Sub 3Hr Marathon
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30 Apr
9:58pm, 30 Apr 2024
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Brunski
Cheers Daz, it was one of the more enjoyable blogs to write. It's nice not to try and work out what went wrong and capture for future reference. I'd probably rate that as a 9/10 run all things considered 👍🏻 |
1 May
6:28am, 1 May 2024
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Little Miss Happy
It sounded like a good run Brunski and with some things you can ponder and possibly learn from.
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1 May
9:00am, 1 May 2024
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Question for the class, to save me snooping in you all individually. How many 50+ sub 3 runners are in this group. Keen to follow you to see what I need to know etc etc. Thanks.
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1 May
10:04am, 1 May 2024
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Windsor Wool
plenty of fast 50s on here with LMH being the cream of the crop of course! Alun, Jomo, JDA are all sub3 MV50+s. If you can stay healthy then it’s perfectly possible to keep improving in your 40s/50s. I ran an 80 min HM PB on my 50th birthday but then screwed the marathon up (and now I’m not healthy!). Many of the other frequent posters here are also in their mid - late 40s. Check out AJLB if you want real inspiration, he’s not active on this thread. Maybe because he’s too fast!! |
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1 May
10:14am, 1 May 2024
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Thank you Windsor Wool
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1 May
10:27am, 1 May 2024
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jda
Yes, my 2:47 PB was as a fresh-faced MV50, having improved steadily through my 40s. It's more a case of limiting the damage now  If you keep on ticking off the miles with sensible training you'll get closer to "as good as I can be", which is a different level for everyone but generally drops quite gradually with age. Sub 3 at 60 is pretty rare though. 3 at Mancs, a dozen at London. That's about 1% of the field in each case, and there are some fairly keen and talented athletes among them. |
2 May
5:43pm, 2 May 2024
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Alun
jda wrote: Sub 3 at 60 is pretty rare though. 3 at Mancs, a dozen at London. That's about 1% of the field in each case, and there are some fairly keen and talented athletes among them. Thanks WW, this sub 3 is highly suspicious though. The unattached athlete in question was recorded crossing the start line but then missed every other timing mat until 25km. He covered that distance at the equivalent of 2:10 pace and the remaining 17.195km at the equivalent of 3:29 pace. His alleged finish time of 2:42:23 saw him win the M60 category and was a 35 minutes PB! |
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2 May
6:00pm, 2 May 2024
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jda
Yes I’d already spotted that. However there were about a dozen legit times. I suspect a chip time error rather than deliberate cheat.
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2 May
8:20pm, 2 May 2024
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Windsor Wool
Peter (don’t worry, I looked him up) does appear to have a CV of very good times behind him. I can’t work out what would have happened to the chip to create that error though. JDA - what’s your hypothesis? |
2 May
8:29pm, 2 May 2024
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Bazoaxe
If true, must’ve been a helluva blow up in second half. Albeit a quicker last 7k. One of the v60 sub threes is a former senior boss of mine who seems to have taken running serious as his career winds down. |
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