I Tried Running 100 Miles Per Week For 7 Months - This Happened
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Over the course of 7 months in the lead-up to the London Marathon I tried running an average of 100 miles per week for 7 months.
100 miles per week is often made out to be a mystical number that if you run in marathon training will help you run fast times in races.
At 42 years old and having only run for three and a half years I wanted to test it out for myself and see what it could do for me.
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Your ability to recover from that much stress, is out of this world. Keep up the good work Patrick,
Thank you!
That’s the recovery we all dream of. Withstanding the high mileage after such a short amount of time running might be Patrick’s biggest blessing.
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That's what I am marvelling at as well. After one 10 mile run in the morning, my body breaks down completely and needs a two day rest and recovery period. Some people are just truly built differently.
@@Shankar-BhaskarCheck out your pace when you do your 10 mile run, or go for a shorter run because your body is not ready for that distance yet.
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I complete the 10 miles in 75 minutes, so it's not really very fast, and I have been running regularly for almost 12 years now. I started off with a regular 5k park run and gradually built up my mileage to 10 miles.
134 miles in a single week. That's absolutely bonkers. I ran 34 miles last week and I regard that as a pretty good week! Yowza.
Your videos are refreshing confirmation bias for me as your higher mileage and emphasis on consistency very much suit my one trick pony approach to running and disinterest in over complicating the art of moving forwards on two legs . You are great at what you do and your videos are equally liberated from the over complicated illusory correlations which a lot of people insist are the magic formula .
Thank you. Yes running is very simple. The more you run, the better you get. That's about it, there's no need to complicate it. It just stops us from starting or enjoying something that we're meant to do if we have to worry about whether we're doing it "right" or not.
I am really carried away by the amazing amount of motivation and discipline you're putting into your
running. Encouraging how you asked: if professional runners are capable of doing 100 miles, why shouldn't I be? This is coming from a runner closer to the 45😊
Thanks very much! Professional runners are lucky to have the time because it's their job whereas we have to fit in running around our lives which makes it harder. If professionals can push their bodies that hard then I wanted to see if someone like me can too!
This is incredible, Patrick! We’re the same age, I just started running marathons last year so I’m way too new to attempt this kind of mileage. High mile week for me is half of this! I’d love to hit a 80-100 mile week at some point either this training block or this winter base building.
Thanks! You're definitely right to not just jump straight into this kind of mileage. But once you get there you might find it's not as difficult as perhaps it seemed. Even at our age!
Proof that age shouldn't be a barrier to setting ambitious goals. Refreshing also to see your approach can work, 2 fingers up to all the mainstream you tubers and the rigid rules and frameworks we are supposed to follow.
Definitely, I don't feel like being 42 is a disadvantage. In fact I understand myself and my body more so it's an advantage.
When you get out the door so early, what's your morning routine? How many minutes before your run do you wake up? Do you wait til all your bathroom needs are resolved before running, or do you just take care of that at public bathrooms along the way? Do you eat anything before hand? I'd love to hear your step-by-step morning strategy before such early runs. Thanks so much!
Wow. Wow. Wow. These figures are incredible. Not only the miles per week, but your race times too. This is the first time that I’ve seen your channel but seriously impressive stuff. I’m just back in to running having been out for a few years due to health reasons. Now I’m back at it and ran 10 miles across the last couple of days (I used to run 50 miles weeks) but that’s nothing to the numbers that you were smashing out. Great efforts 👏
I am going to up my mileage by 10% each week which all being well will get me to running 100 miles per week by November. You’ve inspired me as I have big targets ahead that I want to achieve and so I’ll follow the 10% rule to get to the high mileage. Thank you
Go for it, I'm very glad I've inspired you to run more. Please do be careful with increasing the mileage because an injury can set you back a lot. Running is great in so many ways, mentally and physically.
I once remember running 5 x 100 mile weeks back to back and almost willing I had a niggle so I could back off, such was the physical and mental fatigue. Your approach is one many of the modern `short cut' types could do well to learn from.
Thanks, that's interesting, I remember waking up on one cold winter morning at 5am during this training period and hoping I had an injury so I had an excuse to not go out. I still did go though. I've learned to be careful what I wish for because I am actually injured now and it's not nice!
