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Jun 2022
10:14pm, 1 Jun 2022
901 posts
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Rog T
Very well done and a great blog Fergus. Is that a sidebar entry for Yorkshire marathon in October then? :D
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Jun 2022
10:42pm, 1 Jun 2022
4,791 posts
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FergusG
Go on then. 16 October. Let’s call it a 3:14:59 target!
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Jun 2022
8:55am, 8 Jun 2022
850 posts
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njosmith
Plan for Sunday is 16 miles with 12 at marathon pace. It is also longest run here in Brisbane. So thinking of doing 4 (freedom) parkruns at marathon pace with a bit of a warm up at each. Any thoughts?
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Jun 2022
8:59am, 8 Jun 2022
18,030 posts
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larkim
Four separate freedom parkruns? Or four times around one course?
A 16 mile run with 1 easy / 3 MP / 1 easy / 3 MP / 1 easy / 3MP / 1 easy / 3MP would be OK if that fitted with parkrun locations I suppose, but personally I'd rather do the 12 at MP as a single block mainly for my confidence levels!
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Jun 2022
9:02am, 8 Jun 2022
12,663 posts
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jda
The point of marathon pace is the cumulative physical and mental stress of a moderate pace. I wouldn't do it as several intervals.
Though to be fair my intervals do often turn into something close to MP. But that's not the intention!
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Jun 2022
9:36am, 8 Jun 2022
851 posts
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njosmith
Four separate courses. I'd probably cycle between them. There is another MP run later in the plan with 14 at mara pace so I could use that one as a confidence booster
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Jun 2022
10:53am, 8 Jun 2022
3,378 posts
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STOOSH
No reason not to njo, I'm sure racejase and rod the plod of a few years back used to do a similar session. If I remember correctly it was either 3x5k or 4x5k with mile recovery hog between. Tbh I always wanted to try it myself but never have.
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Jun 2022
11:04am, 8 Jun 2022
18,031 posts
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larkim
I'd worry about my legs with cycling between. Having done a couple of duathlons, running after cycling is a distinctly peculiar experience!
That said, doing odd things because they are a more "fun" way to do some training is definitely something I subscribe to.
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Jun 2022
11:14am, 8 Jun 2022
2,043 posts
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Brunski
I'd be looking at doing the session a bit quicker if I was having breaks/cycling between (possibly somewhere between 10k abd HM pace). I don't think you'll get the same training stimulus if you run them at MP.
Obviously you'll know your training better than me though and it'll still be a decent session, just not the same one.
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Jun 2022
4:02pm, 11 Jun 2022
5,738 posts
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Joe Hawk
MP isn't really so much about training stimulus, I found it more about dialing in the pacing.
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