Mileage Per Week

I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you are in the 50s now then that seems like enough.

The Bee's Knees wrote:If you are in the 50s now then that seems like enough.

I was thinking 50 peak this year, 60 next year, and 70 senior year.

Seems good.

The most I've ever hit was probably around 35, and that's with 9:00 easy runs.

good job FK, you should be really good this year.

Seems like you're doing fine. You might want to just hold it at 50 for 2 or 3 weeks and see how you feel.

And why not get up to 60 over the winter for track? Even 800 runners benefit from an uber base.

I just remembered you probably do indoor...

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you are still feeling good then you are fine. IMO you should stay at 50 for a few weeks and then start bumping it up. Since you are already at 50 you are probably going to want to peak at around 60

I don't think I can do 50 for more than one week. That 50 is the last week of August and after that is September where my coach will be telling me what to do, which probably means 30-40.

FK wrote:I don't think I can do 50 for more than one week. That 50 is the last week of August and after that is September where my coach will be telling me what to do, which probably means 30-40.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO...I thought that was what you'd already done. My bad. That looks like a pretty good plan. Best of luck.

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

you are doing fine, it looks like, farther ahead than i am.
i took me awhile to adjust from track to longer distance. i am just reaching 35 mark this week.

funrunner wrote:

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

i lol'd when i read that.

it's cool. i see you as being a guy that is better with less mileage.

funrunner wrote:

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

I have a 5k that week.

FK wrote:

funrunner wrote:

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

I have a 5k that week.

lol!

FK wrote:

funrunner wrote:

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

I have a 5k that week.

That explains it.

haha, my mileage is all in decimals

PCNQtrack wrote:haha, my mileage is all in decimals

Then you better be running it exactly, or your entire season will be thrown off.

Yeah, haha

its because i do it all based off time and then go map it on mapmyrun so it rarely turns out to be a nice even number; so really i'm just hitting times that i know the mileage for

30 min. ~ 4 miles and so on

funrunner wrote:

FK wrote:I just calculated my weekly mileage totals for the summer, and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough. I started training June 18th, 12 days after my last track meet.

These are my week totals, starting with this week's (ending July 5th):

25.4 (5 days)
30.2 (6 days)
30 (5 days)
35 (6 days)
37 (7 days)
40 (6 days)
44.1 (6 days)
47 (6/7 days)
50 (6/7 days)

They are all in singles.

If you don't run exactly 44.1 miles that week, I will hunt you down and beat you with a lawn gnome until you realize the error of your ways.

I was actually planning on 50.7 that week now lol.

very nice man, the most I got up to this summer was 42

whsrunner22 wrote:very nice man, the most I got up to this summer was 42

Thats 12 more than me lol.

I hit my highest week..2 mondays ago to last sunday. It was 53 i think. I haven't run since Thursday because I had my wisdomt eeth out that morning =( hoping i can return tomorrow

I've hit 50's for 2 weeks but after running with some college guys(who meet up as unorganized practice) I somehow hit around 65 this week and luckily wasn't injured from the big increase of mileage this week.