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FL,United States

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Certified course PR's:

Mile: 4:28.0 (Florida, Jan 2020)

5K: 15:12 (FL, Jan. 2020)

10K: 31:44 (FL, Feb. 2020)

15K: 49:03 (FL, Feb. 2020)

1/2 Marathon: 1:10:34 (FL, Feb. 2020)

Marathon: 2:26:57 (WA, July 2019)

100k (63.7 miles, trail): 9:11:00 (FL, Jan. 2019)

Personal:

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Wed, Mar 27, 2019
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13.150.0013.15

PM: 13.15 miles solo

Random toughts- yesterday has me a bit worried for Boston.  In the end my mindset seems to always be "just sub 3 and you're good."  I seem to make this mistake whenever I have a marathon lined up- I never actually train specifically for them (with speed in mind anyway), or with a plan.  I really just walk out this door and wing it the majority of the time. My mileage is always decent, my speed is often okay, but I never give tempos or marathon race-pace much of a thought during the build up.  I'm a bit too close now (18 days) to really add anything worthwhile, but maybe writing this will hold my future self a bit more accountable if things go awry on Boston race day.

Comments
From Jason D on Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 19:55:04 from 73.144.88.57

I think to run the marathon well you have to spend a good amount of time running at marathon effort. In my recent buildup my coach had me doing work just under marathon pace and just over marathon pace. The buildup got messed up will an illness, so I can't speak to its effectiveness personally, but I have seen the approach work for teammates.

One of the classic workouts on the blog is a 10 + 10 or 10 miles moderate straight into a 10-mile tempo at goal pace. That usually tells me what I am capable of sustaining.

Paul Petersen's (blog still up, but not posting) is a goldmine for many things, but marathon training is one in particular. There are other examples, but he's one. At one time he was (I think) one of the US's top 50 fastest marathoners.

You're a strong and versatile runner though, so see what happens.

From Mike on Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:45:02 from 168.213.5.107

Hey thanks for posting this! I will definitely take a look- I certainly don't have the marathon anywhere near figured out, and it's pretty clear the way I've been doing it is not the way. Thanks Jason.

From Tom K on Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:05:18 from 47.206.60.114

I like the way this guy sets up for his marathons...

http://rhett.fastrunningblog.com/blog-04-01-2019.html

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