I can run 1:53 or a lil faster....How many miles do I have to do a week if I want to be a good 5k runner?
I can run 1:53 or a lil faster....How many miles do I have to do a week if I want to be a good 5k runner?
100
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So if I ran a hundred miles a week what kind of time should I be able to run....and how long would I have to keep running 100 mile weeks?
14:30 and 8 weeks.
wow....8 weeks of running 100 mile weeks just to run 14:30? I should probably stick the middle distances.
that may not even do it, miles affect different people differently, whats your 5k pr
i've only tried it in road races...I ran 15:58
You guys don't know anything. Havent any of you heard of the 800 to 5k official equation. 800 time + x number of 100 mile weeks = 5k time. In this case 153 + 8 100 mile weeks = 14:21.3
I knew a 800 runner, could of seconds faster than you, did plenty of 100 miles weeks during the winter, still doubt he could run much below 15 minutes.
If you think 14:30 is a poor return for 8 weeks training you're clearly too soft for the 5k game, you should be thinking in terms of years not weeks. Stick to racing 800, doing track reps with 10 minutes recovery and a few drills with the girls.
runnnnnnnnnner wrote:
You guys don't know anything. Havent any of you heard of the 800 to 5k official equation. 800 time + x number of 100 mile weeks = 5k time. In this case 153 + 8 100 mile weeks = 14:21.3
That's either a joke or the stupidest hit I have ever heard.
naw it's a joke and I'm the stupidest mofo alive.
Joke or not, that seems kinda wrong, since 800secs.= 13:20 +1:53= 15:13
That seems more feasible for 8 weeks at 100 miles. However, I still don't think the equation is very accurate since runners are affected differently by mileage.
I had a friend who ran 1:54.7 in HS and several 1:55 legs on relays and a few open 1:55-1:57's.
In college he ran about 11-12 times a week and much more mileage than he was used to (like you are proposing) and he couldn't hack it. He ran 3:57 for 1500 and some decent XC races but he quit after one year. He also did a 9:22y time trial on a cruddy track.
He has continued running on and off for 20 years, and has become a local 5k racer. The best he has ever managed is 15:30 once and 15:45-16:00 many, many times.
speed doesn't mean you will run longer distances great, in fact there is a reason most distance runners cannot run 1:43-1:45 for 800, like a great mid-dist runner could.
Quit jerking the brother around.
Here's the computational program to let him calculate the *exact* 5000m time he's good for.
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/Running%20University/Article%201/calculator3.htm
You're welcome.
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