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I four weeks Barcelona marathon with the goal of sub 3
This week 90 km
Today 32 km @ 4'22'' / km
Next week a HM test ( I hope around 1h23')
10km 38'19''
HM 1h22'07''
M 2h58'44''
I'm running the Myrtle Beach Marathon on Saturday as a long training run / with a guy I work with. I told him I'd pace him through the first 20 miles at an 3:30 pace.
Should I:
a) make it a high mileage week (60 +) and pace 3:30 all the way
b) make it a build week (50-55) and try descend to a last mile at MP?
c) shot for an easy week (45 - 50), run what I feel like and not worry about any injury for boston?
I'm leaning towards option b.
This week didn't get in the miles I wanted thanks to a lot of rain, some 14 hour days of teaching, and a nasty stomach bug.
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do you have any performances to support your sub 2:50 and 59:00 goals? Looking at your PRs, I'd expect to see some intermediate distances (5km, 8km, 10km) at that 5:54 pace or better.
Ran a very comfortable 18 in 2:01 today. Feeling a bit more positive about my chances of a 2:50. Need a bit more speedwork/hillwork and some more regular long runs... but apart from that (!) I'm starting to feel more confident.
Last 1.1 7:39 (gusty head wind + ~0.5 mile uphill)
I have ways to go before I can realistically attempt sub 3. But I still have time. My goal race is in Oct. 8.5 more months!
Congrats on the PR, George. Another step towards the sub 3.
MTA: I think you're right about Mile 9 being short and 10 being long. My Garmin had 9 at 1.05 and 10 at 0.96.
Are we there yet?
Hi I four weeks Barcelona marathon with the goal of sub 3 This week 90 km Today 32 km @ 4'22'' / km Next week a HM test ( I hope around 1h23')
Tu puedes hacerlo!! Vaya con Dios!
~1:23 will put you right there for a good go at sub-3. Good luck and, for all of us on the thread, keep training ... Si se puede!
Yikes...dnf.
Felt really good through the halfway point (1:24:5something). Between 14 and 15 the wheels fell off, so I pulled the plug. My training was well below where it needed to be, but I have a six week old, so I have no regrets about that. Running-wise, I got what I deserved.
Going to take a week of two of R&R and then maybe shoot for something marathon-ish in October, we'll see.
Good luck to the rest of you!
"If within us, we find nothing above us, we succumb to whatever is around us."
Right on Hereford...
Wow, 18 at 6:43 pace! Great run, Tom. Even more so because it felt comfortable.
I will try a sub 3 in four weeks
My PR in marathon is 3h06' last year
I know it`s a very difficult challenge, but..... I have trained hard with a good mileage
i will inform you....
It's not that difficult. It's not even racing, but lasting till the end at the subscribed pace.
jordirio, you should make it.
Ricky —our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka
Running-wise, I got what I deserved.
Thanks for being a good example of what not to do because it is thru you that I learn more perhaps than from watching someone run 70mpw. Took one for the team. Enjoy your newborn!!
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Dopple Bock,
Please put me down on the 2010 Hopefuls list as well.
johnmaas - 03/21/2010 Shamrock Marathon - Virginia Beach, VA
Training has been going well, and I have not raced a marathon since June.
Good luck to everyone else seeking this goal!
John