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Sub 80 min Half Marathon Support

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Gobi Oct 2012 4:40pm, 29 Oct 2012 48,997 posts	0 Gobi Pd - would say they are too fast. When I was running 73 I still didn't run easy at that pace.
daviec Oct 2012 11:55am, 30 Oct 2012 2,688 posts	0 daviec Much easier to get the right effort if you err on the side of going slower. Most folk run easy too fast and if you don't fancy monitoring HR that's fine, but I'd bet you'd be better off slowing down. There's lots of room for error before you'd be going too slow, but not much before you're going too fast.
pdavey Oct 2012 12:39pm, 30 Oct 2012 231 posts	0 pdavey Gobi/Daviec, what sort of pace would recommend for easy runs?
Gobi Oct 2012 1:36pm, 30 Oct 2012 49,002 posts	0 Gobi my easy runs are way over 8mm
pdavey Oct 2012 6:07pm, 30 Oct 2012 232 posts	0 pdavey how accurate is something like the McMillan calc as I tend to pace my runs around their suggestions...
Gobi Oct 2012 10:45pm, 30 Oct 2012 49,012 posts	0 Gobi find it hard to believe Mac has you running that fast
pdavey Oct 2012 11:47pm, 30 Oct 2012 233 posts	0 pdavey Easy is 6:55-7:55 on Mac, so I went for somewhere in the middle.
daviec Oct 2012 12:00am, 31 Oct 2012 2,690 posts	0 daviec I always found McMillan paces a bit too fast. Fastest I've run easy runs was 7.20ish and that was right before my half PB in March. Even then I was doing 3 or 4 runs a week at 8+mm. Now I reckon I'm in sub 85 ish area and my easy runs are about 8.15 to 9+ just now.
daviec Oct 2012 12:00am, 31 Oct 2012 2,691 posts	0 daviec I always found McMillan paces a bit too fast. Fastest I've run easy runs was 7.20ish and that was right before my half PB in March. Even then I was doing 3 or 4 runs a week at 8+mm. Now I reckon I'm in sub 85 ish area and my easy runs are about 8.15 to 9+ just now.
daviec Oct 2012 12:11am, 31 Oct 2012 2,693 posts	0 daviec Ooops

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