Rock-n-Roll Marathon June 1st, 2008 San Diego (Read 815 times)

It may be a little early to get this started, but come Feb. 1st, (16) weeks sounds like less time than 4 months. Ran this last year and really enjoyed this run in spite of the 39 turns an all. Haven't made a decision on what plan to use yet and was wondering if anyone here @ RA plans on doing this and what training plan you're looking at. Maybe it's because I don't have any races planned until them, am starting to get really pumped up just thinking about it.

I'll be there! This will be my first full marathon, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm planning to use the Hal Higdon Novice program. Good luck!

Alright! I pretty much used Hal's "Chicago" program for my first. For someone just wanting to finish, this would probably get the greatest return for the least amount of investment. In his (18) week plan you are starting off with only 15 miles the first week, so from my experience, that mileage was a little low. Luckily, I was able to increase the length of one other run day per week and ended up with fond memory of my first marathon. Thanks, and good luck to you!

For someone just wanting to finish, this would probably get the greatest return for the least amount of investment.

Yup, that's me! Thanks for the advice, Pegasus. Sdewan, congratulations on your half-marathon and good luck in your training!

How did you fare in the Carlsbad half & do you have a time goal for San Diego?

I planned on taking it easy during the Carlsbad Half and finishing in around 2 hours. My previous PR was 1:55. Maybe because I took it easy in the early part of the race, by the last half I still had lots of energy and ended up finishing in 1:50. For the Rock N Roll Marathon (my 2nd marathon), my real goal is to finish in less than 4:20. However, when I put the above HM time into a race predictor, it tells me I can finish a marathon in 3:55. I find that really hard to believe, but it is at least encouraging. My Ultimate goal is to train hard all year so I can run the WDW Goofy next January. I'm more worried about avoiding injuries than achieving any time goals, but it's hard to hold back during a race because you get so caught up in the moment.

For the Rock N Roll Marathon (my 2nd marathon), my real goal is to finish in less than 4:20. However, when I put the above HM time into a race predictor, it tells me I can finish a marathon in 3:55. I find that really hard to believe, but it is at least encouraging.

If you can get the mileage in based on the schedule you are following, breaking 4 hrs.should be real doable. Your "half" time was very close to mine when I ran SD last year & I hit 3:58:00 I was on pace for a 3:45 @ mile 21 when the wheels came off...

this will be my third time running the RnR!!! It will be 6 weeks after Boston and I'll probably stick with some portion of the pfitz 18-50 that I have been/will be using for Surf City and Boston. In 2006 I use Hal's Int I and in 2007 used Int II and had great success (IMO). It's the only marathon I've ever done but I like the course...miles 16-22 of the course are part of my regular running routine.

So, you qualified for Boston in San Diego? Outstanding! It is possible I can BQ this year @ the RnR, but I may come up 5-7 minutes short based on my current fitness. May have to wait until 2009 since I go into a new age category.

There's a lot of time between now and June...just do mileage, mileage, mileage and lots of it! good luck!! I'm aiming for your BQ time next week, I'll let you know how it feels, LOL.

Yes, please do! That will give me an exact time to hit... I could use a little (lot) more mileage. Just getting up to 40 a week for a couple of months from 25-30 miles per week made a big difference, so if I can get a few weeks in @ 52-55 I would be happy. Thanks & good luck next week.

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