Oddly, my daily mileage is rooted in my fitness days where I worked out at least an hour per day either biking, weight lifting, the elliptical and ultimately running on the treadmill.

It was not until my third year of running however, that I finally worked my way up to running an hour per day (last year), which for me is 7 miles (about 58 minutes).

Of course there are variables like peak weeks, speed work, the distance I am training for, tapering and the like but basically my daily mileage is based on the one hour rule.

Throw in a long run of 80 to 90 minutes, and a Monday off day and I spend 6 to 7 hours per week running, which usually has me in the mid 40's in weekly mileage.

What about you, is it goal driven and based on a specific distance you are training for or just what you like to run?  Or could it be whatever your busy schedule allows, or some other reason?

Oddly, my daily mileage is rooted in my fitness days where I worked out at least an hour per day either biking, weight lifting, the elliptical and ultimately running on the treadmill. 

That's pretty much how my running is based.  Before I ran, I'd work out for an hour between weights and machine cardio.  Now I run 7-8 miles a day, plus one day I run longer, putting me in the low to mid 50's pretty consistently.  Mileage is higher during marathon training (60-70), as I add the elements of weekly MLR's and LR's.  Generally I don't have a target MPW...it just ends up being what it is.

My training is primarily goal driven. Since the goal varies depending on what my goal races are, it's also affected by that, mainly in the distribution of mileage and types of workouts. What I like to run has only a small effect on my training, because I often need to run workouts that I don't particularly like if I expect to meet my goals. I'm not fond of long runs of 15 miles or more, but if I don't do some once in a while, my performance at marathons and ultras will suffer. That's really odd, almost an oxymoron, because I've loved the two ultras I've run so far and the marathons have been okay, if not enjoyable.

I run what my body can handle based off goals.

Time is a factor, but I am self employed and have a bit of flexibility.

My mileage is goal driven, for a specific distance. I've determined I train best when I am training for a race. I train best for a race when I follow a plan. So I normally have a goal race and a plan.

I'm a numbers geek, so I tend to pick a goal mileage for the year, and then just divide that by 52 weeks.  I then try to come as close to that number as possible.  Plus, the pace bunny widget on here is a good motivator.

 

I love the pace bunny!  Although right now it hates me.  It's actually mocking me for taking time off.

I had to get rid of mine at in August last year when I got injured and couldn't run.  It was too depressing seeing myself fall further and further behind.

I like to keep my runs to an hour or less during the week because I'm not willing to wake up earlier..

Once a week, I like to get in a longer run of around 10 miles. It's usually 10 because either a) that's the distance the club is running or b) that's the most I'm currently willing to tack on to the beginning of the club run.

So, I guess, my mileage is determined by how early I'm willing to get up.