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9:30-10:00 minute miles over up to 11 miles on fairly undulant training routes.
13:37 minute miles, detrained and mildly injured, in the only marathon I've done so far.
Up to 8 minute miles over distances up to a third of a mile in interval training.
Was able to do 6:40 minute miles over short distances before I got injured in January. So still a bit of potential to improve.
Don't care. I can RUN!
Best I have managed this year is probably 7.30 m/mile on a 3.5 miler & that nearly killed me. Average between 8.30 & 10.00 normally. I am resigned to the fact that I will never be a super fast runner but I have other goals (ie three peaks, Tough Guy etc.)
10-minute miles if it's only for 2 miles max with a big effort and a walk break half way, more like 11+ minutes a mile over any longer (and I don't do over 5k distance yet!!). Ah well, the only way is up ;-).
I had a strange experience at Windsor and I'm almost convinced that I ranthe first 3 miles at 7.00 - 7.30 a mile but as Venom pointed out I was probably hallucinating.
Slow or fast, yesterday an old guy stopped his car by me and said "You're a fast runner aren't you", maybe he just wanted to get in my trainers but I was very pleased - that's the kind of heckle you get out on deserted country lanes. Then Daisy started to growl and ruined a blossoming friendship...
Happy speeding
Sounds like you're just naturally more suited to longer distances too which I think(although I am a bit biased here)gives your running a dimension the sprinters lack. Anyone can run as fast as possible for a short period, there's no skill in that, it's just strength. It is more of a challenge when you introduce the tactical skills required to plan a long distance race strategy and the mental toughness / agility to carry it through, deal with any problems encountered along the way and adjust the strategy as necessary and above all, force yourself on when others would give up. Any Marathon runner could run flat out for 100 or 200 metres, how many sprinters could run a Marathon?
Have you tried a full Marathon yet? If you're doing well in 1/2 Marathons and haven't tried the full distance yet, it would be a worthwhile exercise. Adopting the Maraton as my primary event is the best running decision I ever made.
I started running about 4 years ago and found I could happily train at 8/min/mile pace (10K pb 41 mins), then I moved to a very hilly part of Scotland and all my training involved running up hills, I did the same type and length of training but after 18 months of living here I got my 10K pb down to 37 mins.
I found I had gained a lot of strength but this was achieved without speedwork (who wants to run up a hill fast?), I know it has been said that hills are speedwork in disguise but I think this is probably true.
W/Witch, London is a good choice for any first time Marathon runner (if you can get in!). The combination of excellent crowd support and running with many others runners new to the Marathon who can draw inspiration from each other makes London an enjoyable experience to kick off a Marathon running career, or just as a one off Marathon. London's not my favourite Marathon by a long way, but I don't regret choosing it for my first.
How did you find the GNR? I don't have any great desire to run it because the number of runners is getting silly. 30 odd thousand people in a half marathon is just too many and doesn't seem to offer much opportunity for either comfortable running conditions or a serious crack at a fast time. How much of a problem was overcrowding?
13kph for 5km
12.5kph for 10km
12kph for 1/2 Marathon
11.5kph for full marathon (but that's an old figure - 1995). I'll be doing Paris this spring with any luck, so there's a chance I might have to update that.
In training I do short (up to 800 Metres) intervals at 14kph and long ones (up to 2000 Metres) at 13kph, but I'm looking to improve on that in my next training cycle.
Cheers
Peter
Are there any others of you struggling, like me, with the onset of old(er) age. At 56 I'm finding it increasingly difficult to maintain speed. I know they say you should do more speed work, but I find this to be self defeating as it either wears me out or causes an injury.
So recently I've just settled for telling people I'm aiming to keep my 10km time less than my age.
Cheers again
Peter
Brunswick I really enjoyed the GNR as my first big race it was amazing, it is a great run and it seems the majority of runners do it at least once, but not if you're trying to better a PB.
My favourite Bob Glover quote is now: "Perhaps the single greatest cause of improvement among runners is remaining injury-free long enough to attain consistent training."
Injury sucks!
Neil
>place in this year's London marathon and has
>also caused my current layoff.
Yup. I've made the same mistake. Speedwork should be hard, but should not leave you gasping (and/or vomiting) - at least not if you are approaching my advancing years.
The idea is to get your body used to running faster than normal. So it doesn't have to be a *lot* faster than normal to be effective.
Cheers
Peter
5M - 8:00 min mile
10k - 8:15 min mile
10M - 8:30 min mile
Some of you are damn fast!!
I'm procrastinating madly today - planned to do speedwork this morning but I'm sitting here in my kit thinking I might have more energy if I leave it till a couple of hours after lunch.....