GFA marathon training 2016
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Jan 2015
8:36am, 29 Jan 2015
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mole_thing
Good luck plb & n-o1 I just run and don't worry about foot strike. I'll be attempting to get gfa at Edinburgh on 31st May. Still got a lot of work to do. |
Jan 2015
12:57pm, 29 Jan 2015
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Nellers
I'm so glad that some of you are still giving this a go.:-)
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Jan 2015
12:58pm, 29 Jan 2015
1,084 posts
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James74
Great thread- I have a GFA but working at keeping it!
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Jan 2015
1:30pm, 29 Jan 2015
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becca7
pinkliverbird - it's best not to focus on footstrike. Rather the important bit to focus on is how you land relative to your bodyweight. Don't overstride and you should land with your feet under your bodyweight, which is kind to your legs.
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Jan 2015
1:34pm, 29 Jan 2015
4,141 posts
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FenlandRunner
Interesting (to me!) that the GFA for an old geezer (50+) is sub-3:30 at Boston but sub-3:20 at London.
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Jan 2015
1:40pm, 29 Jan 2015
240 posts
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Ouchling
No chance of me getting GFA this year. Maybe next time around.
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Jan 2015
2:55pm, 29 Jan 2015
18,733 posts
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Night-owl
4 hours for me FR still have a few years to go
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Jan 2015
2:54pm, 31 Jan 2015
1,506 posts
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Pinkliverbird
A GFA for me is sub 4hr, some races ask for sub 3hr 50min.
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Feb 2015
6:54pm, 1 Feb 2015
3,393 posts
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Magpie Rob
To qualify for London next year we need to have run our qualifying times by July. As a V45 now, I still need a sub-3:15 which would be a 10 minute PB. I had hoped that I would have narrowed the gap a little last April. So I'm still in but not very optimistic at this point. PLB, I have been working on my running form since last year but I still find the long runs are torture. However, it is a different group of muscles which are aching and I have far fewer achilles problems. I still need to strengthen my glute and hip muscles further I think - many of us are weak there it seems. |
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Feb 2015
10:02pm, 1 Feb 2015
1,159 posts
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mole_thing
I need 3.20. I tried for 3.30 at Nottngham last year. but was mentally unprepared for the 3.30 pacer giving up at half way. Lesson learned. From now on I only rely on me (and don't enter any more Sweatshop races). Edinburgh will be my first and last attempt to qualify for 2016. I will set off at gfa pace and should get past half way as I have already done this. Right now I give myself a 20% chance of pulling it off. This is well up on the 0.1% chance I would have given myself a year ago. MR I went to a running seminar last year. One thing that has stuck with me is that they said to think about the part of your running style that first deteriorates when you get tired. That provides a pointer to the muscle groups that most need strengthening. Good luck to all still in the chase. We can do it! |
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