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by keerthiko 4488 days ago
Varsity level distance athletes I knew wouldn't run 12 miles a day 7 days a week all month, not even when training. They do more like 5-7 miles, for about 5 days a week during off-season (and something like 15-24 miles about twice about a month or so prior to a marathon event). So it's more like 40-60 miles a week, for a fairly committed athlete?

Not just that, your math indicates running for 30 weeks at 90 miles/week...not a month. That's 7 months =)

More realistically, a really athletic guy who has the comfort of nice running clothes and comfortable places to rest and has been training for a few years, would cover maybe 50 miles running and an additional 28 miles walking each week, and still take about 7 months.

You'll look less silly if you double check why people are impressed by something before dismissing it as trivial (by your tone that's what you seemed to do).

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Coo, I feel better about not being at all athletic and still averaging 73km/45mi of (recorded) walking a week for 2014 (746km as of yesterday).

Not sure how long I could keep up 90mi/week though...