Running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Children's Hospital
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
Hey, Bob! No need to remove the posts. I've been enjoying reading your exploits - no reason to stop now. Guess I should have posted sooner so you would know someone was paying attention.
Forever Learning
Bob, Being an experienced runner you should know that McMillan is designed to reverse engineer tempo paces for a goal marathon time... I prefer to use VDOT tables or McMillan based on current race times and look to run a 5-K or even 10-K time trial (if no races) to help adjust paces -- running them roughly every 4-6 weeks.
I've got a fever...
I'd be curious how my current pace would compare to VDOT tables.
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.
On this website, the guy has created a VDOT calculator based on Jack Daniels' VDOT tables. Very handy.
In reading tons of posts and talking to folks it seems McMillan is slightly optomistic in the projections - especially as the input distance varies from the goal distance (i.e., a 5-K is not a good full marathon predictor).