Sub 3Hr Marathon
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Oct 2019
8:36pm, 12 Oct 2019
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Bazoaxe
I was thinking about a pace band today., I know I have a standard 3hr one (OK I have a fair old stash of them) but really its only from 20 miles they become important. Rather than a hard to read band I am wondering about a home made one with the 20m splits onwards only. These will be the ones I need if I am in with a shout |
Oct 2019
8:41pm, 12 Oct 2019
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Windsor Wool
in fairness I normally rely on a few scribbles in sharpie on the back of the hand, I'm sure that I'll fall back to that approach again. 18 miles in 2 hours though, should be able to sort that in the mind. After that 7s would get me close to a PB, maintaining pace would get me the A grade result. |
Oct 2019
8:54pm, 12 Oct 2019
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jda
Actually now I've thought about it I will probably do without a band this time as I'm aiming to set off at around 4min/km and not that bothered if I drift a bit as I'm not really fixated on a specific target.
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Oct 2019
8:55pm, 12 Oct 2019
4,286 posts
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Windsor Wool
you OK with the 4* table though JDA under race conditions? 
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Oct 2019
8:59pm, 12 Oct 2019
5,489 posts
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jda
I've got 4 fingers (per hand) and I can count
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Oct 2019
9:00pm, 12 Oct 2019
15,393 posts
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Bazoaxe
They only went up to 12 at my school for the tables
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Oct 2019
6:59am, 13 Oct 2019
1,700 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I've made myself 5 mile split pace Bands before now which have helped when my ability to do any sort of math evaporates. Generally though I know that I need to average less than less than 6.49 a mile and hope the course doesn't measure too long. Has anyone run York recently? If so how did it Garmin? I went to a Nike outlet shop yesterday and tried on some shoes (not the magic ones but a 'running' rather than 'leisure' one) and found that even half a size up from my usual Adidas were very small - how does everyone else find they compare? Not that I'm in a position to splash the cash for 4% and certainly not in time to use them next week. |
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Oct 2019
4:38pm, 13 Oct 2019
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jda
Hard to say in general LMH I just buy 11 in everything and wear thicker or thinner socks depending how they turn out I find the VF a bit snugger than my cheaper daily running shoes from nike though. I looked up the course on |
Oct 2019
5:34pm, 13 Oct 2019
260 posts
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Rog T
PB of 1:22:05 today at Royal Parks Half. Gives me the confidence that sub 3 attempt is on for New York (wasn't convinced i was in the right shape until today). It's a flat and fast course and conditions were great for running today there. |
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Oct 2019
5:50pm, 13 Oct 2019
4,287 posts
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Windsor Wool
fetcheveryone.com/t-9450082 2013. 6 years since I ran York! Hard to believe that I found a sprint at the end to go under 3:15 and that gave me a GFA. Times have moved on! Nice running Rog. Agreed that conditions were good down here today but that still looks a twisty course. Pleased to hear you are feeling confident for NYC now. |
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