Sub 80 min Half Marathon Support

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SPR 1 Nov 4:06pm, 1 Nov 2024 46,555 posts	0 SPR I'm certainly glad that my attempt just over a year ago where I got greedy didn't end up with me missing sub 80 as it was pretty close in the end after being something was looking like smashing through 11 miles in.
rhb 1 Nov 4:35pm, 1 Nov 2024 2,463 posts	0 rhb J2R wrote:Sadly, I have not managed to do sub-1:20 since that frustrating 1:20:00 in March 2019. The one that got away... It could be argued that 1:20:00 is hitting a level of precision that reflects a higher achievement than, say, 1:19:57 😎
rhb 1 Nov 4:36pm, 1 Nov 2024 2,464 posts	0 rhb (No offence to anyone with a 1:19:57 pb intended).
rhb 1 Nov 4:36pm, 1 Nov 2024 2,465 posts	0 rhb jda wrote:Agree that probably the only change I'd make from my usual marathon plan would be to not bother with such a tough long run as I normally do. Just no point in it. Otherwise, steady miles with some chunks of threshold. Ace, thanks.
57.5 Degrees of Pain 1 Nov 7:10pm, 1 Nov 2024 24,699 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Isn't the modern secret to get better performance enhancing footwear? I probably still had hopes of getting close to 1.20 5 years ago. Now 1.30 looks like a far off ambition, no matter the footwear.
DT19 1 Nov 8:41pm, 1 Nov 2024 254 posts	0 DT19 To be fair, the footwear gains haven't really progressed since nike released AF1 in 2020 in my view. So buying the next training release is a time gone by now and improvement is running made.
J2R 1 Nov 10:36pm, 1 Nov 2024 5,678 posts	0 J2R I'd probably have done it if I'd had my Asics Metaspeed Sky Paris shoes then. I'd certainly have done it if I'd tied my shoelaces properly before the start, though! 😄
rhb 1 Nov 11:21pm, 1 Nov 2024 2,468 posts	0 rhb 57.5 Degrees of Pain wrote:Isn't the modern secret to get better performance enhancing footwear? I'm still going to chuck funds at new trainers for this I guess, but the bulk of my available shoe gains came in the shift from DS Trainer to Kiprun carbon jobbies then to Magic Speed & Metaspeed Edge.
SPR 2 Nov 1:35pm, 2 Nov 2024 46,560 posts	0 SPR I'm still not in supershoes so could get a boost there if age doesn't catch up first.