The question of miles for distance runners comes up again and again. The common currency has always been 100 miles per week. Not everybody could fit it in and not everybody who could fit it in could survive it! For instance Colin Youngson who won three SAAA Marathon Championships and ten medals in all for the event could only handle 90 miles per week comfortably. On the other hand Don Macgregor said that before the Essonne Marathon in 1980 his mileage had been 'modest' - 51, 59, 67, 73, 68, 68, 68, 67, 71, 69! He finished ninth in 2:21:40.
A great quote from Andy Daly of Bellahouston Harriers that I heard during the week was that when asked how many miles he was doing he replied "120 a week and that's no' counting the two track sessions!"
Saturday, 5 June 2010
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