@@patrickmartinrunningWhat's your current injury?
@@Strizzle81hamstring tendonitis
You have an outstanding mental capability, I think this is the reason why you could run so fast in such a short period of time, glad to have found you Patrick, lot's to learn from you
Thank you, a lot of running is mental discipline and I think most of us have the capability to do things we maybe previously didn't believe we could do.
"went a bit crazy this week" - that's certainly an understatement for a 135 mile week
brands must sponsor you, lots of people in the 40s are running like you, congrats
Very impressive. And proof that, for the longer distances in particular (e.g. the Marathon), volume trumps everything else. Even with slower miles, at that level of volume, it's gotta be tough.
You're an absolute beast, inspirational.
Thank you!
Congratulations! I have problem managing 50 miles a week, I try to compensate that with adding 350 miles of cycling
So impressive! You make 100 miles per week sound like a cake walk!
It's not as hard as I thought it would be!
very well done. you are as you said naturally gifted for a 40 something year old. 38 28 on your first 10k. That said, 100miles a week is not something you can do without a lot of effort and proper diet. I'm looking to start running again. Thank you for some motivation.
Ps. when are all the UK youtube runners going to have a race, Ben is running?
Thanks, good luck with starting running again. Yes it's a mixture of some talent and some hard work!
Hy this is great to hear, I was doing 200k a week for 7 weeks, I gat told that won't benefit in running fast marathon, am going to be going back to high mileage from Monday, aiming for sub 2 hour 30 for Brighton Marathon
I used to run two 13 miles on a Tuesday and Thursday, a Saturday morning 4miles at 6 min miles and then run with club on a Sunday anything between 18 and 30 miles. Did this from around mid 30s until 58, then after reduced the mileage on a Sunday down to 13 miles and 6 miles for Tuesday and Thursday. At the age of 62 my meniscus tore in my right leg and I couldn't straighten my leg nor bend it much, a year after that the posterior tibial tendon tore, leaving me flatfooted in my left foot, due to compensating for my right leg. Then a two year after that my left knee went the same way as my right, arthritis now at the level of bone on bone and then my right hip began to become sore, due to compensating from the way I now walked. the outcome is that I now await total knee replacement for both knees, the surgeons hope that once my legs are straight and I can bend them, that will alleviate problems with my hip and feet. The real question is, is why did I run so far and for so long, for what purpose? Looking back with hindsight, it was a pretty dumb thing to do. In fact idiocy, I'm 70 now and I require the shopping trolley to lean on just to get round the supermarket. You reap what you sow and I'm not alone, practically everyone I ran with, bar a few exceptions, have similar problems.
Patrick ‘the beast’ Martin. Keep up the videos mate
Haha thanks Toby!
Thank you for sharing, amazing and congrats on those great times!
Thanks very much!
Really incredible! Im at 3-5 hours per week at the moment. My goal is to be able to sustain 4-6 hours per week with some cycling mixed in there, when I have the time and the weather is good.
Good idea to mix some cycling in there. I think its good to work your body in more ways rather than just running. You might be able to sustain 4-6 hours easier than you think.
@@patrickmartinrunning Thanks, I will slowly build into it. Good luck with your future running goals!
Incredible durability! Great work!
Thank you!
Very very inspiring!! Will use you as motivation for my sub 3 attempt in october. Keep up the good work mate.
Brilliant, so glad you've been inspired. Good luck with the marathon in October.
Nice, Patrick!! Your discipline alone is super admirable and I hope to get up to this mileage one day. I like that you simply approach it as an an "average" per week. When I think about doing things like this, I get a little overwhelmed thinking that I can't ever go below the mileage for the week. However, the way you showed it makes me realize that it's okay if the mileage is low for the week here and there. Illness and other life things happen and that's okay. Thanks for the transparency - Subscribed!
Thank you! One thing I've found is that it's important not to obsess over missing a day or week or two here and there. If you're running consistently most of the time a missed day or week or two doesn't make a difference. Its nice to know because we all get ill or injured along the way as you say. I've come back from breaks feeling much better too.
