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Right I have just entered Chester. Put me down as sub 3:25. My PB is 3:32 but confident now of breaking this. Going for this should at least get me under 3:30 if i fail on sub 3:25. I may change this as currently training for adidas thunder solo so this may help my marathon pacing - who knows
Paul are you stalking me
Stratford 2011, London 2012, Thunder run July 2012 and now Chester!!!!! Congratulations by the way on your new arrival.
Shall I do a 16 week programme or 20 week decisions......
right .. one 16 week Chester Marathon 2012 training plan duly created, now all I have to do is follow the bloomin' thing !!
Decided on a 16 week, so doesn't start till June 18 (if my math is correct that is), so now still got 2 - 3 weeks of maintenance running left, starting in about 10 minutes with a somewhat hilly 10 miler (remind me to look up the word maintenance when I get back
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12 week plan for me
best time to run, and surprsingly popular. I see lots of runners out at that time.
Decided on a 16 week plan also, I'm loving running in the heat, everyone thinks I'm mad but it's so much better than the dark, rain and wind that a spring marathon has you doing!
just did Sheffield half today in blazing heat but flew round the course getting 1h31 over 7000 runners one was steve Davis the snooker player shame that city does not still have the full marathon
Decided to bite the bullet and enter. After getting injured twice trying to do Spring marathons am hoping my luck will be better trying an autumn. Have run Leeds, Sheffield Halves along with the Gt Manc Run and a couple of fell races this month, so looks like I'm over the worst.
Realy love the reviews that this got last year (and Tony Audenshaw's outstanding review of it on Marathon Talk) 1st marathon so, would love to get 3.45, but would settle for sub 4 (or simply getting to the start line not injured. Can't wait to start the LSR when its not pitch dark and freezing. Look forward to the banter on here in the next couple of months
For those of us following the P&D 18 week plans training for Chester marathon starts on Tuesday.
Just entered this today. I was initially thinking about a trail marathon in Lancashire on the same day, but running has been going well recently and got me thinking that maybe instead of staggering over muddy hills for 4 hours, I might go for a flattish road course and see if I can get under 3.10. Would be good to link up with some RW forumites as I will probably be solo on the day (live overseas, can't see the family coming back for this one).
maintenance of 7 miles tomorrow
Evening all
Sorry i haven't been on for a while- internet issues, which hopefully are now sorted
. Not much running from me cos of a lingering cold/ chest thing- had my first jog today in a week and it felt like I'd never run before
Jason, tell me in a nutshell what you did to get from 3.13 to sub-3? That's a hell of a leap. Was 3.13 your first marathon?
GK- My first was Snowdonia in Oct 2009- (10 months after I started running
) in 3.37, Llanelli in Apri 2010 in 3.14, back to Snowdon in Oct 2010 in 3.36 (suffering from a bug and died after 8m
), London in April 2011 in 3.13, then Chester in October with the 2.56. To be honest, I was disappointed with the London time as my training was all over the place and I wilted in the heat. Think the real difference was managing to keep to a plan- and run over 300m per month for the 5 months before the race, peaking at 450 in August....
Thanks, much appreciated. That is some serious mileage! Not an option for me, I don't think, because where I live is incredibly hot/humid and running outdoors for long periods is so draining; I'm trying instead to concentrate on quality with plenty of tempo work on the treadmill and building up my LSRs very gradually. But your post will inspire me to raise my game a little. To be honest I would be delighted with any time that started 3.0x.
GK- good luck with it, but you will need some volume and LRs are the bedrock of training for what is, after all, a long run
- can you train after dark when it's cooler?
Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer. I will certainly plan to get up to 20 mile LSRs eventually (which will probably be Time On Feet equivalent of 22/23 miles in UK temperatures). Wouldn't dare to run a marathon without that in the tank! It's just that your sort of overall mileage would be almost impossible for me because of the difficulty of doing the necessary mid-length runs (say an easy 12 miler) during the week. It gets dark no later than 7 in the tropics, and you don't want to be running here after that - apart from crime, no streetlights and uneven pavements make a lethal combination for knees/ankles! And anything over about 10 miles on the treadmill would drive me nuts. Anyway, let's see. My current marathon best is 3.14 so you can understand why your post caught my eye!
GK- There's always a headtorch. Won't help with the crime issue though
Seriously, best of luck with it. What brings you over to Chester? Apart from the fact it's a great race, obviously
I'm from Lancashire originally (oh, Lancy Lancy), so I can make a weekend of it and see some old friends if I do a race up in the north west. And early October is best from a work point of view, while leaving enough time between now and then to train. So a flattish PB-able course with rave reviews in scenic Cheshire seemed like just the ticket. I still might end up doing the trail marathon which is close to my old home, but at the moment I'm leaning towards Chester.
did Buxton half today and the weather was not very kind today but got a PB of 1h33 coming 22 out of 146 was freezing and shivering when got home even though I had long sleve top on in race which just happened to be the one I got at Chester last year and gloves
compo- excellent result and great to get a PB in those conditions!! Well done, mate- sounds like plenty more to come on a good day
5 mins faster then last year today
i am going to have to defer or sell my place as have broken my ankle, absolutely gutted
can't believe no running for 2 months .... well done compo, good effort in today's conditions, i belive you ran gtr manchester marathon with me in similar conditions.... 
Well done Compo, I was out for a 6 mile jog today and that was quite enough for me in that weather! Brought back images (nightmares?) of Manchester marathon for me.
Shame Deli, hopefully you can find a marathon later on in the Autumn. Best of luck with the recovery.
Morning all
The sun is shining!
Deli- gutted for you- hope you recover swiftly
GK- Got to be Chester
5m early recovery run for me today. Another short slow one later
I did Buxton yesterday and the weather was very similar to Manchester marathon - wet and windy, but not quite as cold, although the hills made up for that.
Didn't manage a pb, but was glad I started, there were a lot who pulled out, which is a shame for the organisers.