RunningAHEAD - Topic: Why is 50 mpw a magic number? (page 3)

Lane

posted: 5/6/2009 at 8:07 PM

He was carrying weapons of math instruction!

Runner67

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posted: 5/6/2009 at 8:16 PM
modified: 5/6/2009 at 8:16 PM

my magic mileage each week can best be expressed by phi. It used to be pi...but that's such a cliche anymore.

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xor

posted: 5/6/2009 at 8:20 PM

I'm all for psi. Believe you me.

Batensmack

Beware, batbear...

posted: 5/6/2009 at 11:04 PM

This thread is proof that runners are gluttons for punishment.

2014 Goal -- Run 5X per week, pain-free (relatively) by end of summer.

xor

posted: 5/6/2009 at 11:06 PM

I'm just a glutton for the psi.

JayMF

posted: 5/7/2009 at 1:37 AM

Quote from Carl A on 5/6/2009 at 4:36 PM:

Why you got to go and say fifty miles for? Why not thirty-five or thirty-nine?

Sweet. No man can run fifty eggs.

JayMF

posted: 5/7/2009 at 1:39 AM

Quote from xor on 5/6/2009 at 5:59 PM:

For the record, I personally think that 0 is the only round number, really.

8 is twice as round as 0.

flovesparko

posted: 5/7/2009 at 9:19 AM

Quote from T-Bone on 5/6/2009 at 5:39 PM:

50 is the new 85.

LOL

Riggs 2.0

Marquess of Utopia

posted: 5/7/2009 at 9:30 AM

Don Kardong thought 88 was a good number.

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 5/7/2009 at 9:36 AM

If you're planning on running 20+ miles for your long run, you must run 52.3606798... miles to maintain the golden ratio between long runs and "other runs" during the week. I peaked out at 60.2148917 miles with a long run of 23 miles, and broke my marathon PR by 50 minutes. This is the key to success. Maintaining the golden ratio between your long runs and your other runs.

My stupid little mobile-friendly treadmill calculator

mikeymike

posted: 5/7/2009 at 9:40 AM

I guess scovill is screwed then.

Runners run

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 5/7/2009 at 10:08 AM

Is the 100 miler a "long run" or a "race"? Races break the pattern.

My stupid little mobile-friendly treadmill calculator

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 5/7/2009 at 10:09 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 5/7/2009 at 9:40 AM:

I guess scovill is screwed then.

Why screwed? he just needs a 267.0346698 week if he's going to do that nonsense. Step it up man!

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 5/7/2009 at 10:16 AM

Quote from Ennay on 5/7/2009 at 10:09 AM:

Why screwed? he just needs a 267.0346698 week if he's going to do that nonsense. Step it up man!

That's why I ask if it was a "race". The power of the golden ratio builds up over time, and the way you release the energy is by breaking the ratio for your race week.

My stupid little mobile-friendly treadmill calculator

Runner67

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posted: 5/7/2009 at 10:31 AM
modified: 5/7/2009 at 10:34 AM

Quote from Strings_n_88keys on 5/7/2009 at 9:36 AM:

This is the key to success. Maintaining the golden ratio between your long runs and your other runs.

You are worthy. I think a book about Phi-Running is in order here...to counterbalance Chi-Running of course.

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