Hugely inspiring for me as a 43yo who's taken up running relatively recently. Even if you have more of a running or other athletics background going further back to your youth on top of the ~3 recent years you mention in the video, to run THAT time ?! - WOW
Thanks, glad I could be some inspiration. There's plenty of opportunity left to run some great times at 43 and upwards. We're just getting started!
Wow. Amazing. I ran 129 miles last month. 100 this month in 24 days. It feels like nothing now. I need to step up to 175 next month and counting. Also I do about 1500 to 2000 pull ups a month. Wish I could swim so I can attempt triathlon.
I run 70 and am 71. 35 years ago did 3 months 100 miles a week. Pbs followed at all distances and was in 2.28 marathon shape but caught a virus and didn't run.
Really nice video. I would be interested to know how you feed. Getting enough calories is not that trivial (especially if you do not want to eat before a run or the night). Thanks for your advises.
Very inspiring! and congratulations 👏
Thank you!
Inspiring effort Patrick. And clearly you body recovers well as well as managing the physical impact. And to your point, you just have to get it done. I am training for a 100k ultra and will take that little nugget of advice with me 😊
Thanks, yes it just boils down to getting it done really. Good luck with the ultra.
First off, massive congratulations! You have done a very impressive thing here. Did you run cross country in school or play any sports like soccer (football) when growing up? Im surprised that your body could endure 7 months of this pounding without a history of running! Especially since 42 doesn't recover as fast as say 22.
Awesome effort. Perhaps trying the 12day Taper which Arthur Lydiard had nutted out was a near/optimal time frame. I ran 62miles last wk and was happy with that. Its also time based. Arthur would say what he learnt was about 10hrs of steady Aerobic Running with around 3.5-4.5hrs of evening jogging gave them that amazing base conditioning in the 10wk phase of the Pyramid.
Youre running inspirational. Cheers
Thank you, yes I think that volume builds an incredible base. A lot of this is based off Lydiard, as so much training still is now. Great work with the mileage last week.
Great content and advice 👍
Thank you!
Im about to bump into the 100 mile territory myself. My pb is 2:57 but im looking to knock more than 20+ min off of that
There's a paper by Giovanni Tanda that predicts marathon times just by weekly mileage and average pace and there's an online calculator that implements it (tanda race predictor). If I plug in 180km/wk and 4:05/km pace, it predicts your times for HM and M almost exactly. Was 4:05/km close to your average pace?
Yes I've seen this and before London it predicted 2.25 for me. 4.05/km is probably a good average for me yes. The calculator is obviously very good.
Did you sacrifice tempos and intervals for just aerobic miles? or did you still do intervals etc. it'd be useful to know a bit more about your breakdown of the mileage :) (other than you've mentioned morning, afternoon long runs, but in terms of intervals/ tempo/ 10k/hm/ mp relative efforts etc :) how much of a pb was the 68 minute hm by though? you didn't mention that either.
Great conversation mate, definitely working for you! Be interested to know how fast you were running before the volume increase?
Thanks! 2.24 marathon and 69.35 half marathon were my PB's before this.
He meant 2:28 at the Yorkshire marathon. I saw it in another one of his vids
hey patrick, been following your channel for some time, thanks for all the great no-nonsense practical content. one thing missing from this video is which base you started from before embarking on the 7-month transformation, and what your training looked like previously. since you mentioned the yorkshire marathon a few weeks into the 100-mile / week block, i checked your time, which was 2:28:47. not to downplay your achievement, but this looks like the 7-month 100-mile / week training yielded an improvement of just 3 percent? appreciate if you could confirm and / or fill in the blanks. keep it up!
Thank you, that's appreciated. The Yorkshire marathon was my first marathon and I entered it off the back of training for a 10k race at the end of September, I was in good shape so wanted to see what I could run in a marathon.
I certainly didn't go from low mileage to 100 miles a week, that wouldn't be possible, I would get injured. I had trained consistently before this as I always do. But I wanted to see what would happen if I hit that mileage of 100 miles a week consistently for months, which I hadn't done before.
You could be right that the 100 mile weeks made little difference and I would have run that time anyway. Maybe with all that training I should have run faster.
What I do know is I felt good and fit and found it easier to train like that than I expected. If I didn't try it I would have been wondering what if I had.
