The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread
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Apr 2024
3:55pm, 11 Apr 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
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Apr 2024
3:55pm, 11 Apr 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
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Apr 2024
7:33pm, 11 Apr 2024
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Bazoaxe
I did sometimes see sudden improvements in pace/HR which would then go back a bit before a gradual step forward. So not quite as scullion describes, but over a marathon cycle there were signs when improvements and adaptations were happening I am looking forward to VLM and kind of wish I could get the old days back. I have though had more back issues and have been cycling a lot instead for almost two weeks. It does make me realise how lucky I was |
Apr 2024
7:41pm, 11 Apr 2024
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larkim
Agree I sometimes see a single step forward, usually mid P&D when the intervals start. HR drops a few beats for easy runs and stays there compared to earlier in the plan. Not as rapidly as a couple of weeks though. I'm looking forward to London particularly for my wife though. I'll be glad to see the back of marathon training for a while, 3 seasons on the bounce has become a bit unrelenting. I do appreciate the position of privilege though and no doubt if I picked up an injury just after London I'd be jealously admiring all those runners out there. |
Apr 2024
8:17pm, 11 Apr 2024
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LouLou
London celebrity spotting … Bazo we met a few times on course if I remember right - I think tower bridge once? And I’m sure in the last mile….. Loving the maranoia. I’ve listened to Stephen Scullion’s podcast in the past … not much recently - he’s had a lot going on in recent years and would be amazing to see him Qualify and then manage to execute a good run at the olympics. I’m intrigued by the women’s exit race to see what happens with the third selection for the olympics. Equally interesting to see what happens with male selection…. I’m also very jealous of my big sister running Boston on Monday - I don’t think the 6 stars or using Boston qualifiers was such a thing for us back in the early 2010s when I would have had the time. |
Apr 2024
8:18pm, 11 Apr 2024
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LouLou
Women’s elite race - my typing is awful (blaming small child sleeping on top of me)
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Apr 2024
8:23pm, 11 Apr 2024
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Bazoaxe
Not doing Boston is my one regret Talking of meeting fetches on course. I recall meet Lou Lou around Big Ben, but not tower bridge. I ran with BRubble for about ten miles one year. Happy g passed me on his pb year. RFJ did as well one year about the same place as I had encountered Lou Lou. Postieboy, idlewild, tiger, stoosh PtB and WW all passed me. In fact there are photos my family took around 23 miles and PtB, idlewild and postie all appeared in them. I once passed jock itch. I also think I passed kinkyS once. I probably missed a few as well. |
Apr 2024
9:01pm, 11 Apr 2024
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Mark J 🇳🇿
I follow Stephen's channel. It was initially way above my head. But I think a combination of me improving as a runner and getting better understanding of the sport and him also slightly adjusting his presentation style, I really enjoy his content. I wish him well but it must be so frustrating to be at 2:09 level, competing at the very top of your sport still knowing that 2:09 will never get you on the podium. What a mind f"$k.
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Apr 2024
8:35am, 12 Apr 2024
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B Rubble
Happy days. We were lucky then that the GFA meant you definitely got a place. 3:14:59 for V40. I remember that Baz, we ran from the FGFA that year. I saw LouLou somewhere around Limehouse I think on other year. And obvs HappyG and PtB at the end in 2013 ![]() Covid stopped me doing Boston, twice. |
Apr 2024
8:53am, 12 Apr 2024
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HappyG(rrr)
Is it time for this pic B Rubble ?! Good luck all the London marathoners, it is a bit special! ![]() |
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