What should MPW for running look like when training for sprints and a couple olympics?
What should MPW for running look like when training for sprints and a couple olympics?
good question! that’s what i’ll be doing this summer…spints and oly’s. i work up to HIM and IM later. my GUESS would be like 30-40 miles per week tops? i have NO idea though. anyone?
Depends on how competitive you want to be. I’d say 15-35.
If you’re busy and you have some sprints coming up I bet you could get by with 15. If you wanted to do well in oly i would think you’d be running more like 35 miles. Check out halgidon.com and you can see his 5k and 10k plans. There are different levels depending on how competitive you want to be. I’m pretty sure they are free too :).
Depends on your body and what you are trying to accomplish.
If you were trying to go as fast as possible, have no body issues that prevent lots of running, and have worked up to being able to take it, then 40 to 70 miles per week.
If you are just trying to finish comfortably, 20mpw would be plenty. If this is your first season at this with no running background, I wouldn’t do any more than that.
If high mileage gives you trouble due to age/injuries what have you, then back up on the run mileage and make it up on the bike.
What is your current mileage and are you happy with the results you are getting? If not, what type of results are you looking for? You could do sprints and olys on less than 10 mpw.
Last year was my first year & I only did a few sprints. I’m not a runner & my millage was pretty weak. I only ran 3 times a week & probably did less than 15 miles each week.
The answer is you need to run enough and do the right kind of running to achieve your goals within the context of a sprint triathlon. Unfortunately it depends on your abilities, fitness, goals and strengths, the training that would meet my needs is different than the training that will meet your needs, and that is not a formula that is achieved by x miles of week. The sport is triathlon, and your training should be conducted with that in mind…going fast in a sprint triathlon is different than going fast in a 5k, and your training, even the run training, will be different. The key to structure your integrated training plan to capitalize on your strengths minimize your weakness and have the right kind of juice to RACE your target races to the best of your ability.
2000-2500 meters a week swimming, 75-100 miles a week biking, 20 to 25 miles a week running and if you want to be competitive up mileage 20 - 25%. Added the other two disciplines because if you had to ask about the running this would be in your next 2 post.
I agree with bmanners, and assuming you are in good shape already, that mileage is more than enough to be fairly competitive. A key for the shorter race (Sprint and Olympic) is the intensity of the miles as well as the total mileage.
To put it in perspective, you need to be able to swim 800 meters, bike 14 and run 3.1 in about an hour or hour and 5 minutes to win. This translates (roughly) to 1:30/100 meter swim (12 minutes) 24 mph on the bike (35 minutes) and 5 minute mile (15 minutes) on the run.
Not knowing your goals, I’d say consider getting a total training plan and it will give you a guide for your specifics.
BeginnerTriathete.com has some good beginner plans.
Good luck and enjoy.
Your posts are starting to kill me. You can’t compare yourself with adult athletes (recreational or otherwise). Get a coach. Let the coach think for you. Stop second guessing your coach. Seriously.
As Jackmott already said, and perhaps others that I didn’t read…the amount of training you do doesn’t directly correlate to the distance you are racing but how good you are/want to be at the distance.
If just wanting to be able to finish comfortably (my guess) then 10-15 miles per week with one run each week of 6+ miles.
Your posts are starting to kill me. You can’t compare yourself with adult athletes (recreational or otherwise). Get a coach. Let the coach think for you. Stop second guessing your coach. Seriously.
What she said.
Tri-love…you posted this a few days ago:
*I love my coach and everything, but a lot of the time I don’t agree with what he tells me to do. He tells me to do 5 hours and it’s BASE SEASON! I’m reasy to do more and I don’t know why he won’t let me. I just came off of injury a couple months ago, but I’m ready to step it up. I always do more than what he tells me and he gets mad. I don’t know what to do. I want, no NEED, to do more, but he won’t let me. What to do?? He’s very experienced, but I don’t agree with his coaching sometimes. *
Read the sentences in bold, and tell me how on earth any of this makes sense…every sentence (in bold) contradicts the previous one.
Are you still with this coach, or have you gone your seperate ways as a result of the thread? If you haven’t left this coach, please please PLEASE start listening to him/her…it is blatantly obvious from your posting history that you have absolutely no idea what you are doing. For someone like you (stubborn, no patience, wants to do too much too fast…don’t worry, I was the same at your age), your long-term enjoyment of the sport depends on having a wise mentor guide you through these initial years. Please, listen to your coach.
What should MPW for running look like when training for sprints and a couple olympics?
How old are you?
How many years have you been running?
How many years have you been in triathlon?
What has been your longest run?
What is your best time for 5K
Are you a man or a woman?
Have you had any past injuries related to running?
Do you live at altitude or sea level?
How is your running relative to your swimming and cycling - rank the three sports in order of strength?
What are your race goals?
I don’t know, but I heard Bruce Lee has negative body fat?
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Tri-love…you posted this a few days ago:
*I love my coach and everything, but a lot of the time I don’t agree with what he tells me to do. He tells me to do 5 hours and it’s BASE SEASON! I’m reasy to do more and I don’t know why he won’t let me. I just came off of injury a couple months ago, but I’m ready to step it up. I always do more than what he tells me and he gets mad. I don’t know what to do. I want, no NEED, to do more, but he won’t let me. What to do?? He’s very experienced, but I don’t agree with his coaching sometimes. *
Read the sentences in bold, and tell me how on earth any of this makes sense…every sentence (in bold) contradicts the previous one.
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Find a new coach. Everyone has different physiology and if you think doing more will help you now, then do it. But don't be one of the idiots who thinks that taper is overrated. Those people are usually a disappointment. But I completely agree with you: build a solid base with over mileage and cut back to avoid injury based on how you feel.
2000-2500 meters a week swimming, 75-100 miles a week biking, 20 to 25 miles a week running and if you want to be competitive up mileage 20 - 25%. Added the other two disciplines because if you had to ask about the running this would be in your next 2 post.
2000-2500 meters a week? Did you mean per day? Or maybe 20,000-25,000 meters per week?
He’s doing a sprint and a couple of olympics.I was figuring that he has a full time job to.I Dont think to just “DO” a olympic or sprint you need anymore. If you want to be competitive in AG I stand by my percentage . Taking into account has form already down and “knows how” to swim. IF he does not “know how” to swim he will have a hard enough time finishing 500 meters much less 2500.
I started with sprint triathlon last year, bought a road bike and goggles in March and sign up for several sprint triathlons. Due to project work in the Middle East and a foot injury I had not been as active as I hoped. I had not been on a bike for 5 years and had never done any swimming. Last running competition was in 1990.
From March my workouts were 2 x swimming (if you could call it that), one or two times running 5 miles, one or two time cycling 25 miles. Both running and cycling were mostly a warm up and then threshold. I placed consistently top 25% in my AG (35-39).
By the way I am 6.1-6.2 (1.87 m), and weigh 200, so I should be faster if I was not so fat.
What I hope to do different this year if I have time. Run more than 45 minutes at the time and start with 1000m intervals. Get some help with swimming (or lack of swimming). Cycle more than 25 miles.
I would run and bike more if I had plan of doing some Olympic tris.