Highest mileage a college runner should run?

The real question is, why do you think running 140+ miles is any better than 115 or 100 mpw?

Up to race distances including 5000 m it is highly questionable if another 20, 30 or 40 miles at 6:30-7 minute pace help you to run sustained 67 s laps (4:30 miles). So I assume you are not interested in middle distances, and are already a sub 30 min 10 k runner or preparing for a sub 2:20 marathon? If not, you should think about what you are doing wrong in your training structure. Just doing more from a wrong thing does not improve your performances.

College runner who wants it badly wrote:

What should the limit be?

Should one wait until after college to go super high mileage(140+ miles a week)?

Should one cap himself at 115 miles a week and add more focus to cross training?

Discus.

First things first, if you have never run 100mpw, then it'll probably take you 1 year+ to get to that point.

Second, I would focus on getting more of those runs at a quality pace. Adding 25 more miles of "recovery running" won't necessarily make you a better runner.

How bad do you want it?

And how skinny do you want to be?

I have pics of myself when I was 115 pounds and when I was training for a 2017 marathon. Now that marathon is over, and I am back to a meaty 150+ pounds. I can finally fill in my small-sized flannels!

pond scum wrote:

How bad do you want it?

And how skinny do you want to be?

I have pics of myself when I was 115 pounds and when I was training for a 2017 marathon. Now that marathon is over, and I am back to a meaty 150+ pounds. I can finally fill in my small-sized flannels!

If your racing weight and normal weight are that different, you are/were very unhealthy at one or both weights.

Experts agree 40 miles per week QUALITY.

-Seb Coe

-Coach JS

-1990s

The limit should be 100 for 10k but most College runners should limit it to 70mpw. 5k and steeple shoukd limit training to 65mpw. 1500 runners only need 50mpw but more quality.

Predictor wrote:

The limit should be 100 for 10k but most College runners should limit it to 70mpw. 5k and steeple shoukd limit training to 65mpw. 1500 runners only need 50mpw but more quality.

I believe it depends greatly on the runner. I don't agree that all 1500 runners only need 50mpw.

150mpw worked pretty well for Cam Levins.

The Way We Were wrote:

150mpw worked pretty well for Cam Levins.

^^^^This, you'll be running a 27:07 10k in no time. Don't forget to experiment with 200 miles a week and do triples.

Try this:

Run at a minimum twice a day.

Run one hour at a minimum per run, longer if possible.

90s_Low_Mileage_Training_Log wrote:

Experts agree 40 miles per week QUALITY.

-Seb Coe

-Coach JS

-1990s

coach JS beeing an expert? the only thing JS does is bragging on every single running forum about his fake runners running fake times.

Norwegianrunner wrote:

90s_Low_Mileage_Training_Log wrote:

Experts agree 40 miles per week QUALITY.

-Seb Coe

-Coach JS

-1990s

coach JS beeing an expert? the only thing JS does is bragging on every single running forum about his fake runners running fake times.

I'm not a joke expert, but pretty sure that was meant to be a joke.

I found 70-80mpw to be great for the athletes I coached. Of course there were outliers (60/100mpw guys), but for the average college kid balancing races/ practices/ travel, home work and class with a healthy social life, 80mpw is fine. Some guys will run 14:20/ 3:47 from it, others will run 16:20/ 4:30.

When college is over, bump it to 120.

There is no "a college runner" There are individual runners who run in college. The answer depends on what they can handle and want to do.

I worked my way from 40-50 a week as freshman to 100 or so as a senior and went well above that in the next two years. That's an example, not a road map.

Here’s the thing about race training: You want to run enough miles to physically prepare your body, but you also want to run as few miles as possible so you don’t overtax your body. But when training programs call for up to 200 miles of running before race day, it’s hard to know exactly where to draw that line.

How many miles should you run a day? A week? The answer really depends on your speed, your strength, and your experience—so there’s no one-size-fits-all mileage prescription. “Look at where you are right now,” says Melanie Kann, an RRCA-certified running coach for New York Road Runners. “If you’re running your first-ever 5K, you might start with a 5-mile-per-week program. If you’re running your first marathon, you might start with a 15-mile-per-week training plan.” Larger race distances require more of a base to start with (at least four months of consistent running, she recommends), but no matter what your end goal, you have to start with what you’re currently capable of doing versus what you want to be doing. If you have a lot of hometasks and you don't know how to write a ten page paper in one night go to this site

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