Forums >Racing>HM Pace vs. Marathon Pace
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Interesting, though the real issue with these projections is people not being fully trained for the longer distance.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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A Saucy Wench
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
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Very good analysis Jim, I have been struggling with this question and knew that 4:10 based on my 2:00 HM was a bit agressive projection for me. I was basing this on anecdotal resluts from other runners on this site. Now I have facts supporting the hunch. One other race that one can study is the Thunder Road marathon in Charlotte, which has a Dowd Y Half marathon about 6 weeks before it. The first half of the marathon is about 80% same course as the Half, with the start being less than a half mile apart.
Prince of Fatness
Not at it at all.
Runners run
VI was basing this on anecdotal resluts from other runners on this site. Now I have facts supporting the hunch.
The calculators work like a champ for me...when I'm in shape to race. Funny how that part is critically important to the whole equation.
Suspect Zero
Unexplained here is how the formulas in the calculators were obtained in the first place. If they were derived by the analysis of running results of a large sample of runners, then the first question to ask is whether the discrepancy across studies can be explained by differences in the samples. I assume, but do not know, that the various calculators are based on empirical studies, not simply made up out of whole cloth. That said, most of the calculators online and elsewhere do state the caveat noted by several posters here; one needs to actually train for the longer distances.