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Sub 3Hr Marathon
2013
 MPHinLondon, HappyG, BenB, Yramrag, Jasond, B Rubble, Running Devon, SteveV, Stoosh 57.5 DOP FurryFeet, Paul The Builder, TrueGritts! Gettysburg - Westley (2:59) |
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Tizer 4:12pm, 4 Dec 2013 1095 posts |
Its been a few years since I've put any focus on speed
 G. For my two best marathons (and Half Marathons) I never did any speedwork at all and ran no faster than MP (other than for races) for 2 years. The was mainly because I was training to HR/HADD at that time and didnt attend the club speed sessions. During 2012/13 its been a similar story but with even fewer races. I think it's only really in the last 3 months that I could say I've been doing (and enjoying) some consistent speed work. I'm loathed to go into a P&D plan that doesnt put a great deal of focus on speed so will probably try and build some sort of plan around the Club sessions and Lactate Clearance stuff. I think the road racing season ended at the wrong time for me this year....or I got the finger out way too late! |
Dave Kelly 4:30pm, 4 Dec 2013 8 posts |
I think the key to running a faster marathon is in part avoiding neglect of speedwork and in particular improving your lactate threshold. I ran in a ten mile race in Peterborough on Sunday and managed for the first time ever to dip under the hour in 59:42. It required lots of concentration but was in essence a good ten mile tempo run with pretty consistent mile splits. Now if I can do sessions like that more regularly and not just at the occasional race then I think a sub 2:50 coukd be on the cards at VLM 2014. Just need to plan my races on the lead up to the marathon.
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