Or start carving Mount Rushmore before you’ve learned to whittle a nice wooden eagle….I’m sure it will go great!
Or start carving Mount Rushmore before you’ve learned to whittle a nice wooden eagle….I’m sure it will go great!
Run less might work for 100 mpw people but not for 35 mpw.
For you, more miles is better if you don't get injured.
Miles matter wrote:
Run less might work for 100 mpw people but not for 35 mpw.
For you, more miles is better if you don't get injured.
Still need to run them ‘right’.
You want a PR and plan to run less? yeah it doesn’t work like that. Especially for the marathon, but probably for anything 5k and up.
I did the opposite over the past year. Used to run my easy runs between 8:00 and 8:30 and maxed at 60 mpw. This year ran all easy runs between 9:00-9:40 pace and had a couple months averaging in the mid 70’s mpw. PR’d everything - 9 minute marathon PR and 40 second 5k PR.
Many BQs and all my PRs are on 40 mpw or less. Average for a 16 week block was definitely under 40, but I would put in the occasional 50 mile week, usually with 2 long runs and 2 short runs. Typical week was no easy runs, but maybe 1 hard workout and 1 long run per week. No real cross training other than occasional weights.
That said, I’ve never achieved high mileage. I’m pretty confident I would have been faster at 55+ mpw and 5-6 days per week running. I’m going to see if I can do it at 46 years old and break my 2:53 PR from my early 30s. Currently, I’m a good 30 seconds per mile off that goal but improving.
Bottom line is you can get in BQ shape off 35MPW, but it’s difficult to get significantly faster than that without a lot of cross training or a lot of natural talent.
Take contact with the expert on low mileage the Wizard JS here on the boards.Great results on little volume.
Braddy wrote:
Take contact with the expert on low mileage the Wizard JS here on the boards.Great results on little volume.
Be quiet, Jan. Your athlete Sanmy Nyokaye hasn't run a PR in 7 years. You are a horrible coach.