re: Running Mileage per Week

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Also, the full clip of that Oatmeal article you posted is hilarious.

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that entire "why I run long distance" comic is just so incredibly brilliant and accurate

In the best shape of my life I ran just about 21 miles per week (4 8ish minute miles 4x, 2.5 miles of sprints and hills 2x, Sundays off). I also did a decent amount of weight training at the time and weighed 195 on a 6'00 framed (not an ideal runners build).

I personally knew several guys (semi-serious runners) who easily doubled that.

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I'm 31, have a kid and a wife and full time job. I have no idea how I would ever find the time to run 40-50 miles in a week. I run halfs, 10ks etc and the most I will put in a single month is probably 85 and that is only one month per year. Just that alone takes a lot of getting up really early to run, going to bed early, and not much drinking. Do you guys that put in this many miles do anything else like play golf, party etc?

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Exactly.

Finding the 3-5 hours per week is tough enough. Much less 10-12.

Not gonna happen during football season.

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You sure about that?

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Yes and no, the OP's question which i quoted and then posted a response was:

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How are people who claim to run 40-50 or more miles/week: 1) not in great shape, I mean 6 pack/ripped, and 2) not really fast.

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and i was saying that 9-10 minute pace is not running. The intervals training would be faster which would then be running. Which was my fricking point. Then you got all arse-bent because you were offended about my saying that 9:30 minute pace is not that impressive for a marathon. And its not. I see plenty of fat dudes hit that pace at marathons. Which brings us back to the OP and if you could read into it, you would see that we agree that the people he is talking about are lying and are not in fact running.

My best 10K is 54:52. You can call me a competitive jogger.

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Then you got all arse-bent because you were offended about my saying that 9:30 minute pace is not that impressive for a marathon. And its not. I see plenty of fat dudes hit that pace at marathons.

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And I've seen plenty of "in-shape" people who couldn't do it in 6-hours.

ETA: That's a 13:45 pace

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If we call it jogging will that make you happy?

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Probably not since...

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Jogging is a form of trotting or running

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so why 9 min pace running, but 9:30 jogging?

to a Kenyan, 6 min pace is jogging

it's all relative

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for any serious runner, 40 miles is not that hard during a week

when I was a "serious" runner, I averaged 40-50 per week easily

tempo runs = 6-8 miles (3 days/week)
sprints = 2-3 miles (1 per week)
long run = 14-20 miles (1 per week)

and that is with 2 days off

my big weeks were around 60-70 miles

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Ditto for me.

Now I just don't have the desire to get back to that. Earlier this month I hit a 40 mile week for the first time in ages. But we were on vacation, and I could sleep until a reasonable hour, get up and run, and still get home before the kids were awake. I can't do that normally without getting up at oh-dark-thirty. And that's just not appealing like it once was.

I still run 4-6 miles a few times a week, mostly between 7:00 and 7:30 pace. But the desire to do much more or go much faster is no longer there.

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guedeaux

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Obvious badass.