The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread
1 lurker |
334 watchers
May 2023
7:05pm, 17 May 2023
24,869 posts
|
Bazoaxe
It takes perseverance and learning to get to your best times. Some manage it faster than others. It took me 13 years and 24 marathons to go sub three. Arguably though I should have managed it beforehand if I had trained and raced better. It was actually 11 years between sub 3:15 (was 3:08) and sub 3 Benchmarks for me would be 38:30 and 1:23 low and with those times behind me then sub three is possible. It’s great to have some new people here to watch progress and also to celebrate achievements when they come along. |
May 2023
7:11pm, 17 May 2023
2,675 posts
|
Bowman 🇸🇪
Poking my head in here to say that MP session was really impressive and definitely indicative of fitness Bowman 🇸🇪 but possibly a bit close to the race itself? I had a look at some of the higher mileage Pfitz plans (he's my guru) and even on the very highest mileage plan he doesn't have strenuous MP sessions less than a month out from the race. I wonder if that was a factor, it's a lot of quality and two weeks is pretty close to the race. Yes maybe, but I never really thought that 2 whole weeks of easy training after that wouldn’t be enough. I wasn’t especially sore after that session, I felt very strong and rested on the race day, but it might be too close for sure. In this case though, I went out way to hard in the heat, simple as that. I don’t think anything else really wasn’t perfect. Sleep, food, rest, it all went really well. I was in the red from start, and kept going, having no experience from “sudden” heat  Of course I might not have got a sub3 if it was more training like conditions, but it would have been a better race that I had finished to. I’ll look over a proper plan to see if I can get some ideas. |
|
May 2023
7:20pm, 17 May 2023
2,676 posts
|
Bowman 🇸🇪
It takes perseverance and learning to get to your best times. Some manage it faster than others. It took me 13 years and 24 marathons to go sub three. Arguably though I should have managed it beforehand if I had trained and raced better. It was actually 11 years between sub 3:15 (was 3:08) and sub 3 Benchmarks for me would be 38:30 and 1:23 low and with those times behind me then sub three is possible. It’s great to have some new people here to watch progress and also to celebrate achievements when they come along. I’ll see if I can get in a proper try on a HM this summer, I only have hm times as the first half of a marathon, or during som other training. But I should be able to squeeze in a time a bit under 1:30. 10k I have gps times around 38:30. But I’ll have to shave those times down a bit more I think to be more comfortable. It’s great to be the one of the new kids :), You all have so much knowledge to share, it helps! |
May 2023
9:39pm, 17 May 2023
401 posts
|
Forrest Jooligan
Bowman 🇸🇪 Sounds to me like it was heat pure & simple. I ran 3:02:19 off 1:28:41 HM after being injured over Xmas/New Year. I trained for 12 weeks running a sub 4 training marathon & another in 6 hours+ - both off-road. Also did a lot of racing in the build-up, nothing amazing though. On the day I was hoping to PB (beat 3:09) with a stretch goal of 3:05. I set off, felt good & for once my body held out til the end. I ran a 2-3 minute positive split which gave me the belief I needed to aim for sub-3. Unfortunately never made it & I think age + Covid have scuppered any chances I had. I’m sure you will if it is your sole running focus - I always enjoyed racing too much. Check out my Po10 which will show just how much 😆 thepowerof10.info |
|
May 2023
9:52pm, 17 May 2023
2,678 posts
|
Bowman 🇸🇪
Forrest Jooligan that is an impressive collection of races! Yes it surely was heat that I wasn’t prepared for. I haven’t thought about it that way, but I guess it is my sole focus, and now even more. I think I gravitate toward the marathon because it suits me more than shorter stuff and speed.
|
May 2023
10:02pm, 17 May 2023
5,770 posts
|
Joe Hawk
Took me abot 80 marathons over 7-8 years , but in reality I started a block of running end of Nov 14 with a 3:42 marathon (123M), Dec 14 I ran 6 Mara and dropped my time down to 3:23 (227M), Jan 15 5 Mara best time 3:18 (304M), Feb 15 1 Mara , 1 6hr Ultra Mara split in ultra was just over 3:15 and added another 20M on top (319M) Mar 15 4 Mara best 2:57 and also a 1:27 Half PB (301M), Apr 15 8 Mara best 2:56 slowest 3:27 (357M). . Probably going see that in many train schedules
|
|
May 2023
10:09pm, 17 May 2023
402 posts
|
Forrest Jooligan
Certainly unconventional 😆 Are those numbers in brackets total mileage for the training block Joe Hawk? Over what time period if so? |
|
May 2023
10:20pm, 17 May 2023
5,771 posts
|
Joe Hawk
Total miles for each month 300 was okay 357 pushed it a bit high I thick in retrospect. |
|
May 2023
10:24pm, 17 May 2023
5,772 posts
|
Joe Hawk
Oh and up until Mar 15 my PB was around 3:11 so took about 13/14min off it
|
|
May 2023
11:12pm, 17 May 2023
403 posts
|
Forrest Jooligan
Hard to fit 8 marathons in a month! Bound to result in pretty high mileage too
|
Related Threads
-
RW sub3/3.15
Mar 2025
-
Sub-4hr marathon support and celebration thread
Mar 2025
-
The sub 3.30 marathon thread
Mar 2025
-
Sub 3Hr Marathon
Mar 2025
-
Sub 2:30 Marathon
Oct 2024
-
The sub 2.45 marathon thread
May 2024
-
The sub 3.45 Marathon Thread
Oct 2023
-
The sub-5 hour marathon thread
Apr 2022
-
5:43 Marathon to Sub 5hrs
Dec 2018
-
Sub 3.05 Marathon Plan / Advise - Help please
Aug 2016
Report This Content
You can report any content you believe to be unsafe. Please let me know why you believe this content is unsafe by choosing a category below.
Thank you for your report. The content will be assessed as soon as possible.