@@patrickmartinrunningThanks...what was your weekly mileage in the 6 months leading up to this?
@@patrickmartinrunning thanks, and same question as @Strizzle81 above -- what weekly mileage (roughly) were you running in the months leading up to the 7-month 100 mile weekly block?
It was variable, some weeks 70, some 60 some 100. I just didn't go consistent to 100 every week.
@@patrickmartinrunning OK thanks, so that looks more like a confirmation of the principle of diminishing returns, i.e. a roughly 30% increase in weekly mileage (from an average of 75 miles per week to 100) yielded an increase in speed of 3%, indicating that you were already approaching peak condition prior to your move to 100 weekly miles. the more interesting variable in my view would therefore be your "base" fitness, i.e. your performance on one of your first races after you first started running, and to have a sense of your average weekly mileage at that time. also, to strip out any hidden distortion, it would be useful to know whether you practiced any other endurance sports prior to this, which would have allowed you to build up aerobic capacity, some of which would have transferred easily to running. sorry for so many detailed questions, but your case is quite interesting indeed!
Liking the new set up!
Thanks!
He is thin so thats where the 68 min 1/2 comes from ie as well as training. Most folks shave 2 sec per pound lost
When i used to run 40 a week i never dropped below 215 lb 6'0"
But if you diet and dont lift, you can cut weight
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you
Gotta get up early and get it done. Nice job man. 99% of my runs start in the dark and most end in the dark. In the winter it's all in the dark.... so I get up even earlier.
Nice one, you just get it done at that time. No time to mess around and over think it.
Holy shit bro😭 that is insane
This is amazing!
Nice times dude well done I’ve ran 69 half off 60/70 miles and done a 2,30 marathon again of same mileage never really ran 100 maybe four weeks solid but that’s it again awesome
Some great times. You don't always need to hit 100 miles to run fast, it's a nice round number!
You said you have only been running a few years, did you do other sports prior? What a talent you are !
Not really any other sports seriously prior. Thank you!
Insane amount of milage 😮 I am noob in running, I will take the inspiration from you and try to increase some milage in my schedule.
Instant subscriber.
Very impressive, I am at 70-80 miles for the past 5 months and feel that is my limit at the moment unless I reduce harder sessions. How many quality sessions can you handle a week with that mileage?
Thanks! 70 -80 miles for 5 months is very good. Just the consistency alone will be making you a very good runner. Just 1 quality session at the very most for me a week. Many weeks not even that. I often just add more speed into steady paced runs. If you see some of my other videos you'll see I don't do many stand alone speed sessions at all.
100 mile week the week before a marathon and 80 mile week the week after is unbelievable. Science needs to study this man!!
You’re one HAPPY RUNNER.
I’m 43, and I’m only averaging 120km per MONTH😅💦
Your family must’ve been really supportive to you… and your discipline to wake up early in the morning to run -
is definitely THE THING that I need to copy doing.
Your story really
inspired me to (gradually)
step up my game. 🏃
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Yes I have a very supportive wife, it does help to run early in the morning because it doesn't affect family life too much. By the time you get back they are just getting up! I'm glad I've inspired you.
any chance of a video covering the type of work life habbits you use to make time for the high volumes? could be interesting.
Yes I'll do that, thanks
@@patrickmartinrunning Good stuff. it'll be interesting to see insight into lifestyle choices and habbits.
In October, November, I up my vitamin D (4000 units/day) to prepare my immune system for the December onslaught of viruses. Cuts back on illness time. Also foods high in zinc, vitamin b3, etc.
Good idea, I take vitamin D too, it's the only supplement I take right now. Didn't help with those viruses last year though!
Inspiring stuff, and incredible consistency. Great to see it pay off. What was your previous marathon PB? What does it take to consistently get out early for, in some cases, a long run? Just a lot of discipline? Is your fuelling consistent for the long runs? Thanks for the video!
In my first marathon I ran 2.28 just before this 7 months period, so 4 minutes improvement. Whether that justifies the 100 miles for 7 months is debateable!
It takes having a "why" for getting up every day and running in the dark and cold. I wanted to run a fast time in London and maximise my potential. I really think you need a strong reason to train like that. Also discipline yes.
