Inspired by Josie Jump's 'is you in or is you out?' thread for 2006...
Calling everyone who's in or is hoping to get it and is aiming for sub 4 hours but probably won't break 3:30.
I'm building up my long runs now. Did a slow 7 miles on Friday and averaging 15 miles per week but increasing from now on.
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Did my first, Paris, this year because I didn't get into London. Will probably do a charity place if I miss out on the lottery.
Did Paris in 3:52 so aiming for under 3:45.
Had an injury for 5 weeks so once that's sorted I'll be back to training.
Well done on your Paris time.
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NY for me in 2 weeks.
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Yes I've looked at a few schedules on this website and someone is going to lend me a marathon book. I've got a 5 mile XC and 7 mile and 10 mile road races next month so I'm really keen to see how I do at 10 miles.
Are you doing any races soon?
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I am doing FLM as my first marathon, and based on race pace calculators on this site I should be able to do sub 4 hours. Have done a 10k last month in 49.53 and a 10 mile in 1hr22. Did 12 miles Sunday, legs very sore Monday!
I have the sched that starts nov and you run every other day, only prob will be race days but I will get round that one!
Hi Runnerbean283!
Weds I did ridgeway 15k a few weeks ago, took me 94 mins so I have to speed up a bit!
Well done on your 10k and 10 mile race - they're great times. I've got a 10 mile race at the end of November and would love to get under 1:28 and therefore get a bronze standard at my running club.
Wabo good luck on your Nov races, let us know how you get on.
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Work and family commitments have prevented me from training since then, but I'm determined to shed the 20 lbs I've put-on, and am looking at FLM '06 as the vehicle for this! Would love to do sub-4 hrs once again.
Will be following this thread with the rest of you. Fingers crossed for the applications.
Mark
Well done on Robin Hood.
20lbs isn't easy to shift, I had 2 stones to lose after having my daughter. Good luck with your application and training. Have you started yet?
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PB so far is 4:10, but know that i can get well under 4 hours with some decent training.
Cheques cashed, so I'm defo in.
Good luck everyone
If so, did the Cardiff half this year in 1.45 so hoping for sub-4. Good luck to you all....
aplogies if you've already seen the thread
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I don't understand why I bequeathed, must have been in charitable mood that day!
oh well, always next year
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Happy running!
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Does anyone know when you get notified?
I did 4.18 in london this year, then went on to do 3.51 in Dublin last week. the difference between london and Dublin was consistency. For london I was training 3-4 days per week, with a bit of speed training (loosely used the RW sub 4 programme). I just didn't do enough miles to get a sub 4 and all the speedwork made me injured so i hit the wall in a big way.
For Dublin I eliminated all the speedwork (used the Hal Higdon intermediate programme), ran 5 days per week, 4 slow, one at marathon pace, and did 3x20miles and 2x18 miles. At dublin I felt great, no problems hitting the wall, and was comfortable until 24miles.
I attribute the improvement to more miles in my legs, although because of eliminating speedwork, I felt much less tired overall throughout the training
Good luck in London everyone - am very jealous!!