Sub-4hr marathon support and celebration thread
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Jun 2022
1:07pm, 20 Jun 2022
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Cheeky’s Dad
You can put me down for Chester Velociraptor After much vacillating I’ve accepted reality and actually entered
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Jun 2022
1:23pm, 20 Jun 2022
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Velociraptor
Yay 
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Jun 2022
4:24pm, 20 Jun 2022
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Velociraptor
Cheeky’s Dad what time are you going for? A generic sub-4 or something more precise in the 3:30 - 4:30 range?
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Jun 2022
5:25pm, 20 Jun 2022
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Cheeky’s Dad
At the moment just a sub-4. My HM PB would suggest that I should be able to go quicker but having blown up on previous occasions I’m trying to be sensible/cautious 😬
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Jun 2022
7:12pm, 20 Jun 2022
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Velociraptor
Thanks There's 15 weeks to go, loads of time to make a pacing decision based on how your marathon training goes.
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Jul 2022
7:00pm, 28 Jul 2022
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hgreav
Nononono!!!! I tested positive for covid yesterday after coming back from the gym and realising that my lungs felt like fire. Feeling rubbish today. I'm gutted that I went to great lengths to work around my weekend plans (including doing weird multiple laps of a campsite in Warwick!) and now I've hit a big hiccup anyway.... Please tell me that my superior vo2max and sheer bloody-mindedness means that this will not set me back too far? I was doing so well! |
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Jul 2022
7:05pm, 28 Jul 2022
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Velociraptor
Sorry to hear that, hgreav But at least you don't have to run those laps now I hope you make a quick and smooth recovery. |
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Jul 2022
7:28pm, 28 Jul 2022
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hgreav
Thank you - fingers crossed!
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Jul 2022
10:25pm, 28 Jul 2022
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Cheeky’s Dad
Hope you get an easy ride hgreav but best not to rush back too soon, no matter how tempting it is. That accumulated fitness won’t just disappear overnight
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Aug 2022
10:32am, 1 Aug 2022
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auburnette
So my goal for Amsterdam in mid October is definitely going to be a sub 4 but undecided as to whether it will be a sub 3:45 (current pb is 3:54). My recent half marathon times would suggest that is potentially attainable but even with the increased mileage I am doing this cycle I don't think I am a very good convertor. Anyone got any tips for how to assess it honestly - don't want to set off at 3:45 pace and blow up! Definitely a risk this time as if I could get say 3:42 that would probably get me a London GFA so there is going to be a bit of pressure to go faster if it looks like I might be near 😬 I've got the Big Half planned for 4 September which I could either race and try and go for sub 1:40, or use as a marathon pace workout. |
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