Most miles run in a year

[okko]

does anyone know what the record is for the most miles ever run in a year? a google search yielded nothing for me. also interested in the records for miles in one month and in one week and who did each. i know i've read something about these somewhere, but i can't remember where it was.

[schafer]

Gerry Lindgren ran over 250mpw at some point, or at least he claimed he did. Although I must say, it doesn't necessarily take incredible mileage to yield incredible performance. Sebastian Coe never went over 60mpw, but Jim Ryun ran more than 100mpw as a high school sophomore. I believe some of the big names like Geb, Tergat and Bekele get in around 120mpw.

Lindgren (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1079575/2/index.htm)
Ryun (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076354/2/index.htm)
Training of Champions (http://members.iinet.net.au/~peterg1/run/aths.html)

[HappyJack]

does anyone know what the record is for the most miles ever run in a year? a google search yielded nothing for me. also interested in the records for miles in one month and in one week and who did each. i know i've read something about these somewhere, but i can't remember where it was.

Although I don't know for sure but Dean Karnazes must hold the record. He logged 175 mile weeks training for a 350 mile run which he completed in 80 hrs. 44 mins. And he ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He says he's worn out 2,500 pairs of shoes in his career.

I hope this helps 'Ya Big Dumb Donkey! ;)

[mgcc]

Although I don't know for sure but Dean Karnazes must hold the record. He logged 175 mile weeks training for a 350 mile run which he completed in 80 hrs. 44 mins. And he ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He says he's worn out 2,500 pairs of shoes in his career.

I how this helps 'Ya Big Dumb Donkey! ;)

Yeah he did all that, but you can't forget that he's a joke compared to Scott Jurek.

[HappyJack]

Yeah he did all that, but you can't forget that he's a joke compared to Scott Jurek.
You may think and it may (or may not) be true that Dean Karnazes is a joke in comparison to Scott Jurek, but until you can achieve the accomplishments of either of these two fine runners yourself perhaps you should look in the mirror to see what a joke really looks like. I've read a lot of dumb posts on this and other boards, but you win the prize for being The Big Dick Donkey Of Dumb A$$ Posters! Congratulations! You've really set the bar high for whatever idiot tries to follow in your footsteps.:)

[Otis Moulmein]

Although I don't know for sure but Dean Karnazes must hold the record. He logged 175 mile weeks training for a 350 mile run which he completed in 80 hrs. 44 mins. And he ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He says he's worn out 2,500 pairs of shoes in his career.

I hope this helps 'Ya Big Dumb Donkey! ;)

Going off of this, do you think anyone has ever run 1,000,000 miles in their life? If he swaps shoes at min. 200 miles he's at 500,000 but if I had to guess I'd say hes gotta be around 750,000 for his life. But then again I don't know much about him besides the 50 marathons in 50 days and the roadside pizza deliveries.

[HappyJack]

Going off of this, do you think anyone has ever run 1,000,000 miles in their life? If he swaps shoes at min. 200 miles he's at 500,000 but if I had to guess I'd say hes gotta be around 750,000 for his life. But then again I don't know much about him besides the 50 marathons in 50 days and the roadside pizza deliveries.

Dean says he's lost count of his milage. So your premise of 750,000 miles could be close. Although Scott Jurek could also be a contender for the most miles.

[taggart]

Going off of this, do you think anyone has ever run 1,000,000 miles in their life? If he swaps shoes at min. 200 miles he's at 500,000 but if I had to guess I'd say hes gotta be around 750,000 for his life. But then again I don't know much about him besides the 50 marathons in 50 days and the roadside pizza deliveries.

So...175 miles a week is 9100 miles a year. Ten full years of 175 mile weeks is still a good bit less than 100,000 miles. Even Lindgren's reported 250 miles a week comes out to 13,000 miles a year- it would take something like 40 solid years of 35+ miles a day to hit 500,000 miles. So no.

[tb1223]

Going off of this, do you think anyone has ever run 1,000,000 miles in their life? If he swaps shoes at min. 200 miles he's at 500,000 but if I had to guess I'd say hes gotta be around 750,000 for his life. But then again I don't know much about him besides the 50 marathons in 50 days and the roadside pizza deliveries.

Good luck even driving 1,000,000 miles in a lifetime.

[okko]

Good luck even driving 1,000,000 miles in a lifetime.

yeah, people in this thread are having some difficulty with their math. you'd have to run 250 mpw for 80 years to hit 1,000,000. just goes to show how full of **** Dean Karnazes is.

edit: i found a source that says Lindgren actually topped out at 360 miles in one week and had 12,480 in a year. can anyone confirm this?

