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The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread

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SPR
Oct 2017
1:39pm, 14 Oct 2017
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SPR
Good luck to tomorrow's racers.

I shall be out supporting at the Brum tomorrow. Mara goes off at 8:30 and 9:30, HM at 13:30 with other waves after. Sailor if you're in distinctive kit, I'll try and look out for you. I plan to get to various spots on my bike and with a couple of loops in the middle should see runners a few times.

RunBritain handicap down to 1.1 as an 800m race from 3 Sep has finally been added :-). Will be nice if XC season can take me into the zeros but I probably don't race enough during that point of the season.
Oct 2017
2:15pm, 14 Oct 2017
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SailorSteve
Baz, Uyuni, SPR, thanks folks - no excuses.

SPR, I will be the old, bald geezer in a Gosport Road Runners vest, yellow/white; There are at least a dozen of us entered - I'll be the one with Steve on the front!
Oct 2017
2:45pm, 14 Oct 2017
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HappyG(rrr)
Good luck for tomorrow Steve and Gus. :-) G
Oct 2017
2:46pm, 14 Oct 2017
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HappyG(rrr)
And Steve Edwards on his 800th - news article on BBC! :-) G
Oct 2017
3:49pm, 14 Oct 2017
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Bazoaxe
I don't think I have done 800 long runs :-0
Oct 2017
4:15pm, 14 Oct 2017
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K5 Gus
Thanks for all the good wishes, and I hope Steve has a good one at Brum.

Forecast, considering it's the Scottish Highlands in mid October, is amazingly reasonable, with 13C, light rain and 9mph winds - happy with that.

Legs have been feeling better each day this week - whilst I wasn't bouncing down the road earlier as I had a wee walk down the village to buy in some beers for tomorrow evening, I thankfully seem to have got rid of that leaden feeling. Hopefully one more sleep will have them in tip top shape for tomorrow :-)

Looks like 239 entries, with a few late entries to be added, then the usual %age of dropouts, so think I'll be running pretty much on my own after first few miles. And of course there's no trackers ;-)
Oct 2017
5:34pm, 14 Oct 2017
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larkim
I was going to say good luck, but that's not right is it. Have good races both!
Oct 2017
5:41pm, 14 Oct 2017
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Brunski
Race well Gus and sailor Steve!
SPR
Oct 2017
5:42pm, 14 Oct 2017
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SPR
Larkim you are correct IMO, I usually say race well.
Oct 2017
8:20pm, 14 Oct 2017
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pete86
All the best for tomorrow Gus & Steve

About This Thread

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For those who want to go sub 3.15 in a marathon and/or those that have already done it and want to give advice. Share your journey or help someone else's here.

2025 targets:
Charles - Ghent - 30 Mar
Mark J - Christchurch NZ - 13 Apr
riggys - Tissington - 27 Apr

2024 achievers:
Akie: 3:15 @ Rotterdam
allmatthew: 3:09 @ Manchester
Bowman: 3:01 @ Boras
Mark J: 3:12 @ Christchurch NZ
PJH92: 3:13 @ London
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