HS Guy
Tinman wrote:
...Because somewhere around 70 miles per week a runner's body stops responding in the same proportions as before when the workload was increase from 40 to 60 per week...
...As described earlier, increasing 10 miles per week from 70 to 80 does not improve your performance more than about 4-5 seconds per mile and probably not at all form 80 to 90 per week. So, you gotta fatigue your muscle fibers a bunch in order for the mileage bump to work...
...I say, therefore, you better bump it at least 20 per week, perhaps 30 per week, if you are not going to increase the intensity of training...
Would it be smarter to look at the percentage by which mileage is raised rather than the number of miles? For example, moving from 40mpw to 50mpw is an increase of %25, but to increase by %25 starting from 70mpw would require an additional 17.5mpw.
Also, is it wise to go straight from 70mpw to 90-100mpw without the gradual progression that is used to achieve lower personal high levels of training?