We’re going to cover why I’m running 100 miles this week, some training principles for building weekly mileage so that you can add this tool to your tool belt, and some quick snippets of running the 100 miles with different tips and lessons for you to learn from
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Let’s get into it!
Why?
There are two parts to this.
One: it’s a fun challenge to take on – what’s the worst that can happen? You either do it or not. And you get a little bit better, maybe a little bit closer to knowing yourself more
Two: This is my peak week for training before I begin a taper. I’m training for my first ever 200-mile race! The buckeye 200 is 3 weeks away!
But Maybe you’re watching and thinking 100 miles in a week? That’s it?
Maybe you’re thinking are you insane?
That’s the beauty, we’re all on our own journey
And The thing is, this is a huge milestone because I’m not the fastest, so it’s going to take some time dedication this week, plus this will be my first time running a one hundred mile training week!
So there are three goals for this week: run 100 miles, stay injury free, and have fun
Planning weekly miles
So there are training programs out there by the way for whatever race you want to train for. hal higdon i used for marathons and I have an ultra marathon one that I put together as I had a hard time finding a training plan for a while. If you want it just let me know and I can email it to you.
Just know that everyone is different. From where they are starting out to limiting issues, there really isnt a one size fits all template for everyone.
BUT
I can tell you what I would do if I was just getting started into running knowing what I know now…
I’d tell myself to run/ walk/ crawl a mile a day for 100 days in a row
This is called streaking in the running world and it’s a great way to start out. Although I’ve been running since January 2019, I’m currently on an 8-month running streak. I wish I started sooner!
Time test principles for running
Here’s a quick list for time tested running principles almost every serious runner implements:
- cross training- exercise other than running (I typically do the bike, yoga, and various strength exercises)
- speed work – Hills are my go to, you could do tempo or fartlek too
- back to back long runs – run 2 days in a row with back-to-back long runs to get your legs used to running while they are tired.
And IF you sign up for a race….
I’d recommend getting really specific for your training too.
Since I’m training for a 200-mile endurance run that has a 6 day cut off, my peak 100-mile weekly mileage looks like this:
- 10 miles
- 10 miles
- 20 miles
- 20 miles
- 20 miles
- 20 miles
- Makeup/ fun miles
Why? Because the game plan for buckeye is to run four 50-mile days back to back to back to back and I feel this peak week is a great way to simulate that repetitiveness of running on super tired legs. Most of these miles will be on pavement too. I’d estimate it’s going to take about 18 hours of running to get to 100 miles this week. I also will be getting maybe an additional 30 – 45 minutes of some yoga, mobility, and light strength sessions each day.
Side note: When I started running at the beginning of 2019 I couldn’t even imagine running 100 miles in one week because at the time – I was putting up maybe 30 – 40 miles per week. Slowly but surely I’ve bumped my weekly milage count up and have built this through hard work and consistency. Just go check out my strava to see the proof in the pudding
A good rule of thumb I followed throughout my journey has been bumping weekly mileage up about 10% for three weeks straight, deloading on the fourth week, and repeating that process until it builds into this 100-mile week or a taper for a race begins. For example weeks 1-3 could look like 25 miles,30, 35, and week 4 looks like 20. The next cycle instead of starting at 25 miles, you might start at 30 miles and so on.
To put things in perspective, I just ran a 60-mile race at the beginning of August and peaked at 92 miles during the training block a few weeks before the race. So now ill be going from a 92-mile peak to a 100-mile peak, about a 10% increase, ya see what I’m saying?
If you want to see actual updates from day one through seven, here’s the video on youtube!
Did you watch the vid? what’d you think? What’s the next challenge you’re going to do to push yourself to complete?
Thank you guys so much for plugging in. Any questions? Be sure to HMU – foreal!
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continue to grow, stay safe out there, peace out, until next time
Joe DiAndrea 