I don't fuel at all for long runs or races, I'm very unusual in that but I've trained my body like that.
Amazing! What was your mileage & race times before 100 mpw?
I would sometimes run up to 100 miles a week, but generally less. I had run 1 marathon before this which I ran in 2.28. The point of this was to see what it was like running that mileage consistently. I also obviously started from a good base. It would have been impossible without that.
Brilliant effort, thank you for sharing your journey/experiences with running. Are you able to shed some light on the pace numbers on your similar distance runs from week 1 of the 7 months against the final week? I'm interested to know what kind of improvements you were seeing in the raw numbers such as pace/heart rate etc.
I don't really track heart rate or monitor my pace that much. I go by feel and I felt good in the latter stages of the training. I didn't think at the time I was going to be making these videos otherwise I would have thought about that more.
I know it's very basic but all I can say is it felt easier to run fast compared with at the start of the 7 months. Running also felt really natural because I was doing it so much. It's hard to explain the feeling.
@@patrickmartinrunning yeah that’s fair enough, I think I understand what you mean. Everything just feels flowing and in sync when you’re in great form.
Thanks for responding and thanks for the interesting content!
Thanks so much for this video. Would love to know more about the sleep/daily routine to sustain the 100
Thank you! I would go to bed early 9-9.30pm and be up at 5 on weekdays. I would run, get kids ready for school, take them to school, work, run again in the evening, dinner, bit of time with my wife and then bed. Pretty standard I think.
@@patrickmartinrunning standard and outstanding
Thanks for not mentioning zone 2.
I parked in zone 2 when I went to the supermarket
That's awesome! How would I go ahead and follow you on Strava? Also, were your runs simply on park and road during those 7 months? Did you do any other exercises on a track field?
Crazy to recover like this, not recommended for most people!
Only recommended if you build up to it over a period of time depending on your current mileage and level of fitness.
@@patrickmartinrunning Majority of people could not hit 100+ miles weeks for months on end without injury, you're in the lucky minority!
Awesome content! Do you eat or drink anything besides water before your morning runs?
Thank you! No I don't eat or drink anything before the morning runs, just get up and go.
I put in ONLY 50-60 per week and my Garmin is constantly screaming at me to rest. I can’t imagine what it would say if I doubled mileage. 😂. I’m actually thinking about it.
Yeah I get that. It says to me I'm being unproductive and should rest for 78 hours. No chance!
great video..subscribed
Thank you!
Love the no nonsense approach but how do you not get injured?? I have the time & motivation to cover 100 miles a week no problem but I’d be injured by week 3!
Thanks, I didn't too much speed work so I think that helped reduce the risk of injury for me. I find that the more speed I do the more likely I am to get injured.
Beast
I’m 42 as well. I’ve run for 2 years. I’ve never ran more then 35 miles. I’m curious if that would help me.
You would need to build up to running that amount of mileage as its tough on the body. But running more mileage helped me get faster for sure.
Great vid ! You say you had done some pretty fast racing the first 3.5 years of your running before this, what sort of times and on what sort mileage ? :)
Great Video Patrick, I am going for sub 3 hours and plan on being at over 60 miles for 3-4 weeks during this build. Hopefully that will be enough. I also wanted to see if you did any tempo or fast stuff in that 100 or was it always just steady and easy and long runs?
Thanks, good luck with the sub 3 attempt. Yes I did the occasional stand alone speed session, but very few of these.
I would often add speed into some of the steady paced runs, for example 2 minutes fast, 2 minutes steady again, then 2 minutes fast again maybe 8 - 10 times.
I think it's important to keep in touch with speed, but I don't go over the top with it.
Hi Patrick - hugely inspiring video and incredibly interesting case study. I’m a physiotherapist and keen interest in running related injuries and helping managing people in pain who are runners too. I’m also an avid runner myself haha - could I ask from what kind of mileage did you jump up from to get to 100miles a week? And over what period of time? Thanks
Thank you! I gradually increased my mileage over the course of a couple of years to the point where I could sustain it at high levels. I started at relatively little, 30-40 miles a week running every other day and over time added more days a week and more mileage. Then I added running twice a day some days, and then most days. It's been a gradual progression, and I wouldn't have been able to do it it otherwise.
