I'm not sure why you think I'm yelling. Anyways...We're talking past each other. It sounds like we agree.I guess I didn't make myself clear earlier. As the context of the thread, I was talking about mileage in holistic and general terms. I assumed, because we were talking about runners doing 90,110, 140 mpw, that we were talking about runners who had the fundamentals down. The original poster had been talking about being a former D1 athlete. That our hypothetical athletes were doing workouts with intensity, periodized their training well, were pragmatic enough to rest when they needed, etc. was a given, I thought. I also figured we were talking about long distance runners, and was careful to add
Twinn wrote:
For every runner racing more than 3000m, safely adapting to a higher mileage will make them a better runner.
just to be sure.
I don't need to reiterate myself. I'll point out your sections that say the same thing.
proper progression will always be key no matter what mileage you are at.
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increasing the volume of training that you train CAN HELP DRIVE IMPROVEMENT
And I'll make it clear now that no, not for every runner is more mileage the 1st step. Most hobby joggers would improve (if they wanted to) simply by switching out one of their morning jogs with the dog for a fartlek. Most high school kids would improve if their coach got them off the track and out on a tempo run. Many college kids would improve if they took the pressure off and rested. Milers don't want more volume because they need to preserve every fast twitch muscle they can, and also don't want to lose the elasticity that gets lost at bigger volumes.
But in the context of this thread, long distance athletes who have the fundamentals down, those who race and get on the track and hit the hills and generally train with intention, more mileage is better.
I'm writing this because especially in the US, we have runners who see 100mpw as some sort of cliff. HS kids warn their teammates not to get to close, college kids celebrate clicking off a few over the summer, and amature post collegiate athletes keep this mentality, that it all tops out at 100. I'm exaggerating obviously, but the point is, too many American runners are afraid of increasing their mileage. Maybe they got hurt running 105 in college, but don't realize that now their 26 and have a more mature body that could take it. And I'm talking about runners: guys who ran in college, say. Sub 2:30 guys, sub 31:00. The kind of runners that are already doing smart, regular workouts to get where they are, but stuck because they're not pushing their mileage.
This is the point that I'm speaking to, and I don't think I was wrong in reading this thread in this context.