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flarunner
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 Posted: 11/16/02 - 14:32 Post subject: miles per week
About how many miles per week do you average when training for a marathon? And, how many weeks do you train (specifically) for a marathon?
If you don't do marathons, that's OK, answer the questions anyway! 
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 11/17/02 - 00:21 Post subject:
I am currently running ~25mpw. My goal is to get to 50 mpw while training for Madison 2k3. Hopefully, I will stay healthy through the winter. 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/17/02 - 09:36 Post subject:
I've backed off on cycling for the winter so I've upped my running miles. I was previously running between 35-40 MPW but now I'm shooting for between 50-55 MPW.
Sorry, haven't run a marathon yet.
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/17/02 - 09:42 Post subject:
When I was training for my marathon last year, I averaged 30-35 mpw. Focus was on my mid week LR (half of the Saturday LR) and weekly LR of 16+miles. Highest mileage week was 45.
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kobyj
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Posted: 11/17/02 - 09:51 Post subject:
At the peak of my distance training for Chicago, I was running roughly 50-60 miles a week.
I can't tell you how many weeks I spent training for Chicago. If you go by when I started looking forward to doing Chicago, then I started back in June when I registered. If you go by the amount of time I was doing higher then normal mileage and speed, then I started training in August.
When you start training depends on your base. If you don't have a good base, you will need to start earlier. If you already do 15-20 mile runs for your long runs and 40 mpw, you won't need to start as early on the training because you already have a great base. However, if you are running 20mpw and your long runs consist of 5 or 10 miles, it would really pay off to start early.
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megawill
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Posted: 11/17/02 - 16:20 Post subject:
Ideally, before going in to marathon training I like to have a base of about 35 miles per week.
I've followed 18 week plans and I like to peak between 55-60mpw, with the average week being 48-50 miles for the 13-14 weeks or so that are the meat of the schedule. I believe whole-heartedly cut back weeks and agressive tapers.
My longest training run to date has been 22 mile. I prefer to get to 19-20 miles as often as I can during training to putting in 23-24 mile training runs. I may try to go 22-23 a couple of times. I also intend to run my long runs at a slightly faster pace and run more pace run miles during my next cycle.
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copteacher
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Posted: 11/20/02 - 15:58 Post subject:
i did 30-45 a week
depending on what the long run was
i was running at least 1 ten mile run a week
and 4 other days of at least 5
as i built up
i felt i did not overtrain...seemed about right due to time constraints
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 11/20/02 - 17:16 Post subject:
I usually follow an 18 week program.
I try to be at 20-25 mpw when I start the program.
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Pebbles
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Posted: 11/21/02 - 14:06 Post subject:
Start at about 35 a week, peak at about 55.
Usually do a 15 week program.
Longest run is a 22 miler
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joplus
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Posted: 11/21/02 - 16:04 Post subject:
Not training for a marathon, but thinking about a kinda intense 10K training program starting in January.
I would dearly love to reach a base of 40mpw. My latest attempt got me to 36mpw before I got injured. I hope the next try will get me all the way there.
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