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Oct 2011
9:55am, 22 Oct 2011
11,557 posts
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hellen
I have a track marathon in a couple of week so might manage a couple more mins which will then put me a bit closer and within smelling distance. Think I will then take it a bit easier in terms of hard stuff but keep up the milage for a while then pick up speed more seriously early next year for a crack at a PB in March/April with a bit more of a taper
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Oct 2011
10:46am, 26 Oct 2011
4,969 posts
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♣BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown
Right. Time to start taking this seriously. VLM, 22/4/12.
Current PB is 3.42.23, Snowdonia in 2008. Last marathon was 3.58.58, Barcelona, March 2011.
Anyone know any good six month schedules?
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Oct 2011
10:50am, 26 Oct 2011
11,591 posts
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hellen
Just wondering what sort of pace people aiming for 3.30 do on their runs
What would you do for a steady relaxed run? Most of my easy miles are at around 9mm or a bit slower, wondering if that is fast enough. I do the odd tempo run here and there,, what paces do you do those at?
Can't help with schedules, dont use them
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Oct 2011
10:56am, 26 Oct 2011
13,658 posts
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flanker
circa 9mm or a bit slower is fine IMO for steady/long run. K does hers around there to target 3:15. Mix in some long tempo (tempo endurance) at PMP, and maybe a few long intervals (mile+) and you have a training program.
But you know my views on most people training too fast and the RW etc schedules already 
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Oct 2011
11:00am, 26 Oct 2011
5,929 posts
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Gymfreak
I ran 3.24 off easy miles of 9-9.30mm H.
I didn't do any speedwork for it though.
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Oct 2011
11:02am, 26 Oct 2011
1,418 posts
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emdee
3:30 is 8m/m, so I would think that if you're doing the HRM thing and your easy runs are at around 70% WHR, that would probably be between 8:30 and 9m/m pace. Tempo runs should be getting up to near 10k pace - 7m/m or so.
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Oct 2011
11:06am, 26 Oct 2011
11,592 posts
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hellen
That was kind of my plan flanker once I have my next few marathons out the way
A few tempo runs and a hill or interval session each month. Not going to go overboard as I didn't for my recent PBS just feel I need to get my 10km and HM more in line with my marathon though!!
For years I have plugged my shorter races into the calculator and my Marathon is always too slow. Now my other races are too slow!!!
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Oct 2011
11:16am, 26 Oct 2011
1,419 posts
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emdee
Don't pay any attention to those calculators.. If I plug in my best 10k time (42:06), it gives me a 4:06 mara. If I plug in my best mara time to date (3:39), I get a 10K time of 36:59. There's got to be a happy medium somewhere!
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Oct 2011
11:19am, 26 Oct 2011
9,484 posts
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RuthB2
I'm going to take a break from long distance till the new year, but 2012 has to be the year for sub 3.30. Not a clue where to try for it though. Good to see such support on here.
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Oct 2011
11:29am, 26 Oct 2011
5,930 posts
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Gymfreak
I could never have got near a 10k time that it said was equivalent to a 3.24 mara........
Who knows. 2013 may happen for me again. Or 2014. I'll know more after a scan next week and watch you lot in the meantime.
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