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The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread

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4:49pm, 21 Oct 2020
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K5 Gus
Wishing you all the best RFJ
Oct 2020
5:43pm, 21 Oct 2020
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B Rubble
Best wishes RFJ. You can hang up your trainers knowing you've achieved some fantastic times and, more importantly, enjoyed it along the way. Stay in touch.
Oct 2020
6:03pm, 21 Oct 2020
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Brunski
All the best managing your condition RFJ, love it how you got to 1000 and did it on your terms, very powerful!
SPR
Oct 2020
6:21pm, 21 Oct 2020
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SPR
Sorry to hear that you've decided it's best to stop RFJ. Hope the the biking goes well. All the best managing the MS.
Oct 2020
8:09pm, 21 Oct 2020
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Windsor Wool
All the very best Matt. Super strong as ever to get to the 1000.
Oct 2020
8:50am, 22 Oct 2020
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Daz Love
Take care RFJ. Please don't be a stranger to the thread.
RFJ
Oct 2020
7:35pm, 22 Oct 2020
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RFJ
Thanks all, much appreciated, I will pop in as and when, thanks again
Oct 2020
5:04pm, 27 Oct 2020
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larkim
In the absence of anything specific to aim for, settled on an attempt to put together 100 days of streaking with a minimum of 2 miles per day. I do this more or less annually in spring running up to Easter as a sop to my catholic heritage, but that's usually in the context of having some spring racing to aim at.

I don't think 2 miles per day min should stress things too much (I've got a loop where I do about 0.5m easy, 0.25m at 5k pace, 1.25m easy just to keep it at least mildly interesting) and it is at least a motivator to get out of the door regularly. There are other bits and bobs I'll be throwing in there too to pique interest every now and again (hopefully!) so I might just squeeze over 1500 miles for the year which I've done since 2017.

It's a shame-faced attempt to keep me doing something anyway as I've learned that no races = no motivation for me at the moment. Short of a bout of illness, it's at least a fixed and immutable "challenge" that I can continually work torwards.
Oct 2020
5:20pm, 27 Oct 2020
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B Rubble
We all have different motivators Larks, obviously an impending race is one of the biggest. It's just a case of finding something you enjoy that gets you outside. Setting up a running streak is a good one. Fast or slow, long/short, hilly/flat, muddy/tarmac etc. it doesn't really matter as long as you're getting the health benefits of running. I'm not really sure I want to race again, so my motivation has come from other places. I think the longest streak I've ever had is 15 days so it would be an easy one to successfully beat.
Oct 2020
7:00pm, 27 Oct 2020
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Bazoaxe
Welcome aboard larks. I think I am on day 239 of a streak now :-o

About This Thread

Maintained by Windsor Wool
For those who want to go sub 3.15 in a marathon and/or those that have already done it and want to give advice. Share your journey or help someone else's here.

2025 targets:

Chicago 12 Oct: Mark
Abingdon 19 Oct: Clare
York 19 Oct: PJH

2025 achievers:
Charles 3:07 @ Ghent
Mark 3:07 @ Christchurch
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