The sub 2.45 marathon thread

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Chris May 2020 4:24pm, 11 May 2020 1,408 posts	0 Chris How about a hybrid of the 2? Start on the lower mileage plan and build into the higher mileage as you progress. Lots of Easy miles is what got my marathon time (and other distances) down, just be careful not to suddenly jump the mileage up.
sacochra May 2020 8:03pm, 11 May 2020 2 posts	0 sacochra Cheers Controversial. I suppose I'll see how training goes and re-evaluate goal a bit closer to the time if necessary. My A goal is the sub 2.45 to get championship qualification and run London for the first time (although hopefully 2.56 would be good enough for GFA). Will take the higher mileage low intensity idea on board too. 65 mpw is the most I've ever done and current goal is to make that feel really comfortable. Thanks Chris. I've been thinking about that too. If I do the 70 - 85 plan but drop all the doubles (pm recoveries) that would have peak around 80 which, if my normal base is 65, wouldn't be a huge increase.
icenutter May 2020 8:58am, 12 May 2020 409 posts	0 icenutter On this page, the average 2:40 marathoner logs almost 800 miles in the 16 weeks before there marathon. fetcheveryone.com/article/marathon-predictions-3-0-116
Bazoaxe May 2020 11:14am, 12 May 2020 16,393 posts	0 Bazoaxe That seems quite light mileage for such a time! I was probably well over 1000 miles to just break three.
jda May 2020 11:21am, 12 May 2020 7,342 posts	0 jda Yeah I think so too. For sacochra in particular, I would certainly suggest ramping up the mileage gradually and seeing how it goes...comfortably sub-3 on moderate mileage suggests they are some way from what might be achievable (though taking off large chunks of time gets hard quickly).
Jock Itch May 2020 11:09am, 13 May 2020 13,224 posts	0 Jock Itch Bout right for my 2.40
lammo May 2020 11:16am, 13 May 2020 10,111 posts	0 lammo Don't listen to Jock, he's a cyclist now, I saw him being towed around by his wife on Saturday
Bazoaxe May 2020 12:16pm, 13 May 2020 16,405 posts	0 Bazoaxe Jock - you are (or were) a natural athlete. If you trained better you could have been Steve Way
Jock Itch May 2020 1:28pm, 13 May 2020 13,225 posts	0 Jock Itch Not been on a bike for donkeys, hate the bastards. Baz - too kind
controversial May 2020 1:54pm, 13 May 2020 10,349 posts	0 controversial looool @lammo, jock with a tin of stella been towed away in a kids cart by his wife on a bike!! That is something I want to see ---> jock you got to make the pic happen!!