Sub 3Hr Marathon
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Jun 2024
1:51pm, 17 Jun 2024
17,305 posts
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jda
OuchOuch, I have no experience of ultras, but based on long days out on a bike, I think I'd agree with LMH and want to go down the "real food" option at least some of the time. Perhaps also depending a bit on whether you are going all out for performance, vs having a bit of a walk occasionally while you chew something down. If you're lapping, I assume you can leave yourself a stash of food somewhere on the course rather than lugging a shopping bag round with you?
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Jun 2024
5:44pm, 17 Jun 2024
17 posts
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TR
No need for a shopping bag, you can push a trolley. Brunski - Boston was an awful day so you have much more capability. There's no way you'd get anywhere near your potential in a virtual either. I've run quite a few motor cct marathons and half marathons and they are a solo TT type thing but you do wear a number and have people to chase. You must have sub 245 in there. Depends if you want to chase it. |
Jun 2024
9:15pm, 17 Jun 2024
18 posts
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DT19
Brunski, agree with Tr on this. If you've knocked out a pavement 2.48 you're capable of better. What's up next? I was on the opposite side of the country in pleasant conditions running Newport mara whilst you were getting soaked in Boston. 6m recovery run mid morning then spin tonight. |
Jun 2024
9:27pm, 17 Jun 2024
309 posts
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Miser
Do you have an Autumn marathon planned brunski?
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Jun 2024
9:31am, 18 Jun 2024
2,410 posts
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Brunski
I've not planned an autumn marathon just yet, I had a few easy weeks after Boston and then picked up a dose of something flu-like. Think I'm just about fully over that now and just starting to think I need a goal race booking. I was looking at maybe Frankfurt as that falls around half term, but stretching it a bit with the number of 2024 family breaks. If I'm wanting to run 26.2 again this year I'd have to start raising mileage again soon. I'll probably see if I can string together 4 or 5 weeks of decent mileage and evaluate whether I want to run another this year. Longer term I might try Manchester rather than London in 2025, and target the sub 2:50. I got a bit distracted by 2:45 when it was the London elite qualification time and I'd need to be running really strongly to even think of setting off at that pace. |
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Jun 2024
9:40am, 18 Jun 2024
19 posts
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DT19
I've heard good things about Frankfurt and it's pretty easy to get to. I flew via there when I ran Berlin and was surprised how short the flight was. That also gives you circa 20 weeks to build back up and then starting upping the training.
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Jun 2024
10:19am, 18 Jun 2024
2,411 posts
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Brunski
Cheers DT19, yeah it's definitely doable. Just need to see how the next few weeks go as I'd really need to want it to book us a break there. Not as easy a sell to the family as my other marathons abroad (Valencia and Rome). I'll probably stew on it for a few weeks, and if I fancy it I'll check flights and accommodation before dropping it into a conversation and see how it lands. |
Jun 2024
11:01am, 18 Jun 2024
7 posts
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TippTop
Another RW refugee popping in to say hi! Brunski - I ran Frankfurt 10 years ago and I wasn't a fan. Because of the airport location it is prone to getting hit by fog so on an early am flight I ended up sat on the runway for an extra 90mins or so. Other problems (though hopefully these have improved 10 years down the line): Accomodation was scarce - I had to settle for an 'Easy Apartment' (same crowd as do EasyJet). As an area it had a very industrial feel (which will make it a hard sell as a holiday). Everywhere shut quite early on a Sunday. And the course was uninspiring - the start and finish km through the city centre had good support, and the finish in the Festhalle was pretty epic, but there was a large out and back section along a dual carriageway. Good points: The Festhalle finish with a red carpet, dj, and cheerleaders give a great party vibe. The course, though uninspiring in parts, is quick. |
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Jun 2024
11:22am, 18 Jun 2024
2,412 posts
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Brunski
Cheers TippTop , really useful feedback. I think I was a little drawn in by the fancy finish, but yeah the course looks quick but, as you say, uninspiring. I think it’ll be a non-starter, I’ve had a quick google of the area and it’s not screaming holiday with the wife and a couple teenage girls. My other autumn option would be York marathon, the scene of my debut marathon in 2015. I don’t think it’s particularly quick but if I get in shape over the summer and fancy it I could definitely do worse than go there and see if I can sneak under 2:50. |
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Jun 2024
11:34am, 18 Jun 2024
21 posts
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DT19
York was the place of my first sub 3 in 2018, 2.59.54. I'd like to get back there in next couple of years and put some time on that. |
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