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Ran 200 miles in under a week(nov 2019) . Ran 226 miles in under a week twice in 17 days(oct 2023). Ran 250 miles in under a week(mar 2024)

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Sat, Oct 14, 2017
Total Distance
40.00

Mileage over the past few days. I got pretty sick and had to take a few days off, so this "140" mile week is actually over 10 days. Nothing crazy to report, today was my first day back from sickness and I felt surprisingly good on the first run of the day, normally after more than a day off from running I hurt in various places, but it was good. I got a charlie horse in my calf this afternoon that was bad enough that it knocked me off the couch and I couldn't get up for a couple of minutes. Rolled it out and I'd imagine it'll feel better on tonight's run, but to make sure of that I'll go very slow. 

If any of my 38 viewers per month are wondering why I'm updating on Saturday, it's because my life has mellowed out enough that I have enough time to blog daily, starting tomorrow. It'll be odd blogging 3 runs in a day but I think I can handle it.

Bama Pegasus 33 Miles: 400.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Eugene on Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 17:20:44 from 107.219.99.239

It wasn't a strain. I was sitting when it happened and my calf started flexing harder than I'd ever seen it despite me not trying to.

I've never really gotten injured despite doing 100 mile weeks as a teenager , where others get injured trying to do 50 and 60, so this year I'm probably going to try and get up to 120 miles a week since I did 112 last year and was fine.

My freshman year of college when I was training to make the team in the summer/fall I was able to run some pretty fast 8k's for literally only going out every morning and afternoon and jogging. I maybe did 2 workouts the entire time, and they were barely workouts(2xmile in 5:15 and 2000,1600,1200,800 @5:30 pace), so I'm under the impression that my body thrives under mileage. Before I got sick I was just tired, but that's because it takes a few weeks to acclimate to mileage. When I get up to 120 and my body gets used to it, I'd imagine aerobically I'd be in incredible shape. That's the main thing I'm focusing on for this semester, and when I return to Utah for xmas break I'll come down a bit with mileage and start doing faster and shorter stuff more often.

From Eugene on Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 17:23:27 from 107.219.99.239

So, to answer your question, I think high mileage does help, but I did that because I had nothing to lose because I didn't have any talent(except maybe durability).

You might be the most talented high schooler on the blog by the time you're done here, you're already almost the fastest on the girls side of history! I'd play it safe. 70's and 80's are alright, but nothing too much higher or you'll be burnt out before you can win any national championships in college!

From Eugene on Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 17:29:40 from 107.219.99.239

http://www.flotrack.org/video/691522-cam-levins-driven-episode-1

This is a video of the guy who largely inspired me to uptake my mileage by this degree. He came to run for Southern Utah University as someone who barely had the times to get on the team, but, through hard work and lots and lots of miles, graduated as a double NCAA champion(beating the fastest 5k NCAA runner of all time in the process), and went on to qualify and place pretty highly at the Olympic games. This video depicts a couple of days in his life. I think you'd enjoy it(I know I did)

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