Goal of Sub-3 Hour Marathon (Read 15845 times)

Please add me to the hopefuls list. I will be running my first marathon at the Honolul Marathon on Dec 14 2008. I will be happy with a 3:10:50 BQ but I think I can pull the sub 3. Slap me now and wake me up if I am aiming to high for a first marathon.

Exactly Tells us a little about your running history, training plan, Miles per Week, recent races. I will introduce myself Running since July 2003 (actually I was jogging and walking a lot at the start) Mileage 2004 3858 Best Marathon 2:56 10k 38:17 2005 4907 Best Marathon 2:49 10k 36:45 2006 4754 Best Marathon 2:45 10k 35:46 2007 3974 (Injured Sept 07 - End of Feb 08) Best Marathon 2:50 10k 37:03 2008 YTD 3689 Best Marathon 2:57 10k 37:53 Could appear that I am going backward, but 2007 I struggled the whole year with the injury, I was actually in great shape for June Marathon - It was hot and I blew up. Taking 6 months off 07-08 and I have lacked a lot of focus in 2008. After injury I trained 7 weeks to Boston = 3:07 then 3 more weeks to Ice Age 50 mile trail race = 7:36 and then 4 more weeks to FANS 24 hour race = 123.57 miles. After this I pretty much ate and drank the summer away. I am back and motivated and ready to start training in the 100-120 MPW range (After this recovery week) I am sure most have picked up on this already, but weight is always an issue. I have never raced under 200 pounds. in 2006 I was right around 200 pounds. At 6'3 I can realistically weight 175-180. I have 3 things I enjoy doing that make weight difficult: 1) Eat 2) drinking 3) Lifting Weights. The weights I try and keep low key and I have taken off a lot of muscle - But I will never have the chest, back and shoulders of a runner. I really dislike 5ks and don't care if I ever run one again. The longer the race, the more competetive I am. In the 3 ultra that I have run I have 1-1st, and 2-2nds. The key to a good ultra is endurance and the ability to consume calories while you run. hubbardsw - You do not have to write a book like I just did, but I joined a month or so ago, so I was sharing my background with the group. 2009 will see me turn 40 and my goals set a PR in 5 mile(29:07), 10k(35:46), 1/2 marathon(1:21:46). marathon(2:45:58) and 24 hour race (123.57 miles) - I have enjoyed the support of this group and hope the thread continues. My stretch goals 5 mile < 28:00,="" 10k="" />< 35:00,="" 1/2="" marathon="" />< 1:18:00,="" marathon="" />< 2:40:00="" and="" 24="" hour="" /> 145 miles. Hey 2:40 is still sub 3:00 before you think about kicking me out

Jim - I know some people have requested I fill out a training log - Looks too complicated to me. I do not track any of my speeds except when I am doing speedwork. Even then often I just run 5x5 minutes hard or 20-25 minutes at T or 4x10 minutes at T or a long tempo - Its an effort thing not a time thing. The darn log seems to want me to enter my pace. I have no plans on start tracking my pace ... so, I do not think I will be filling out the training log. I do post my training weeks under the 40x40 thread in the Masters forum.

Forgot to add in training I have ran 5 18-20 mile runs in training and have a 22 and 24 scheduled.

hubbard - you can make your log 'visible' to the rest of us. Options -> My Log preferences -> Allow everyone to see my running log

I've officially sent in my registration for Boston on 4/20/09, so I guess I'll throw my hat it the ring though I think I'll probably be closer Fall 2009 since I'll be stuck in back of a lot of people in Boston. Just started my 24-week training for Boston using HADD....

Jim - I know some people have requested I fill out a training log - Looks too complicated to me. I do not track any of my speeds except when I am doing speedwork. Even then often I just run 5x5 minutes hard or 20-25 minutes at T or 4x10 minutes at T or a long tempo - Its an effort thing not a time thing. The darn log seems to want me to enter my pace. I have no plans on start tracking my pace ... so, I do not think I will be filling out the training log. I do post my training weeks under the 40x40 thread in the Masters forum.

As John said, you can make it as simple or as complicated as you like. The toughest part is entering in prior months if you have nothing that can be imported. For this reason I suggest that you start on Jan 1. On most days it takes me less than 60 seconds to enter my run. On race days or after detailed workouts it might take 5 minutes. Remember also that the log can be backed up to a file on your computer.