Sub-4hr marathon support and celebration thread
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Aug 2022
1:12pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Velociraptor
Tricky call with no perfect answer, auburnette. Your three spring half marathons predict sub-3:45, you're training well, and Amsterdam is a fast course. I think it would be worth planning your training as if you were going for sub-3:45 and make a definite decision nearer the time depending on the information your training has given you. And then don't get carried along at 3:30 pace at the start of the marathon 
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Aug 2022
3:19pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Ally-C
I agree with V’rap your half marathon times are decent. A very good runner told me once for your marathon time half x 2 plus 10 minutes. |
Aug 2022
4:09pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Bob!
That probably works for very good runners Ally. Doesn't for me unfortunately |
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Aug 2022
4:47pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Velociraptor
That's a rather brave equation and I wouldn't rely on it for those of us whose marathon time doesn't start with a 2.
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Aug 2022
4:56pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Ally-C
It doesn’t work for me either. Just it it out there, tbf, she was Salomon sponsored😂
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Aug 2022
4:58pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Velociraptor
My recent marathon time = double my recent best half marathon time + 16 minutes. Maybe it works in proportion to your speed.
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Aug 2022
5:01pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Ally-C
My last marathon was a PW, Covid got in the way.
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Aug 2022
5:04pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Velociraptor
Mine will have been a fairly honest comparison. The fact that I did the half three weeks after the marathon rather than before it may be offset by the fact that on paper I didn't do sufficient training for the marathon.
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Aug 2022
5:08pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Fenland Flier
Mine was double + 14 minutes but I always err on the side of caution as I don't want to blow up in any race.
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Aug 2022
5:27pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Ally-C
My only half before my marathon was during Storm Eunice, 1:52, so getting 3:49 for the marathon was a result😀
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