[xcrunna]

Lindgren is mentally unbalanced. He was a great runner, but he has mental issues. Most of what he says is apocryphal whether he's talking about 85 mile long runs in the middle-of-the-night in high school or going through 4 miles at Mt. Sac in 16:04. I'm not trying to be cynical or harsh, but it's obvious that he makes stuff up all of the time.

[Equinox2100]

You may think and it may (or may not) be true that Dean Karnazes is a joke in comparison to Scott Jurek, but until you can achieve the accomplishments of either of these two fine runners yourself perhaps you should look in the mirror to see what a joke really looks like. I've read a lot of dumb posts on this and other boards, but you win the prize for being The Big Dick Donkey Of Dumb A$$ Posters! Congratulations! You've really set the bar high for whatever idiot tries to follow in your footsteps.:)

Dean Karnazes is a joke, and should only be an inspiration to hobby-joggers.

Jurek is the man.

These are facts.

[no one]

college teammates:
one accumulated 8000+ miles in a year
another just logged his 150,000 mile.

Impressive but doubt those are at the top of either category

[Crystazul]

college teammates:
one accumulated 8000+ miles in a year
another just logged his 150,000 mile.

Impressive but doubt those are at the top of either category
Sorry but I don't believe either of these.

[runnerman17]

college teammates:
one accumulated 8000+ miles in a year
another just logged his 150,000 mile.

Impressive but doubt those are at the top of either category

150,000 miles a year is 400+ miles a day if I did my mental math correct. That has to be wrong. 8,000 is 21miles a day doable but not likely for a college runner.

I too do not believe

[antispandex73]

He meant 150,000 in his lifetime. Still ridiculous. Even a 25 year old that had run every day since birth (yeah right) would have to average ~ 115 mile weeks. If he started running 15 years ago, that would be a scant 191.8 mile weeks.

At least 8,000 in a year is possible, albeit at a 153.4 mile/week clip.

[CrossHare]

I'm hitting about 3700 miles this year. People have to keep in mind that running isn't just huge volume base phase all the time. You have races, tapers, injuries, illnesses, time off after seasons, and the weeks building up to high mileage.

[BlackIrish]

I'm hitting about 3700 miles this year. People have to keep in mind that running isn't just huge volume base phase all the time. You have races, tapers, injuries, illnesses, time off after seasons, and the weeks building up to high mileage.
:confused:

[schafer]

I'm hitting about 3700 miles this year. People have to keep in mind that running isn't just huge volume base phase all the time. You have races, tapers, injuries, illnesses, time off after seasons, and the weeks building up to high mileage.
what are your prs, how old are you etc.

otherwise no way i can believe you run more than 10 miles a day every day of the year (on average)
also, including time off, tapering and a lot of other factors that you'd be closer to 13-14 miles/day on average to get to 3700.

[okko]

He meant 150,000 in his lifetime. Still ridiculous. Even a 25 year old that had run every day since birth (yeah right) would have to average ~ 115 mile weeks. If he started running 15 years ago, that would be a scant 191.8 mile weeks.

At least 8,000 in a year is possible, albeit at a 153.4 mile/week clip.

why are you assuming he only started running 15 years ago? for all we know the guy could be in his 70s. there is really nothing unbelievable about 150k in a lifetime. certainly not a whole lot of people have actually done it since it would require almost 50 years of averaging 50 mpw every week, but totally believable for an old guy. that said, we don't actually know how old the OP is, so the plausibility of his claim is pending more info...

[okko]

what are your prs, how old are you etc.

otherwise no way i can believe you run more than 10 miles a day every day of the year (on average)
also, including time off, tapering and a lot of other factors that you'd be closer to 13-14 miles/day on average to get to 3700.

3700 really isn't that much for a serious runner in his prime. it comes out to just barely over 70 mpw, and plenty of college runners are hitting significantly higher mileage than that for most of the year.

[CrossHare]

what are your prs, how old are you etc.

otherwise no way i can believe you run more than 10 miles a day every day of the year (on average)
also, including time off, tapering and a lot of other factors that you'd be closer to 13-14 miles/day on average to get to 3700.

I am 21 years old, in my third year of college. I ran just over 25 minutes in the 8k this fall. I took 10 days off after outdoor track and cross country and a day here and there where I need them. I usually ran 85-90 mpw but went over 100 5 times.

I know there are people out there that run more than I do.

[SwissMountainRunner]

When I was back in H.S. in the midwest, we used to try to get 1000 Miles in in the Summer, doing double sessions Mon. to Friday, then one session on Sat. and Sun. Some people fudged the numbers a bit to do it but a portion of the pack did get it. Some even more.

