The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread
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Oct 2022
10:29am, 5 Oct 2022
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Daz Love
Bit more on the guy that sprinted off metro.co.uk |
Oct 2022
10:44am, 5 Oct 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
It's quite a fun story. Still seems a bit daft to me, but if you're into being centre of attention for mostly the wrong reasons then, hey, a bit of fun, I suppose!  G
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Oct 2022
10:46am, 5 Oct 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
He's got a 2:37 best from Newport marathon last year. So a pretty decent runner. G
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Oct 2022
11:18am, 5 Oct 2022
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larkim
At the speed the elites run at, I wouldn't be able to outsprint them at the start at their marathon pace!
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Oct 2022
11:40am, 5 Oct 2022
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Gobi
I could have done about 800 metres NeilQRC
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Oct 2022
11:58am, 5 Oct 2022
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Big_G
200m absolute tops for me. Probably more like 100m
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Oct 2022
12:01pm, 5 Oct 2022
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larkim
My recently recorded 100m PB of 17.4s is slower than Kipchoge ran every 100m in his WR race (think it equates to a 2:02:23) so I suppose maybe I could have hung on for about 125m if they were running to a pedestrian 2:05 pace
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Oct 2022
10:47pm, 5 Oct 2022
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Forrest Jooligan
Very impressive times Alun The speedier recovery is the other thing enabling runners to improve their times so much. I guess a compromise position would be to train in the carbon shoes but race in non-carbons. Like out-of-competition doping. That’s a rapid 5K HappyG(rrr) with no speed training. VFs not much use off road though a friend has had hers resoled with inov-8 Mudclaws for fell-running! Average mileage for my last 5 pairs of road shoes is over 1800 btw |
Oct 2022
6:28am, 6 Oct 2022
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K5 Gus
VFs not much use off road though a friend has had hers resoled with inov-8 Mudclaws for fell-running! Wow, really ?? I can sort of understand getting a grippier outsole for trail running, but think something as rigid as a VF would be pretty useless for fell running, where you want your foot to get as much grip as possible by conforming to the shape of the ground underneath you. Contouring hillsides on off camber slopes sounds a nightmare in fully rigid shoes, as does trying to run over really rocky terrain. Mudclaws, X-Talons, Walshes, etc are very flexible for a good reason |
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Oct 2022
7:30am, 6 Oct 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
2nd had off ebay my yesterday post meant. 1800 miles for road shies is impressive FJ. Most people seem to want/need cushioning in road shoes and that's mostly mashed down after a few hundred miles. Doesn't bother me because I run in mostly uncushioned shoes anyway. You're prob right tho - best I could do 5k was 21 mins and 10 miles 70.30 mins. Then get carbon shoes and a 19.11 5k. Prob tells a tale! G
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