Sub-4hr marathon support and celebration thread
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Oct 2023
2:38pm, 29 Oct 2023
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Steve NordRunner
If one looks at the Fetch percentages for all marathon times fetcheveryone.com/league-percentages.php one finds just sub-4 at the 47th percentile.
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Jan 2024
11:47am, 17 Jan 2024
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Velociraptor
Boing! Any takers for 2024? I've entered three marathons. Seville (18th Feb) may be a DNS and won't be anywhere near sub-4 if I do decide to participate rather than spectate. I'm hoping to be able to prepare reasonably well for Belfast (5th May) but it's too far out to call. Valencia (1st Dec) is pure FOMO and MUCH too far out to call. I'd like a GFA time for London in 2025 before the deadline. By the time I do Belfast I'll have gone up into an age category for which the GFA time is currently a relatively unscary (though still not EASY) 4:30. However, I won't be surprised if that's tightened up this year. |
Jan 2024
12:00pm, 17 Jan 2024
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theOtherRichard
Hmmm. I was vaguely thinking of trying to finally break 4 hours at MK (at just the 13th attempt), but now The Boy has signed up for his first half (the Great Birmingham Run) and now I'm tempted to run it with him - if he'll have me. And given the pace he'll make me run and the fact that it's the day before MK, there's little to no chance of running a fast marathon. (Even if I pace him for the first 10-15k, I'll probably be broken.) |
Jan 2024
12:06pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Ally-C
I’m taking a marathon sabbatical 😃
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Jan 2024
12:08pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Velociraptor
Tricky, theOtherRichard! My sensible head says, "Let the boy have all his own glory at Birmingham and give MK your best shot," but I know I'd always be drawn off-target by the prospect of running with a family member.
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Jan 2024
1:27pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Velociraptor
Getting wise in your old age, Ally-C 
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Jan 2024
1:37pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Ally-C
Getting wise in your old age, Ally-C A few half marathons booked & that’s it. Berlin, Achill Island & Budapest. |
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Jan 2024
1:47pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Velociraptor
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Jan 2024
2:44pm, 17 Jan 2024
336 posts
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theOtherRichard
You're right, of course Velociraptor. I should just let him run it and content myself to offering unhelpful training advice from the periphery. There's no big urgency to run sub-4 at MK this year. There will always be next year (and the next etc.) And I managed to break the non-MK 4-hour barrier last year. I'll see if he has an opinion on the matter and decide from there. |
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Jan 2024
3:43pm, 17 Jan 2024
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Velociraptor
Good plan Although a time will come when there isn't always next year. I'm hoping I haven't run my last ever sub-4 and I'll peak again, but at this age it's never certain.
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