Forums >Racing>2011 Goal of Sub-3:00 Marathon
Dopple Bock was looking to lateral the ball for 2011 -- alright, I'm willing to take it and run.
We are here to support each other in this shared goal. Some have broken 3:00 multiple times but love the group, so they stay and set new goals to break 3:00. Other people might be 3:10 or above marathoners that are working toward the big 3:00. All are welcome, collectively all support each other the best we can.
Welcome and please tell us a little about yourself. I'm Clive -- I've gotten back into running after a long injury-induced layoff. I'm looking to run as many miles as my life and legs will permit. I'm not going to threaten 3:00 in 2011, but I'm one of the many people who read and are inspired by past (and present, hopefully) versions of this thread.
There's lots of great stuff in the original sub 3:00 marathon thread (but it is 2,446 posts long!).
2011 Hopefuls for sub 3:00 marathons (unless noted, goal is Sub-3:00):
Dopple Bock -- 23JAN2011 -- Icebreaker (Milwaukee WI) -- RESULT = 3:06:38
flatfooter -- 30JAN2011 -- Chevron Houston (Houston TX) -- Goal = sub-2:55 -- RESULT = 2:57:08
ChakaKahn -- 13FEB2011 -- Mercedes (Birmingham AL) -- RESULT = 2:45:52
Dopple Bock -- 20FEB2011 -- Lost Dutchman (Apache Junction AZ) -- RESULT = 3:07:37
Oldman -- 05MAR2011 -- Snickers Marathon Energy Bar (Albany GA) -- RESULT = DNF
bpurcell -- 06MAR2011 -- Napa Valley (Napa CA) -- RESULT = 2:51:39
schneidr -- 10APR2011 -- St. Louis (St. Louis MO) -- Goal = sub-2:28 -- RESULT = 2:33:09
beat -- 16APR2011 -- Gansett (Narragansett RI) -- Goal = sub-2:50 -- RESULT = 2:53:34
pnone home -- 17APR2011 -- Virgin London (London GB) -- NO RESULT POSTED
BadDawg -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA)(late addition) -- RESULT = 2:56:38
bhearn -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:58:41
BoilerTom90 -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:07:40
bzaganjo -- -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:17:02
C-R -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = DNS
ccowden -- -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:07:00
ChakaKahn -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:50:41
ClaytonVenhuizen -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:01:43
Dakota RR -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:58:35
daubenspeck -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:00:33
dnephin -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:19:01
flovesparko -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- Goal = sub-2:55 -- NO RESULT POSTED
Greg Rowe -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- Goal = sub-3:00 pending SF healing well -- RESULT = 3:13:17
jenljones-- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:08:11
joescott -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:57:03
johnmaas -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:54:11
KevinHutchins -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:40:50
kosherdave -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:19:35
lynnhoj -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:55:29
Nemo 26.2 -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:54:37
roots -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:56:38
spaniel-- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- Goal = 2:32 -- RESULT = 3:27:32
xhristopher (subtly) -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 3:03:32
iansyd -- 30APR2011 -- Rotorua (Rotorua NZ)(18hrs ahead of EDT) -- RESULT = 3:02:17
huskerrunner -- 01MAY2011 -- Lincoln (Lincoln NE) -- NO RESULT POSTED
bhearn -- 01MAY2011 -- Vancouver (Vancouver BC, CA) -- RESULT = 3:06:25
Parklife -- 01MAY2011 --Avenue of the Giants (Eureka CA) -- RESULT = 2:55:33
negative_split -- 01MAY2011 -- Cox Sports/Providence (Providence RI) -- RESULT = 2:45:19
Don S -- 14MAY2011 -- Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (St. Joseph MN) -- RESULT = 2:48:43
danworley -- 15MAY2011 -- Cellcom Green Bay (Green Bay WI) -- NO RESULT POSTED
Kevin Weber -- 15MAY2011 -- Cellcom Green Bay (Green Bay WI) -- RESULT = 2:48:53
jsund81 -- 05JUN2011 -- Minneapolis (Minneapolis MN) -- DNS (illness)
Dopplebock -- 18JUN2011 -- Grandmas (Duluth, MN) -- RESULT = 2:55:45
Roth Runner -- 11SEP2011 -- Nottingham Marathon (Nottingham UK) -- RESULT = 2:53:57
abe_mend -- 18SEP2011 -- Fox Cities (Menasha WI) -- RESULT = 2:46:34
jsund81 -- 02OCT2011 -- Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul MN) -- RESULT = 3:09:35
