The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread

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Oct 2014
4:03pm, 20 Oct 2014
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run-forest-run
Thank you for all the comments, much appreciated :-)
Oct 2014
6:46pm, 20 Oct 2014
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STOOSH
Good to see you're already preparing for the next assault at London:)

Clare - enjoy the time to re-assess your goals and have some downtime. I'm sure you'll be all the more determined when you choose the next one:)

How's the taper going dan, you ready to smash Leicester?
Oct 2014
6:47pm, 20 Oct 2014
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STOOSH
Also good to see :)G in action at the weekend, as usual i gave him some encouragement along the way ;-)
Oct 2014
8:50pm, 20 Oct 2014
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dan.
Yeh, I am stoosh, thanks, feeling really up for it. Got a sore throat and cold on Friday but timing was perfect as I'd finished my hard sessions for the week and now it's pretty much gone away. Just done a gentle 5 tonight, doing pyramids steady at club tomorrow then a short sharpener on Friday and that's it. Can't wait for Sunday I'm going to destroy it!! (hopefully!)

How about you? And when do you fly out?
Oct 2014
8:59pm, 20 Oct 2014
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STOOSH
All good here, just bored at the lack of milage. I've got 3 rest days planned this week including today. Fly out Friday and will probably do their breakfast run 5k on Saturday to stretch the legs ready to give it the beanz on Sunday. I've pb'd at London this year so won't be holding back as i feel i've nothing to lose:)
Planning on 7 with 2/3@mp tomorrow and an easy 6/7 on thursday.

Tbh - i'm more bothered about how i can get my legs to recover in 6days before the GO33 on the 1st Nov :-o
Oct 2014
9:00pm, 20 Oct 2014
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HappyG(rrr)
Stoosh's encouragement was, "Move your a*s G, this isn't a knitting club, you know!" Thanks Stoo! XC was great fun actually. I was a good minute or two down on previous years, legs still very leaden 6 weeks after the 105, but maybe not surprising. The longest runs I had ever done before were 53 and 49.9 miles, so 105 was quite a step up! :-) G
Oct 2014
9:37pm, 20 Oct 2014
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dan.
Wow good luck with that Stoosh , I will be having a week off after Sunday!

Good luck on Sunday, give it your all, I will be doing the same :-)
Oct 2014
3:07am, 21 Oct 2014
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Westley
Clare, Peacey, sorry to hear your training did not elicit the results you should have secured. The marathon is a fickle beast. The margin of error is so small, much smaller than in a shorter race.

Clare, have you thought about doing a half or 10k to get the marathon out of your system. Your training definitely deserved more and a shorter race might allow you to reap some of the deserved rewards.

Peacey, DNFing sucks, been there.

Congratulations RFR!

PTB, I am not sure to be honest. I've really plateaud since my PB in 2010. I think maybe not enough of my mileage at at the effort at which it needs to be. My thoughts at the moment and to do more progressive ling runs with the half at PMP plus 60s and the latter half at PMP plus 30 seconds. I also need to make sure at least 20% of my weekly mileage is at PMP or faster. The danger in this approach is making sure I back off if it gets too much, and to make sure my recovery runs are truly recovery.

Next week I am going to do a ten miler with 7 miles at 84-86% MHR and depending on the result I'll sign up for Harrisburg, that takes place on 9 November.

WW, sounds a bit scarey, glad you recovered okay - sounds rough.

G, did you do a 100 miler?!
Oct 2014
3:11am, 21 Oct 2014
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Westley
Also, thanks to all for the congratulations - appreciated.
Oct 2014
8:15am, 21 Oct 2014
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HappyG(rrr)
I did a 24 hour Westley. Managed 105.47 miles. Wasn't at 3:15 pace tho! I do need to get out and have another crack at 3:15 some time. Maybe spring next year in build up to WHW. I'll see if I can find a flat, road course in early spring. Maybe. :-) G

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.

2024 declarations:

Milan 7/4: Charles
Manchester 14/4: allmatthew, Fergus
Rotterdam 14/4: Akie
Christchurch NZ 21/4: Mark J
London 21/4: KS, larkim
Boston UK 28/4: SJA
Copenhagen 5/5: bowman

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2023 sub 3:15s:

Bowman: 3:06:57 (Växjö), 3:09 (Jönköping)
charlesvdw: 3:03:33 (Berlin), 3:07:55 (London)
chrismean: 3:12:45 (London)
FergusG: 3:13:41 (Manchester)
JDA: 2:52:48 (Manchester)
larkim: 3:09:30 (London)
Rossco: 3:05:15 (NYC)
WW: 3:05:45 (Manchester)

Other very notable 2023 performances:

allmatthew: 3:17:40 (Manchester)
Clare: 3:16:59 (London)
KS: 3:35:13 (London)
tipsku: 3:29:36 (Leipzig)

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