Now I've built that up I feel like I can have breaks and get back to the higher mileage much quicker, because my body has adapted to it already.
We’ll done, really inspiring - can I ask how long it took you to go from running 30 miles/week to 100 mile and what was the change in your PBs?
Thank you! Probably about a year and a half. It takes time and you need to be careful not to overdo it and get injured. My marathon PB went from 2.28 to 2.24 after those 7 months of 100 miles. And my half marathon from 69.35 to 68.55, although that was with no rest before the race. I'll let you decide if the 7 months of 100 miles was worth it 😅
Age is no restriction! A great example
Patrick, if you dont mind me asking, what's your height and weight?
I'm around 72kg and 187cm
You took 4mins off your pb from Chester.What was the training volume like for Chester?
It was at the Yorkshire Marathon. I didn't actually plan to run a marathon then and entered quite late. I had been training for a 10k over the summer and felt fit so wanted to see what I could do in a marathon as I hadn't done one before. I was probably doing about 70 miles a week before that.
Hi Patrick, just started following ya, very impressive. I have two questions if you end up seeing this. 1 do you do any weight training? 2. You mentioned the 3-ish week break in December due to the flu, do you always give yourself a block this big with a virus or was it more a variety of things here (as you mentioned niggles, family time, etc..) thanks!
Yes it was the virus and everything else in life at that point. I think mentally I needed a break too as well as having a few niggles here and there. That break was probably the best thing that could have happened and allowed me to train refreshed for the next 3 months. I need to remember that myself sometimes.
I do a little light weight training now, but didn't then.
Very impressive@@patrickmartinrunning you're like a machine, not to mention you're 42. Keep up the good work and I hope to be doing what you are in 4 years here. Cheers!
I started running in Oct last year,I reached the age of 60 in Jan,never run more than 30 mile on a week,but joined a Strava group and decided I wanted to finish top.
I did 70 miles,sometimes running three times per day.
I could Physically keep it up,but not sure mentally?
(Finished top by 8miles)
Amazing, yes the mental part is maybe the hardest of all. The discipline to keep going.
How fast did you ramp up the mileage? 10% per week or what strategies did you use? Im only doing 30 min of running every other day at the moment. Thinking of increasing that either by adding 10 min to the current runs or by running for 15-20 min every other day in addition...🤔🙄
I would say gradually make your runs a bit longer and then run more days. Just take time, the longer the better because if you get injured it sets you back a lot.
@@patrickmartinrunning 👍 thnx a lot 🙏 how long do you think is sufficient before introducing more running days? 45 min or more towards 60 min? Maybe i can ramp up my runs to 45-50 min and after that run 2 or 3 days in a row (ie 5-6 runs per week). But decrease the length to about 30 min for every run. Does it sound like a good plan? Truth be told i dont usually wear a watch when i run cos i dont like the stress (it brings) and also i prefer my wrists to be free...but i know the courses i usually run are around 35 min +/- a few minutes. I love your simplistic approach to running. Will try to embrace as much as possible from your experiences/advices...🙏❤️
Curious to know if you’ve ever had your VO2 max tested?
No not yet
What were your half marathon and marathon PB’s before the 7 month, 100mile/wk experiment?
2:28 marathon
And 69.35 half marathon
Fantastic, when's your next marathon?
Thanks, not sure yet. I'm trying to get over an injury so will see how that goes!
@@patrickmartinrunning
What's the injury!
Really inspirational man. What was your weekly mileage like before you took on this endeavor ?
I am quite light and only run on roads so that helps, but yeah it's surprising for sure.
Hi Patrick! Kudos to you. Amazing achievement and consistency!! I have averaged 72miles a week for my last 2 Marathon training blocks. Do you think that is enough base to try to step up and average 100mi a week ? Thanks
Thank you! If it was me I would make the block a bit longer and build up to the 100 miles over the course of it and not suddenly run that kind of mileage.
Having said that, 100 miles is just a nice round number and there's no guarantee that it works for everyone. Test what makes you feel fit and strong, it could be less than 100 miles a week.
Good going 👍 did you doing any threshold / speed sessions ? Was it steady and easy runs for every week ?
