You are not going from 15-100 mpw in 3 weeks. You are going from 80 or so (I forget exactly what you posted) to 100. When you take 2 weeks off it isn't like you lose most of the adaptations that allowed you to run high mileage.Personally I would just back off every 3rd or 4th week. Something like a 3week cycle of 90,100, 70 . Exact mileage depends on how you are handling it but you could either build to 120mpw at the peak week or start adding in more intense aerobic running.
twig mzungu wrote:
1) 15 to 105 in 10 weeks is steep? I don't think that 15 to 105 in 3 weeks is steep.
2) take a 2 weeks off then run 35 miles. 5 miles once a day. The next do 70 of doubles 3 or 4 days and singles in between. Then 90 or even 100.
My question to you is why on Earth would you take 12 weeks to build up? that's wasting time.
Interesting - I definitely don't disagree (I'd love to be up to 90 a month from now), but this is very different from my current coach's philosophy, which is that you should always either be building or tapering. Under his schedule I'd be coming into Augusut around 80, building steadily to about 100 in early October, then backing off for conference/regionals.
My question with your model is, what do I do once I get up to 100 a week in June? Stay there? Keep adding mileage? Up the intensity? I know you're going to tell me to feel it rather than think it, but if the goal of the SoM is to come into the season feeling fresh, wouldn't running 8+ weeks at a constant 100ish risk some stagnation? Obviously I've never tried it so I don't know how my body would react, but this quick of a jump goes against a lot of what I've been taught.[/quote]