[Crystazul]

why are you assuming he only started running 15 years ago? for all we know the guy could be in his 70s. there is really nothing unbelievable about 150k in a lifetime. certainly not a whole lot of people have actually done it since it would require almost 50 years of averaging 50 mpw every week, but totally believable for an old guy. that said, we don't actually know how old the OP is, so the plausibility of his claim is pending more info...
Original user said "college teammates", so it's probably safe to assume that is not talking about anyone over 30, even considering the possibility of a graduate runner. Although maybe he is talking about an old college teammate? Unlikely.

With that said though, there is an Olympic Marathon qualifier near where I live who is over 60 years old and can still run 16.xx 5K's. Yes, I could believe someone like him has racked up over 150K miles.

[CrossHare]

I believe my dad has ran between 60-70 thousand miles in his lifetime and he's only 45. Not super high mileage either. 150k is possible but it would take consistent high mileage.

[kingcoe]

Dean Karnazes is a joke, and should only be an inspiration to hobby-joggers.

Jurek is the man.

These are facts.

Truly just out of curiosity why do you think Dean Karnazes is a joke? I know very little about him apart from I truly don't understand why a person would run the distances he does with the frequency he has but
I don't know why he would be a joke.

He certainly doesn't fit into track elite or marathoning elite but he seems to be doing what he wants to do . . .

[Crystazul]

Truly just out of curiosity why do you think Dean Karnazes is a joke? I know very little about him apart from I truly don't understand why a person would run the distances he does with the frequency he has but
I don't know why he would be a joke.

He certainly doesn't fit into track elite or marathoning elite but he seems to be doing what he wants to do . . .

I can't speak for Equinox, but to me Dean is really just in it to be the poster child of American ultramarathon running, and while he has some pretty solid achievements, the 50/50/50 thing just gives one example of what I'm talking about.

Others, like Scott Jurek, are truly inhuman and have the accomplishments and mounting legacy to show it.

[begindebateofultrarunners]

[kingcoe]

I can't speak for Equinox, but to me Dean is really just in it to be the poster child of American ultramarathon running, and while he has some pretty solid achievements, the 50/50/50 thing just gives one example of what I'm talking about.

Others, like Scott Jurek, are truly inhuman and have the accomplishments and mounting legacy to show it.

[begindebateofultrarunners]

Thanks -after looking at both of their websites that was about what I figured but thought I'd throw it out there.

[The Hammer]

ITT: A lot of runners trying to do math.

[Jalalipop]

ITT: A lot of runners trying to do math.
It's why I use an online running log; I don't have to do any math!

[okko]

Original user said "college teammates", so it's probably safe to assume that is not talking about anyone over 30, even considering the possibility of a graduate runner. Although maybe he is talking about an old college teammate? Unlikely.

With that said though, there is an Olympic Marathon qualifier near where I live who is over 60 years old and can still run 16.xx 5K's. Yes, I could believe someone like him has racked up over 150K miles.

i really don't understand your reasoning here. i can refer to my old high school teammates as "high school teammates" even though none of us are in high school anymore. the same applies to the OP. the fact that he cited such a high number only supports the theory that he is long out of college.

then again, it is also totally possible the OP is just pulling stuff out of his ass.

[Crystazul]

i really don't understand your reasoning here. i can refer to my old high school teammates as "high school teammates" even though none of us are in high school anymore. the same applies to the OP. the fact that he cited such a high number only supports the theory that he is long out of college.

then again, it is also totally possible the OP is just pulling stuff out of his ass.
That is why I included the possibility of it being an old teammate, although I thought in my opinion, it seemed unlikely...

[itizi]

i was talking to my coach today and asked him about how many miles he thinks he's run in his lifetime. he said over the last 35 years he's averaged at least 115 miles a week (peaking out at around 170). that puts him somewhere in the neighborhood of 210,000 life time miles. amazing. also, he had something like a 2:11 PR for the marathon. i still can't run that pace for 8k :(

[CraigMac4h]

what are your prs, how old are you etc.

otherwise no way i can believe you run more than 10 miles a day every day of the year (on average)
also, including time off, tapering and a lot of other factors that you'd be closer to 13-14 miles/day on average to get to 3700.


Thus far, I have run 3527 miles in 321 out of 356 days in 2010. I'm a mediocre college miler. I have no doubt that runners who have not had bronchitis this year and concentrate on longer events average far more than I do per day.

[Cocakula]

no idea, i should start countin

[Fleet Fox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12375646

No way to prove it's the most mileage in a year. But damn impressive.

[ice bank mice elf]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12375646

No way to prove it's the most mileage in a year. But damn impressive.

i ran for 8 minutes today.

[wineturtle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12375646

No way to prove it's the most mileage in a year. But damn impressive.

When does he find time to train:rolleyes: :p ;) :rolleyes: