The sub 3.30 marathon thread
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Feb 2018
9:02am, 19 Feb 2018
793 posts
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SailorSteve
And what a lovely, sunny, recovery run that was! I've decided to split my '50 week' slightly differently this week; so, recoveries on Monday/Thursday, rest on Tues/Sat, medium/long runs on Weds 16, Fri 12 and Sun 18. Now just need to see if my resolve holds up. |
Feb 2018
10:58am, 19 Feb 2018
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Oscar the grouch
That sounds hard. But I guess once you are out there... I bet you will be itching to go out on the other days
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Feb 2018
11:34am, 19 Feb 2018
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Fenland Flier
Hod my last 4 weeks working back are 41, 43.6, 43.5 and 35.3. The 41 should be 50 and this week was supposed to be my cut back week but I've had to move my long run around so 2 long runs this week, so this week will be 50 miles. When I trained for Malaga I only had 6 weeks in the 40's and no 50+ mile weeks at all and that was over 18 weeks mate. You have the base there just train sensibly and you'll be fine. |
Feb 2018
12:48pm, 19 Feb 2018
350 posts
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Claypole
Thanks for adding me to the sidebar Clare. Can feel the accumulated fatigue starting to build with the long runs at the moment. Hope it'll pay dividends, keep telling myself its only xx weeks until taper and all that...LOL marathon training madness in full swing! 
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Feb 2018
1:30pm, 19 Feb 2018
1,487 posts
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Goofee
For those planning Autumn already Abingdon entries are open.
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Feb 2018
2:07pm, 19 Feb 2018
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Oscar the grouch
Happy to say that I won't be at Abingdon this year! Twice was plenty.
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Feb 2018
5:01pm, 19 Feb 2018
794 posts
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SailorSteve
Oscar - if I’ve got it right I’ll enjoy the mlr’s and then the easy days and rest days will have me raring to go🤞
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Feb 2018
6:24pm, 19 Feb 2018
542 posts
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Oscar the grouch
Interesting approach for sure. I guess pace will be key too
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Feb 2018
6:24pm, 19 Feb 2018
543 posts
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Oscar the grouch
Interesting approach for sure. I guess pace will be key too
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Feb 2018
6:40pm, 19 Feb 2018
796 posts
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SailorSteve
O - As all of the runs where I am until March start with and include (for me) serious hills and I ‘run to feel’ the pace for the mlr’s will be “a pace that feels like I can run all day.” The recovery runs will be even slower. Without a watch I estimate that Saturday’s long run averaged somewhere around 9.30+ per mile with some massive variation depending on whether I was going up or down. Recovery runs are probably more like 10.15+ This terrain brings home one of my maxims that “no training run should make me not want to run the next day” so time really isn’t a factor. I rely on my body/brain to work out a pace that will get me home feeling good. If in any doubt I just go slower. Maybe what I’m doing is simply ‘conditioning’ rather than training. Anyway, 16 planned for tomorrow and I can’t wait. |
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