distance including the 880 at better than 6:00 mile pace but I had to do a lot of extrapolating to do it.

wat

I'm pretty sure that 90%+ of the high school kids I coach don't have a clue what they are running for mileage. They ALWAYS figure way higher than what it really is.

Wait, wait..... wrote:

Anyway, I think you should do more than most teenagers.

Agreed. I wish I'd done 70-75 in HS.

I ran 4:28 off 45 mpw.

16:05 5k off 60 mpw.

I think I could have run 4:12 and 14:20 if I'd trained properly earlier in life.

15-25 mpw for XC and track all four years:

16:32 XC

10:06

4:29

1:57 (relay)

53 (relay)

Freshman: 25ish ? I remember doing 35 miles and thinkinng it was a ton

2:13, 4:23, 9:30 for 800, 1500, 3000m

Sophomore: 40ish (Iron deficiency)

2:10, 4:30, 10:10

Junior: 50ish in the offseason and 45ish during the season

2:06, 4:18, 9:18

Senior: 60ish offseason and 50 during the season

2:02, 4:06, 8:43

Bobby5457 wrote:

For me:

40 mpw freshman year

4:41 mile PR

50 mpw soph

4:32 mile

60 mpw jr

4:30 mile

70 mpw senior

4:19 mile

Freshman

15-20mpw, in season only

800-2:21

1600-5:13

3200-11:28

Sophomore

15-20mpw, in season only

1600-5:06

3200-11:16

Junior

25-30mpw- finally started running in the off season

800-2:11

1600-4:41

3200-10:44

Senior

30-40mpw, ran year round

800-2:04

1600-4:35

3200-9:58

Never did more than 25 miles a week and ended up with:

51 400

2:00 800

4:39 mile

10:18 2 mile

17:25 5k

10-15 mpw

Pre internet age. Played four sports year round and lived on a farm. High school track coach was my head football coach. No other distance runners on the team. Moved up to the 1600 my senior year and did the 3200 twice.

800m 2:00.8x

1600m 4:33.9x

3200m 10:02:xx

Iowa800 wrote:

10-15 mpw

Pre internet age. Played four sports year round and lived on a farm. High school track coach was my head football coach. No other distance runners on the team. Moved up to the 1600 my senior year and did the 3200 twice.

800m 2:00.8x

1600m 4:33.9x

3200m 10:02:xx

This was me lol. No XC in the fall, busy quarterbacking the football team. Maybe went on an extended "run" (30min of continuous running) once or twice per week. I only ran distance my senior year when I realized I would never qualify for state in the LJ or 300IH.

50 split on the 4x4

202 800m

444 1600m

1012 3200m

The following January I opened up indoor TF running 425/850 for mile/3K. Amazing what a fall of college XC did for me!

FR 20 mpw

2:14, 5:03, 11:20

SO 30 mpw

2:12, 4:43, 10:37

Jr 40 mpw

2:02, 4:29, 10:03

Sr 55 mpw

1:55, 4:19, 9:31

A 10 miles per week increase each summer from freshmen to senior year, topping out at 80 miles per week the summer between my junior/senior year. Usually around 50-65 mow during season.

800: 1:59

1600: 4:20

2 mile: 9:11(indoor, got injured and didn't run as fast outdoor)

5k XC: 14:35

I run about 9mpw and have ran a 53.72(h) 400m and a 2:07.62 800m.

These threads

30-35 mpw

2:02

4:27

9:41

16:12