Nemo ME -- 02OCT2011 -- Wineglass (Corning NY) -- RESULT = 2:50:49
kosherdave -- 09OCT2011 -- Mohawk (Albany NY) -- NO RESULT POSTED
flatfooter -- 09 OCT 2011 -- Chicago (Chicago IL) -- RESULT = 2:54:46
BearcatRunner -- 15OCT2011 -- Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) -- RESULT = 3:25:29
kosherdave -- 16OCT2011 -- Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids MI) -- RESULT = 3:09:38
Nemo ME -- 16OCT2011 -- Mountain Desert Island (Bar Harbor ME) -- RESULT = 3:04:53
xhristopher -- 16OCT2011 -- Baystate (Lowell MA) -- DNS
spinach -- 23OCT2011 -- On the Road for Education (Mason City IA) -- DNS
RunThinBoyRun -- 30OCT2011 -- Marine Corps (Washington DC) -- NO RESULT POSTED
Coockie_jr -- 30OCT2011 -- Marine Corps (Washington DC) -- RESULT = 2:51:25
bpurcell -- 06NOV2011 -- Two Cities (Fresno CA) -- RESULT = 2:47:30
Candice S. -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 3:11:21
ChaKaKahn -- 06NOV2011 -- Marshall University (Huntington NC) -- RESULT = DNF
Don S -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 3:07:25
kmballatine -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 3:16:43
kosherdave -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 3:23:07
Nemo ME -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 2:58:43
tahlgren -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 2:59:24
MandyS -- 06NOV2011 -- ING New York City (New York, NY) -- RESULT = 3:48:09
ChaKaKahn -- 12NOV2011 -- Thunder Road (Charlotte NC) -- DNS
heffa47 -- 12NOV2011 -- SunTrust Richmond (Richmond VA) -- RESULT = 3:34:12
ChaKaKahn -- 19NOV2011 -- North Carolina (High Point NC) -- DNS
gilbertlemieux -- 20NOV2011 -- Philadelphia (Philadelphia PA) -- RESULT = 3:03:02
Walt.RB -- 20NOV2011 -- Philadelphia (Philadelphia PA) -- RESULT = 3:12:31
Geo Runner -- 04DEC2011 -- California International (Sacramento CA) -- NO RESULT POSTED
ChaKaKahn -- 10DEC2011 -- Kiawah Island (Kiawah Island NC) -- RESULT = 3:00:05
Oldman -- 10DEC2011 -- Rocket City (Huntsville AL) -- RESULT = 3:33:46
2011 Graduates:
schneidr -- 10APR2011 -- St. Louis (St. Louis MO) -- RESULT = 2:33:09
ChaKaKahn -- 13FEB2011 -- Mercedes (Birmingham AL) -- RESULT = 2:45:52
Nemo 26.2 -- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT =2:54:37
lynnhoj-- 18APR2011 -- Boston (Boston MA) -- RESULT = 2:55:29
flatfooter -- 30JAN2011 -- Chevron Houston (Houston TX) -- RESULT = 2:57:08
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Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Shooting for below 3 & PR at Boston.
Thanks for doing this!
DWARP Marathon Madness Mob
Thanks for taking over the thread!
Put me down for Houston 1/30/2011. <2:55
Thanks for taking over. I'll make a legit attempt later in the year.
Hopefully at New York. I need the half qualification time first though.
After a year and a half off serious training (2009 sub-3 graduate at Boston!), I've decided that Boston 2011 will be my next goal race. I haven't exactly been sitting on my butt; I have run 31 marathons & ultras since Boston 2009. But I haven't made any of them goal races, and I'm certainly not in the shape now I was then.
So. Sign me up for Boston. Realistically, given where I'm at now, sub-3 by Boston is probably a stretch. But I think I can at least go sub-3:05. And tentatively I'd like to go sub-2:55 next fall.
Over the next couple months I'll build back from 35-40 mpw to 60ish, then, if all goes well, start Pfitzinger's 70-85 mpw plan.
Hey Clive, thanks. Boston 2011 sub 2:55. Bhearn, only 31 marathons in one and half years, quit slacking off and start training you marathon maniac.
The shirtless wonder
I was going to make a go of this in the fall of 2010 but a stress fracture made me reevaluate my goals. I'm looking at shooting for sub-3 next fall unless training goes exceptionally well and then I'll make a go of it at Boston. I will more likely just shoot for a PR at Boston (<3:09).
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If I can keep myself healthy next spring I intend to try to break three in the Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon in St Joseph MN on May 14.
Run like a kid again!
Please put me down sir.
BearcatRunner -- 04/18/2011 -- Boston (Boston MA
tenacity
Thank you for stepping up to the plate, Clive.
Please put me down for sub-3 @ Boston 2011.
Sign me up. I'm shooting for sub 3 at Marine Corp in 2011. I failed miserably at my first sub 3 attempt in March. I went out to fast and crashed and burned at mile 18. Shuffled my way to a 3:18.