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After Kelvin Kiptum set the marathon world record in Chicago this fall—becoming the first human to run under 2:01 in an official race—his coach revealed that Kiptum ran more than 186 miles per week for three weeks during training. Similarly, before the 2023 New York City Marathon, Canadian record holder Cameron Levins said he averaged about 170 miles a week in training.
Those numbers—and the results they yield—are staggering. They’re not totally outside the norm; most elite runners consistently rack up 100-plus-mile weeks. But it’s becoming increasingly common to see regular runners creeping past 80 and 90 miles a week into those triple digits.
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