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Mar 2013
12:52pm, 13 Mar 2013
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Gobi
Dio - nobody says it is an overnight process but the reality is most people could if they committed and trained properly. Trained properly is the big thing.
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Mar 2013
12:55pm, 13 Mar 2013
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DeeGee
Sorry, I've been working.
Bob, in response to your question earlier, weight was the big factor. My first 3:30 came off the back of a comparatively low level of running, but I was a triathlete that year so I was getting CV work over and above the running. I only got near that again when I got the number of runs per week close to the number of workouts per week I was doing as a triathlete.
Gobi, intervals around 5k or 10k pace depending on what I'm doing. Other stuff 7:45 to 8.30. Long runs definitely faster than you'd prescribe. I'm training with a group of athletes who all have about my 5k time, but some have up to 20 minutes on me in the marathon, and who are all training for a spring marathon.
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Mar 2013
12:59pm, 13 Mar 2013
50,604 posts
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Gobi
no faster work ?
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Mar 2013
1:03pm, 13 Mar 2013
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Diogenes
Gobi - Agreed, commitment and quality of training is vital, but I'm still not sure that the 'most people' bit is correct.
Mr Average + Above Average training doesn't necessarily = the same absolute level of success (i.e. 3 hours)
One day, when I have fewer demands on my time (I know, busy people find time, lazy ones don't), I will test out the theory. As it is, even at my meagre mileage and when I do most of my running at lunchtime from work, my wife thinks that all I think about is running. God knows how she'd react to 80-100 miles a month!
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Mar 2013
1:06pm, 13 Mar 2013
50,605 posts
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Gobi
do you mean 80-100 a week ?
I think I could get any 20-30 something close within a few years if they did what I said
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Mar 2013
1:07pm, 13 Mar 2013
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Diogenes
Oops, yes, 80-100 a week. And luckily I'm in my mid-forties
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Mar 2013
1:10pm, 13 Mar 2013
2,022 posts
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ReturnoftheJuddi
Im 30. Can I be your test case Gobi 
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Mar 2013
1:21pm, 13 Mar 2013
50,606 posts
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Gobi
LOL, I try to make money from this coaching lark sometimes and here I am giving away all my secrets :¬)
Dio - I'm in my 40s and if my ankle would let me do 30 miles a week I would run sub 3 by October. :¬)
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Mar 2013
1:22pm, 13 Mar 2013
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Still younger than me Gob i;-)
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Mar 2013
1:22pm, 13 Mar 2013
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Mrs Winkle
I'm in my 40s and am steadily improving...well, in the running stakes, not so sure about anything else
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