quote:<HR>Originally posted by trackrunnerguy:
thats a ton of mileage for a 5:30 miler. a 4:50 miler on my team is peaking at 50 mpw over the summer, to put things in proper perspective. <HR>

quote:<HR>Originally posted by trackrunnerguy:
no you'll just hurt yourself. if by some miracle you DO pull off the 70 mile weeks, you will be doing it at such a slow pace that it wont be a good workout. and then when the fall hits, your legs will be so tired that running fast will be out of the question.

max at around 45 miles a week<HR>

quote:<HR>Originally posted by charlieeee:
Don't get too excited. I did so and when I didn't meet my expectations,things just sucked. Eventually, my entire track season went to ****, but thats another story.

70 mpw is very hard to do. Basically, it's like waking up early in the morning to do a 5 miler, then doing another 5 miler later that day for 6 days a week, then doing a ten mile long run. Or, of course, you can do ten miles a day every day.

I'm not trying to dampen your spirits. With 60 mpw I got to around 16:42 for the 5k this year sophomore from a 18:47 freshman year xc and no track season. This differs from evry person, though. Prefontaine ran 40-50 mpw in highschool when he set the national high school record for the 2 mile. Others do 120+ mile weeks and never see much succss.

Nationals is a very,very lofty goal, something you need a great talent for, and alot of hard work.<HR>