My daughter is an average distance runner on a high school track team that published their schedule and I was appalled to see that she only gets about 15 miles per week in.
Is this normal? What is considered low, average, and high mileage for high school girls?
15 low
45 average
80 high
pics please
there is a post on here about HS girls mileage at 135. look for that. That is high
30 is average
Lydiard had a NZ high school girls team doing in excess of 70MPW, and if I recall, they won a provincial championship after 1 season of his training.
how old is she? how long has she been running? how many days a week does she run? 15 is a good starting point but after a couple of years 30 is a good average.
15 middle school
25 low: freshman, general non-competitive runner
45 average: junior senior, competitive runner
60 high: advanced senior, national calibur
80 too high:
I agree with 'my thoughts'
I was top 10 at footlocker xc nationals running 35 miles per week my senior year. I ran about 15 miles per week as a freshman, 25 as a sohp and junior.
not always so wrote:
I was top 10 at footlocker xc nationals running 35 miles per week my senior year. I ran about 15 miles per week as a freshman, 25 as a sohp and junior.
then u should have ran 50 miles a week... I bet that's what the winner was running...
depends on her measurements...let's have them
My thoughts wrote:
80 too high:
There is no doubt in my mind that there are highschool girls who would benefit from running 80mpw.
College Guy wrote:
My thoughts wrote:80 too high:
There is no doubt in my mind that there are highschool girls who would benefit from running 80mpw.
maybe, but there's no doubt it MY mind that 80 mpw for a hs girl would lead to more negative than positive
If you don't know enough about running to know what is considered low or high mileage for high school girls, then why were you "appalled" at 15 per week. I agree that 15 sounds a bit low for a distance runner, but it's nothing to be "appalled" over.
pedro for prez wrote:
pics please
LOL this thread is worthless without pics.
redmeansdead wrote:
If you don't know enough about running to know what is considered low or high mileage for high school girls, then why were you "appalled" at 15 per week. I agree that 15 sounds a bit low for a distance runner, but it's nothing to be "appalled" over.
I mean, I would be appalled, because it is two miles a day. That's ridiculous. That's less than 20 minutes of exercise each day, and this is supposed to be a real sport? In the words of Gob Bluth - "COME ON!"
Pics! Somebody needs to alert the vice squad, you sick viper.
Shame on you, seriously. Bad dog.
Don't run over summer or winter: most HS girls
20-30 miles per week: Average varsity runner
30-40 miles per week: Good varsity runner
35-50 miles per week: Top varsity runners (Top 25 in state to national level)
45-70 miles per week: National level
I'd say 50 miles per week is high mileage for a HS girl.
70 miles per week would probably be high mileage for a HS boy.
But is this mileage during the outdoor season? If so then they might be doing alot of intervals and speed work in addition to racing. Perhaps 15 per week isn't as appalling during the outdoor track season as it would be during cross country season.