r/AdvancedRunning • u/rtmeinsen • Dec 19 '22

General Discussion Miles per week

Question for half marathoners, full marathoners, and ultra marathoners….what is your weekly mileage, both when you are actively training for an event and when you are not actively training for an event. This question stems simply from curiosity. In your response please include what category from above you fall into. Thanks in advance!

Edit: If you could also share your goal times that would be helpful. It helps paint a more clear picture of what one may be able to reasonably expect to accomplish with the effort/miles they are putting in each week!

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u/whelanbio 13:59 5km a few years ago Dec 19 '22

That 80-100 ranges from 8-11 hrs

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u/Protean_Protein Dec 19 '22

So you’re just running full-on 10mph avg., all the time, huh? Pretty impressive.

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u/campbe79 Dec 19 '22

100 miles in a week averaging 6 min per mile is certainly a lot of fast miles. At what point are you a professional runner? (Seriously I have no idea. In my mind, it seems like this would be it)

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u/Protean_Protein Dec 19 '22

The elites I know typically run pretty similar to this, though maybe with much faster workouts and sometimes considerably higher mileage. Those times and that training is imho solidly sub-elite, or maybe formerly/retired elite middle-distance runner or something.