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Sub 3Hr Marathon

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Brunski Oct 2024 9:17am, 10 Oct 2024 2,453 posts	Quote Pin Brunski Facebook has just reminded me it's 7 years ago today that I ran my first sub-3 marathon. Those Hokas were a bit snug... I barely ran in them as they definitely squashed the toes. Think I still have them in a crate under the stairs (not got rid because they still have some wear in them 😂🤔)
DT19 Oct 2024 2:54pm, 10 Oct 2024 201 posts	Quote Pin DT19 It's 6 years for me on 14th, I have a pic above my desk with medal and race number with the date.
jda Oct 2024 3:02pm, 10 Oct 2024 17,911 posts	Quote Pin jda If I’d run my first sub-3 like that pacer it wouldn’t have been sub-3, that’s for sure.
Brunski Oct 2024 3:38pm, 10 Oct 2024 2,454 posts	Quote Pin Brunski DT19 wrote:It's 6 years for me on 14th, I have a pic above my desk with medal and race number with the date. That's quality, I'm not nearly that organised. Reckon the medal is in my dining room running drawer (basket) along with most of the others. I've got a couple of trophies on display, a player of the tournament football trophy from back in the day, and my one running cup from winning the v45 age group at the Percy Pud back in 2021.
OO61 Oct 2024 5:02pm, 10 Oct 2024 364 posts	Quote Pin OO61 When I passed their pack was 1 guy, the rest were broken. As I say not blaming them, it's a tough job. It's just 'buyer beware'- pacers comes with risks atrached. Safe travels DT. Happy sub 3 anniversary Brunski. My 1st sub 3 was London 2012. Chester was my 12th, so averaging one per year, though in reality much more uneven.
DT19 Oct 2024 5:20pm, 10 Oct 2024 203 posts	Quote Pin DT19 I've a few of my early Londons on display back when I thought I'd only do one or two. Most medals now I put in bin. I keep my Mara medals and pb medals (until they arent). I have a little trophy shelf then for my 7 or 8 county medals and midland masters medal, plus two race podiums and a Sunday football league division 1 runner up trophy from 2006! Sunday will be my 19th mara and hopefully my 14th sub 3. I'm currently on a roll of 13 consecutive sub 3s since my first one in 2018.
Unsafe Breadbin Oct 2024 6:40pm, 10 Oct 2024 130 posts	Quote Pin Unsafe Breadbin Funnily enough, FB reminded me today about returning to sub-3 territory at Manchester in 2021 from seven years of zero running. Chicago will be my 14th marathon and hopefully 12th sub-3. Catching Covid before Boston in 2022 broke a streak of 10 consecutive ones so had to go back in 2023 and redress that.
DT19 Oct 2024 6:46pm, 10 Oct 2024 204 posts	Quote Pin DT19 Yes, I caught covid on way to New York last year. Knew I wasn't right as hadn't planned to go full beans so it should have been a reasonable effort, dragged myself in for 2.58 which was a relief in the end. 48 hours later I was utterly floored for about 4 days.
DT19 Oct 2024 6:59pm, 10 Oct 2024 205 posts	Quote Pin DT19 It's ironically fitting that covid had the last word with NY for me as it also had the first word in that my 2023 place was a deferred 2020 place from the initial storm of covid. It was almost meant to be that it'd end that way.
OO61 Oct 2024 7:00pm, 10 Oct 2024 366 posts	Quote Pin OO61 DT and UB, most impressive stats 👏 I'm very selective with my medals too. I have one display rack for BMAF and international medals (not many of those). And a double rack for my marathon medals, or at least most of them (a few seem to have got lost). In my woodworking phase I made the racks myself- quite smart I think only and don't take up much space in the study. I have a box for other medals but regularly clear them out when they go rusty and discoloured.

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