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My first marathon was 3:53, then I had a slight blip in the next one due to injuries and did 4:21 and then ran 3:41 in my last one, and I'm just now aiming for 3:30. I think I can get 3:15 in the next year or two but my next goal is the 3:30, and I feel it's acheivable, for me anyway. A whole hour is a huge chunk of time to take off your PB, but I suppose it depends on how hard you trained when you ran 4:28 - did you train properly (i.e. steadily building up over several months, with at least a couple of long runs over 18 miles and running maybe 4 or 5 times a week) or did you just wing it?
My problem is the very wide age groups for men. For 41-59 we are expected to do sub 3:15. While this might be OK for 41-45 it does seem far too tough for 50-59!
I accept that my PB of 3:23 is not that great for MV48, but if I can hold sub-3:30 for 2 years I would like to think that it was a good performance for a 50 year old.
An hour off my PB is a hefty chunk. However although I enjoy running I never seem to get the time. Generally I get out only once a week for about 2 hours or so.
With a proper training plan it is probably a realistic target. But how to find the time???? Anyone want to sign a petition for a 25 hour day!!!!
Mojo – mile 20 at Edinburgh, ye I hit the wall there too – that was some hill!!!
great way to start marathon trg, Injured, went over on my ankle last night on a easy run. Had to cancel race today, really hacked off now..........
Resting today, will reassess tomorrow....
Cut back on the drink, stop eating rubbish, train harder, become totally dedicated.................what the hell...3.40 seems good enough
Go for it Steve, welcome
Enjoy:-)
To be honest, I'd set an intermediate goal of running, say, under 4 hours, and see how that goes. I'm convinced that I will be able to run a between 3 hours and 3:15 or even faster at some point in the future, but for now I'm going for the 3:30 (having already run 3:41) and I'll re-evaluate once I've done that - perhaps you should do the same?
On the training side Im now training for my 7th marathon and strated off with a 4:03, my fastest being my 4th at 3:40, hence my wish to get under 3:30, its hard work for 16 weeks as Jen says, Im still trying to find the perfect plan for me. All the race predictors state that I should have no problem in sub 3:30, but I lack in the last 6 miles, have yet to find the magic touch despite all the hrad work......
Hang in there though work hard and you will be rewarded in some manner from your training, that I believe...
Managed a short run today to test the ankle - no reaction yet.....
Enjoy:-)
Back to speed work this week - Preston 10k on Sunday.
Today? Well, I'm mainly be sleeping, as my bloke has developed the charming habit of waking up 90 mins before his alarm goes off in the morning - I know this because he wakes me up to ask me the time, and then falls immediately back into a deep sleep, leaving me to stare at the ceiling and twiddle my thumbs until I can get up for work and spend the day tap tap tapping numbers into a database. Argh. Only 9 more working days to go and then I'm off, back to the UK in August and 3 weeks later, when I've recovered from the jet-lag, I might give this running malarkey a go... jealous? Moi?
Good to see you posting Andy,
Bikes arent my favourite mode of transport after today.....
On private road at work, just after the rain, ran out of corner with wheels slipping on the tarmac, legs finished up rest on large tree whilstrest of me was in a mess in amongst the nettles and hedges, managed to get up and walk / bike away, but in the shock didnt realise that my glasses had come off. Went back to look for them later, no joy.
Arm is still burning from the nettles, but glad, as it could have been alot worse............ (icould have hit the tree and caused lasting damage to it................
Enjoy, train hard and race hard to get stronger and stronger.
I'm continuing my punishing schedule tonight by participating in a table quiz, complete with pizza and beer...
A training partner/coach at home made the mistake of suggesting he thinks of capable of running a 3:10 in FLM next year (given several months of proper training of course)... and of course now I'm more angsty than ever. What the hell ARE you supposed to aim for when you don't know what you're capable of? Especially given the advice I doled out above about setting intermediate goals when trying to take huge chunks off your marathon time...argh.
Hope you're not too sore!
Got rid of all the stress last night with a 3.9m race, (A local series) finished in a time of 25:52 so happy with that.
Take care and enjoy
Have now found chum (bloke across road) to do FLM 06 with, so will definitely be there next year - 3:15 here we come!
Enjoy your training with your new friend.
Did my longest run since london today 12m in the heat - suffered big style, as did others from club did it in 1:39.
Enjoy:-)
Sub 40 was never on, really, with a tricky uphill finish, but I'm now fairly confident I'll crack it before the end of the summer.
Just thought I'd say hello. Back in proper training now for Cardiff in October (and hoping to lose 6 mins and slip under the 3:30 barrier). I'd love to get in through the ballot for the FLM again in 2006, but we shall see.
Andy from E - great 10K time! You'll go sub-40 no problem on a flat course and 3:15's looking pretty tasty too, I reckon.
RFJ - you're due some good fortune soon. Be careful out there ;-)
So gonna try again with the New York...
S'my first marathon - any tips?
When my knee works, 10ks are sub 40min and half marathon 1h 41m is my best...
Havent trained for three weeks bcse my knee has pinged again. Anybody got any tips for holding my joints together long enough to run 26 miles?
Sounds like you've been in the wars a bit! Did you see someone about your knee? Get any stretches to help strengthen it etc?
My advice re: training for the 26.2 would be to let your knee recover completely just now (and get whatever help you need to do that properly), then start gentle training early and build very slowly up in mileage and speed. Hopefully building very gradually will ensure you remain injury-free.
I personally find it hard to handle too much speedwork while increasing mileage each week. If anything has to give (and let's hope it's not your knee) I would avoid speedwork if it puts too much pressure on your joints, and concentrate on building mileage and ensuring you get at least a couple of quality long runs in. Having said that, if you start early enough and remain injury-free, you should be able to do both.
Hope that helps.