Thanks! I did very few speed sessions. In the few weeks before London I ran some intervals once a week but mainly just ran steady and easy paced runs in the 100 mile weeks.
Did you include speed work s well?
Was it easy runs or tempo mostly?
Thanks.
I did very few stand alone speed sessions. I would add speed into my steady runs. So for example 2 minutes fast, 2 minutes steady again. And then the same again. I would do that if I felt good on a particular day.
Were you doing workouts while you ran the 100mile per week or did you keep all your runs easy?
were you doing workouts or just mileage?
Mainly just mileage, the occasional workout. If you see some of my other videos I don't do many traditional workouts.
How many hours a week does this average out to for you? Seems like it would be more practical to replicate the hours instead of the miles for people not quite at your speed.
Good point, I would say about 12 hours a week.
Fantastic achievement. Were all your runs at easy/steady pace, or did you include any faster workouts?
Thank you! I did add in some faster pace sessions but really very few stand alone ones. I would add speed into the steady runs sometimes. For example, 2 minutes fast, 2 minutes steady etc.
Incredible Patrick! Just curious, were you an athlete of some sort before you started running?
No I wasn't, I did generally keep fit and played sport like tennis 2 or 3 times a week for a few years.
One question, Patrick. Are you full time running? I already wake up 4:30am in the morning everyday but can only managed circa 100k. I finished work quite late so a second run in the evening is not feasible for me. Any tips how you do it? The recovery, stretching, foam rolling routine after runs also take up time. Tq
No I'm definitely not full time. I do the morning run early and then I'm lucky I don't work late so I can fit an evening run in too. It's not always easy and sometimes it's not possible but I try my best. I don't do much of the foam rolling and stretching to be honest, it is hard to fit it all in. Just doing what you can consistently goes a long way, even if it's much less than what I do. Consistency is really important.
If you are running so early and doubling what time are you going to bed? How many hours sleep are u getting?
Around 9.30pm I would go to bed. I'd be so tired some days from the early starts. That part did catch up with me a bit, but I do enjoy an early night!
Were you naturally a fast runner? I know you trained a ton of mileage but what was your marathon time before you were doing 100 mileage weeks? That’s an amazing time.
Thank you! Yes I was probably naturally fast too. Before I ran the 100 mile weeks I ran my first marathon in 2.28. A mix of lots of training and natural ability I think.
Oh wow! My first was 4:15 🫠
What is the surface you are running on? I am surprised you havent gotten injuried logging all those miles. I been injured a few times running 100 miles month let alone 100+ miles a week
Just on normal roads. My body has been able to get used to it over time I think.
This is incredible. I dont know how you have managed it. I am 40 and have been running about a year. Ive just hit around 50km/30 miles a week and have got injuries in both calfs and one hamstring. Did you pick up any injuries? What effort you are doing? All easy? Do you set yourself an upper heart rate or pace or run by feel?
I was lucky that I didn't pick up injuries. I have a hamstring injury now though because I probably didn't rest enough after the marsthon, so that's a lesson for me.
The efforts were a mixture of easy and steady pace with the occasional bit of speed. More steady pace than easy overall. For me that's 3.45/km to 3.55/km.
@@patrickmartinrunning thanks so much. Best of luck 🤞
Very impressive! What did you do for recovery to endure that volume?
Thanks! Nothing special really, just made sure I got enough sleep each night.
Congrats.
How much improvement did you have in your half and full marathon times?
Thanks, 4 minutes in my marathon time and just under a minute in my half marathon time. I'll let you decide if it was worth it!
Wow. You did great. May I know your pace and heart rate when you run 100 miles per week?
I also want to try. But that is very time consuming.
Thanks! My pace was 3.45/km for steady runs and anything over 4.05/km for easy runs.
@@patrickmartinrunning Great pace again.
!!! Did you do any actual workouts??? or just high mileage between 6mmp and 7:30mmp???
Very few workouts over the 7 months. Maybe 4 in the 4 weeks before the marathon, but I don't think any before that.
the 224 , a pb by how much?
What was your shoe rotation?(What Brands)
I'm actually doing a video about this. Saucony Endorphin Speed 3