Sub 3Hr Marathon
313 watchers
9 Jan
8:40am, 9 Jan 2025
704 posts
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OO61
DT Japanese peeps are lovely. Like to help foreigners and practice their English. If you look helpless or confused in a station they are eager to help. I haven't been to Tokyo for 20 years but spent a fair chunk of time there on business trips. Hotel rooms are affordable but very small- check room sizes before you book.
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10 Jan
10:55am, 10 Jan 2025
330 posts
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Miser
Hello folks. I’m emerging from under a winter rock and ready to fire up some marathon training. Can I get sidebarred as a London 2:45 attempt please @jda No idea if that’s feasible. My main goal this year is the elusive consistency target. If I can string 6 months of 200 mile months together I’ll be a new runner… I’m going to start by dialling down the ambition. Convincing myself that 50 mile weeks are wins even when marathon training and will hopefully allow for more regular sessions. |
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10 Jan
11:01pm, 10 Jan 2025
715 posts
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OO61
Miser that's bold and ambitious 👍
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12 Jan
5:51pm, 12 Jan 2025
216 posts
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Alun
@jda, please can you add me to the sidebar for London, just got to survive the next 7 weeks before I have to commit to my Good for Age place...
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12 Jan
6:41pm, 12 Jan 2025
163 posts
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SteveBelfast
Sidebar me for Manchester 2'59 , Trainings going well so far, solid mileage. Dialing in my marathon pace. Some talk from the young guns at my club about doing more track. Ive found previously i can do track and get very fit, but i reach a level then burn out whereas i can sustain a whole marathon block concentrating on my marathon pace, ie variation in the sessions slightly quicker/ slightly slower and 3+3+3 at mp and progression runs. I used to do a lot of hills but my knees dont like that now. Hope everyone is building well for Spring.
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12 Jan
7:01pm, 12 Jan 2025
729 posts
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OO61
I don't do much track during the marathon block for Spring. But in May I switch to the track season and compete in the masters league. By late summer I'm mixing track and autumn marathon training. If you want more speed, instead of track try racing a parkrun flat out every week.
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12 Jan
8:09pm, 12 Jan 2025
164 posts
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SteveBelfast
Think ill stay off track until after marathon. I do a quick Parkrun at the start/finish of the block, hopefully a noticeable change in the way i feel running it and the time, 🙏quicker. Last Parkrun i did was the one Nick Griggs set the PR worlds fastest.
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12 Jan
8:44pm, 12 Jan 2025
217 posts
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Alun
@OO61, the distance group that I train with don't usually switch over to the track until the end of March as we tend to focus on cross country training, even then we tend to do one track session and one grass/road session per week. Although my plan is based around my target time and my age (and Garmin Connect), I tend to ignore the Tuesday and Thursday suggestions and go with what my coach (Barry Royden) recommends, his experience and guidance is invaluable. I ran 2:59:28 last April and am hoping to get nearer to 2:55 this time, frustratingly it's the day before my 59th birthday so the age grading won't be as good as it would be 24 hours later... |
12 Jan
9:25pm, 12 Jan 2025
18,327 posts
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jdawayinamanger
Starting to look like a healthy crop of applicants 
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12 Jan
10:40pm, 12 Jan 2025
731 posts
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OO61
Sounds like a good plan Alun. That would be a great time for your age. My pb is 2:54:57 set in 2023 just after turning 60. No chance I'll beat that but anything sub 3 in London will be pleasing indeed.
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