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Sub 2:45 FLM 2006
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When is the Singapore marathon?
Sounds like you'll be well prepared for the heat/humidity.How many sessions per week are run in the dreaded heat chamber?
I have only just started training in the chamber. but plan to do 3 sessions a week and the rest in gloves and hat!! dibsx
Worksop Half today - should have stayed at home.
Had a fuzzy head for a few days but thought I'd be ok once I got going - I wasn't.
Seemed to be working hard the whole way and pace felt ok but every mile split showed about 6mins rather than the hoped for 5.43's - finished in 79.09.
Oh well, I enjoyed the race anyway and I live to race another day - Keyworth here I come.
BR - I see you finishing as I was crawling back to baggage area - you're looking lean (although the drowned rat look takes a few pounds off us all) hope you enjoyed pace making duties.
Hope the training is going well Dibs- don't envy you training in that chamber though.
S3oB- Seems like you have had a hard time since Abingdon. But a bit of a break will do you no harm. You must have incredible potential if you can run as fast as you do on 35mpw.
As for me, well since Cardiff running has taken a bit of a back seat especially as I am presently involved with building an extension to my house. I am however back into some sort of daily routine with my running and I am signed up for the Bedford 1/2 marathon in December. I don't think I am going to be doing much beyond 50mpw until the new year. Just can't find the time at the moment. Am planning on doing Edinburgh in June. Am still consumed with the idea of sub 2:45 but it is a long way off as is evident from cardiff. maybe it will come in autumn 2006- In my first marathon as a vet!
Hi BS, thanks for comments. I'm never disappointed with sub 80mins - especially when I think about my slowest HM time of 2.14.41!
Good to hear you're back into training and already planning the next marathon, keep shooting for that sub2.45, it's surprising how many folk run marathon PB's in their early forties.
Good luck for Bedford, December's a great month for running fast times.
Keyworth was my breakthrough race where I ran 74:21 2 years ago to get that elusive championship place. Won a large frozen turkey as well:-)
Would love to see your 74.21 at the finish BR.
Good race Tom, I'm guessing your 'high miles' means close to 100mpw which would make your time even more impressive. Hope you have a great big Eastern Counties pot on your mantelpiece.
60 mins sounds realistic with a full taper.
Ah, the Bath HM - where Toms PB's are made.
See you at the Poppy 5.
Here comes the techy bit: 2:44:35 (2:44:26 chip time). Half in 1:22:58, so negative split. 49th overall, 3rd MV40.
See you on Apr 23rd!
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY RUNNING !!
2004 - 2005 I was on a roll with two
sub 3 hr marathons. (2:56 and then 2:53)
Then got married, honeymoon..(Put on a stone in weight which I cant shift)
To top it ALL my achilles is playing up.
I am doing the FLM 06 and was initially heading for a 2:45
Most decent schedules are around 20 weeks with about 4 weeks pre training @about 45 miles.
Have I left it too late?
Seriously - good result AF, well done.
Received the official results from Abingdon yesterday which included 1/2 way splits. Considering how badly I felt from 19 onwards, I was amazed to find that I actually ran the 8th fastest 2nd half (finished 9th overall). Ran slightly quicker than the 3rd and 4th placed finishers so I guess the conditions were tougher at the end than I realised which is a plus. Back is pretty good now, I get nerve-related discomfort when I do some of the neural stretches that the physio recommended, but doesn't seem to impact the running which is the main thing.XC at the weekend was harder than expected but at least I'm getting back into some sort of regular training now.
BS - I'm not much quicker than you 1:18:24 (2:45:50 full0.
S3oB - as long as you're in Pen 1, you can easily duck into the posh loos anyway. There's a little entrance right up the front of Pen 1 (blue start only I expect). This proved very handy this year as amongst many others I had that sudden urge at the 5 mins to go point!
Badger - with a 20 week schedule presumably you have a little time left to sort the achilles? I'd have thought a combination of Walt's achilles strengtheners ( http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0125.htm ) and most importantly doing the following as often as poss:-
Get two buckets of water, one icy & one as hot as you can bear, both deep enough to cover your achilles. Then stick your foot in the cold for 5 mins to chill it and then in the hot for 5 and repeat twice more. Do this several times a day if possible. It really seems to stimulate tendon growth as they don't always get enough blood flow for the natural healing process to occur after hard training. The hot/cold gets the blood flowing there without the aggravation of massage.
It worked for me anyway!
started a thread for sub 2-45 wananbees, before banana split informed me of this one.
I did my first marathon this year, and was disappointed with my finishing time of 2:59:05, felt as though i was in much better shape than this. but really died over the last few miles.
so looking to have another crack at breaking 2:45 next year.
Has anyone sent off their championship applications and got the entry form back yet?
Have spoken to you before under previous name stacey morgan , changed it because people assumed i was female. :-)
Debut marathon was in London, couldn't get into any rhythm. Pace was all over the place.
With the exception of the 20 miler, none of my other PB's were run when i was doing higher milage.
I only used to run 30 ish miles a week, built up to around 50, max 60 before london.
5k 17:04 (2004)
5m 27:09 (2004)
10k 36:08 (2004)
10m 61:40 (2004)
1/2 1:19:07 (2004)
20m 2:05:35 (2005)
Mar 2:59:05 (2005)
was looking forward to smashing all my pbs after london, but made the mistake of running when injured, have only just started back running again after four very long months out. Learned my lesson though.
Your first marathon is always a learning experience as it's like no other race. I did my 8th marathon at FLM 2005 and it was my worst executed race so you never stop learning.
All the races that i have done have been a bit hit and miss. somedays it is just not there, and there is nothing you can do about it.
There's not been a poor performance I've had where I've not looked for a specific reason or reason(s) for it and tried to learn from it.
That's the great (and infuriating) thing about this. You never stop learning but there's also so many little details to get right to make the most of your training in a race situation.
Did you get hyped in the days leading up to FLM 2005, or were you relaxed and confident?