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

About 40 miles a week with a 9 mile Sunday long run during track. Closer to 60-70 mph during summer and XC with some two a days

52 split

1:59

4:26 mile

9:49 3200

10mpw track season

1:55, 4:00 (1500)

20mpw xc season

16:30 5k

fr

218

451

1030

so

212 40-50mpw

438

958

jr

210 60-70mpw

432

932

sr

204 80-90mpw upwards of 100 singles

427

923

Middle94 wrote:

10mpw track season

1:55, 4:00 (1500)

20mpw xc season

16:30 5k

That's amazing off 10 mpw. What did you do in college? I'd imagine you went well under 3:40 in the 1500 with typical college training.

I probably averaged 45-60 mpw in season, 60-80 mpw in Summer when I was actually training. Sophomore year fractured foot and missed track season. Junior year had a decent xc season, then got the dreaded "loss of control" syndrome in my left leg, causing me to miss indoor and outdoor. Was never quite the same again after that, but it improved enough to allow me to train and race senior year. Went 2:08 800, 4:32 1600, 9:47 3200.

45 mpw in season

55 mpw in summer

4:10 mile

9:06 2-mile

With all due respect, your mile/two mile are so much better than

your half. Maybe you hardly ran the half?

Bruce

2:01, 4:34, 10:00, off of about 25 mpw......

50mpw in xc - 1655

20-30mpw in track

51

155

439

159' javelin, 6' high jump too

30-35

800-1:57

mile-4:20

2mile-9:30

I for the bus to get to school. probably 100 meters a day 5 days a week. so 500 meters a week.

in gym class I ran the mile in 3:42. something like that. I quit running because was too good at it and I stopped running for the bus and stsrted being late for ny high school classes and eventually got expelled. started gettimg private classes at home vut that didnt work out so now i do 't have much of an education and. o job a d live off food stamps

Freshman 25 mpw

57, 2:13, 4:59, 10:52 ,18:15xc 16:54 track

Sophomore 35-40 mpw(50 mpw in summer)

57, 2:16 4:39, 10:17(20 min after a 4:40), 16:51

Junior 45-50 mpw(65 mpw in summer)

57, 2:07, 4:33, 9:58, 16;06

senior 45-65 mpw (60-80 mpw in summer)

51, 2:03, 4:31, 9:49, 15:51

Goodkidmaadcity wrote:

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!

How did the rest of your college career go?

Toasted wrote:

Yeah ok

Not Fast Enough 4 the Olympics wrote:

45-60mpw

50.1 400m

1:53 800m

4:10 1600m

4:12 Mile

8:23 3000m

8:58 3200m

14:49 5k Cross

Problem? I can assure you that my HS times are real. I don't want to give away too many details so I am outed on this board, but I also had a successful college career that included earning 8 All American certificates including 2 top 3 finishes in the 10k, 2 top 3 finishes in the 5k, and a top 5 CC finish to name a few. By the way, I am not even in the top 3 as far as best runner that my HS has produced.

Why does everyone run so many miles.

I've done 30-40 miles per week all high school so far and I've run 4:18 so far i'm a junior this year and already feeling faster. I ran 4:40 as a freshmen. So what the heck

Six miles a week

800: 1:51.33

400: 49.1

Anchored 4x1 and 4x4 relay teams

Adjusting to running 40 mpw in college wasn't easy.

30-40 miles per week

4:20 1600m

8:39 3k

9:20 3200

15:13 5k track

Always injured had 18 weeks of training and achieved these times.

Me

20 mpw freshman year

452 mile

30 mpw sophomore year

440 mile / 1030 (3200)

50 mpw junior year

428 mile / 958 (3200)

2 hours of Biking (M,T,W)

70mpw senior year

417 mile / 934 (3200)

2 hours of Biking (M,T,W)

Started running track my junior year:

Junior: 10 - 15 mpw

400m: 50.xx

800m: 1:54high

1600m: 4:19

Senior: 30 - 35 mpw (I ran 70 once over the summer to see if I could run 10/day).

Cross: 15:10 ish.

400m: 49point

800m: 1:52

1600m: 4:10

3200m: 9:02

Slowly built up my mpw in college and had an okay college career.

Started running as a sophomore. Maximum 45 mpw during off-season base training. Around 30 mpw during the season (maybe a few extra miles for XC).

800 = 1:58

1600 = 4:16

3200 = 9:27

5K (XC) = 15:24

Don't have training logs, going off of memory.

Fr: probably 25-30 mpw. 2:28 800 / 4:59 1600 / 11:00 3200 / 18:15 5K

So: 30-35 mpw. 2:11 / 4:49 / 10:10 / 17:00

Jr: 30-35. 2:06 / 4:37 / 10:20 / 16:35

Sr: 20-25. 2:04 / 4:33 / 10:12 / 16:45

3 different coaches, one for Fr-So, second for Jr, last for Sr. The last coach was a shot-put guy so lower mileage and more speedwork.

Honestly I'm kind of surprised at the 70-80 mile weeks high school for some of you guys. I imagine 95% or more ran (and still run) about what I did. Not denigrating, good for you!

In college I ran 60 miles per week, ran 4:15 (1500) and 16:25, basically the exact same times as high school, and was injured constantly. Quite frustrating and my interest level in running went down accordingly. The only positive benefit of the higher miles for me was quicker recovery between races.