WHO THE HECK runs 100,000 miles????

diseasel wrote:

this and that - out of interest what are your PRs?

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bottom of the top 1% in my day

GumpOfTheForest wrote:

Is this really possible? Like running four times around the planet. Weird.

http://www.runnersworld.com/maximizing-success/what-does-it-take-to-run-100000-miles

Can't be that hard honestly - I run about 3,000 a year and that's low compared to a lot of guys. Keep at it for 20-30 years and you're there

Not that hard. Starting running in the 7th grade in 1975. Have had many streaks that lasted for a couple of years. I did not run much when my children were young in the first half of the 90's. Really got back into it in the 2000's. Slowing down again but still plugging away. Ran D3. Ran on a lot of SEC courses when one of my children ran at an SEC school. I have every mile documented from 1977 (since HS) on - I am well over 100,000. I have twenty 100 mile weeks under my belt. Seven marathons. 30 or so sub 50 15k's. I have ran in 32 states and four other countries. It is like getting a PhD (which I have), the education never stops, and never has the running. I have averaged about 2700 miles a year that I can document. But I have had many years when I ran over 4,500 miles and a few years were I ran about 1,000. I am 55.

10/10 brilliant ploy with this crowd.

Everyone who has done it or is close will respond

And even though I know I'm being trolled I'll chime in.

Approximately 120,000 miles over 45 years of running.

I'm 51 and will cross 80,000 miles later this year, started logging miles when I began running in April of 1979 and have logged every mile. Don't race anymore due to just not being able to train at a high level (and get injured when I try to).

I only run because I enjoy it so much and nearly all my friends are runners, the only goal I have left is to get to 100,000 miles. Lots of people do it. I'd be much closer than I am now if not for an injury and surgery that really limited my running for a 3 year stretch recently.

clearly wrote:

Since I started wearing GPS stuff (Jan 2010) I've logged a good 16,000 miles. No its not close, but that's not every run I've done (Most treadmill based workouts aren't there). Plus everything I ran in JH, HS, college XS is not logged. So if I had to guess I'd put myself around 25,000-30,000 miles. I plan to keep it up, so its possible.

I just won't be able to prove it nor will I care. Those who know how much I've run are already impressed with me.

People are impressed that you have run 44 miles per week since 2010? It's good and all but impressed?

I think what's odd is all of the training log that these people are keeping to show that they've run over 100,000 miles.

Especially prior to GPS watches and even using spreadsheets in PC, it's a lot of record keeping.

too much logging wrote:

I think what's odd is all of the training log that these people are keeping to show that they've run over 100,000 miles.

Especially prior to GPS watches and even using spreadsheets in PC, it's a lot of record keeping.

On one hand I don't believe most people have actually run 100k miles that claim to. That's 10 miles a day, every day, for 27 straight years. Nope. Elite runners probably do that during their career, but not even Geb was a professional for 27 years.

Maybe certain people that run closer to 40 years can do it, but that's it.

too much logging wrote:

I think what's odd is all of the training log that these people are keeping to show that they've run over 100,000 miles.

Especially prior to GPS watches and even using spreadsheets in PC, it's a lot of record keeping.

You originally kept a log to see what things you'd done gave the best results and what things lead to flame outs. After a while though you find out that you can keep track of your life to some degree through your logs and you reach a point where you wonder how much running you've done. I was watching an interview with Ron Hill recently. The interviewer asked what single piece of advice Ron would give to a new but serious runner. It was, "Keep a log."

There was a day, probably more than twenty years ago, when I was visiting my parents and as I was going out to run my dad asked me how many miles I thought I'd run in my life. I had no idea but when I got home I pulled out my logs from all my years and added up the miles. Once I'd done that I reckoned I might as well keep track in case he ever asked again.

It's really not much recording at all unless you make it so. I know guys like Ron and Joe Henderson do a narrative with many of their journal entries but you can write a basic running entry in under a minute most of the time.

GumpOfTheForest wrote:

Is this really possible? Like running four times around the planet. Weird.

http://www.runnersworld.com/maximizing-success/what-does-it-take-to-run-100000-miles

It is possible. Read the article.

I started running in the 1980s as PCs became affordable. I made a simple spreadsheet to track my training. Most of us in those days would drive a route to measure the mileage. Or we'd do a good guesstimate of mileage based on pace if we were running off road. I preferred to underestimate the mileage so I wouldn't think I was faster than I really was on race day.

I tracked my mileage so I get faster. That was 30 years ago I started that spreadsheet. Now that I don't race much any more or run much, I still keep the spreadsheet up to date because 30 years is too long to invest in something and just let it go to waste. The total mileage is growing more gradually now.

I really would love it if you could give me a real answer here, that doesn't happen all that much here, but why do you find it so hard to believe that running 10 miles a day for 27 years is possible? People doing it are probably not doing 10 miles each and every day, there probably are some 12-20 mile days balanced out by 5 mile days, but overall you're looking at an average of maybe 60-80 minutes a day. What about that seems so unbelievable? Is it just that because you can't imagine doing it you don't think anyone else can?

this and that wrote:

There are many people who have done this.

Including me.

Lots of people started LSD during the 1970's and have kept at it.

Tell us more

I am 34 and have recorded 75,000 miles! I fully expect to hit 100,00. I know a number of other runners that have done this!

10 miles-average per day is 70 miles/week. More miles per week than 95% of runner ever run.

To most people, a 10-mile run takes closer to 80 minutes than 60, plus need to factor changing/shower etc... about a couple of hours every day.

We are not talking about peak miles or a season, we are talking running 70 miles every single week for 27 years. Most of normal people in 27 years get the flu, gets injured, happens to travel, have other business or personal issues that interfere with the routine.... I don't think it is impossible, but I agree it is highly unlikely and I would be highly impressed if anybody would pull this out in 27 years.

I also find it weird that somebody would bother running this much AND logging his runs for such a long period of time, but other people may find my hobbies equally weird, so who am I to judge...

I no longer keep a running log so I can't prove it, but I would guess that I am at about 100,000 lifetime miles by now. I'm 58 and have been running on the order of 70 mpw for about 30 years, and at a lower level for the 10 years preceding that. Even with some time off for injuries, I should be near 100,000. Not hard at all--you just need to be consistent over a long period of time.

My late father and mother did it.

Started in the 60's, ended in the 2000's.

Pretty cool.

My coach is 56 years old and over 115,000. Started in 1975 and ran over 45,000 in the 80's.

I'm only ~8000 miles from hitting that target as well, and expect to in the coming years.

It's not really that difficult if you're consistent with your training and are lucky to rarely get injured. As the article states, if you "only" average 50 mpw (2500/year), you'll reach the 100k mark in 40 years. Start running when you're in high school or college, be consistent with it, and you'll get there before you're even that old. Throw in high-mileage types who knock out 100+ miles per week, and before you know it, you've racked up that kind of lifetime mileage.

I agree with the previous poster. I'm sure there are many runners out there who have crossed the 100,000 mile mark.

Keep on keeping on!