The sub 3.30 marathon thread
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Jan 2023
9:56am, 7 Jan 2023
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tipsku
Hi Eater of hills, you're very welcome to follow my training. I've taken the liberty to follow yours, too 😊 Normally, I'm commenting on each training session, the purpose and intended intensity. I'm also blogging about each training week. I'm probably going to deviate from the plan from time to time to accommodate races, like this week, where I've moved the long run to Friday. And I'm streaking, meaning that I'm running every day, but on rest days in the plan that's only very easy and short runs 1-3 miles as streak savers. Mondays, I run with a beginners group at a very slow pace for me (11:3-12:30) while my normal easy pace is around 9:30. |
Jan 2023
10:23am, 7 Jan 2023
5,530 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
Long road to fitness for me. I'm a stone at least overweight. Off the booze, which will help.
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Jan 2023
1:05pm, 7 Jan 2023
2 posts
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Eater of hills
Cheers Tipsku. I just realised I'm a week behind you which is even better. It's just a bit of guidance for me. Enjoy your training and hope you hit your goal.👌
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Jan 2023
9:20pm, 15 Jan 2023
2,134 posts
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tipsku
Your training is going well, Eater of hills, great job! Mine is also going in the right direction. 4 consecutive weeks of 50+ miles and I'm still feeling good. Intensity is still quite low; I guess I'll feel it more once the plan starts including intervals and more tempo. Blog of week 4: fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=461259 |
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Jan 2023
5:52am, 16 Jan 2023
3 posts
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Eater of hills
You too Tipsku. Doing great work. Had some ankle discomfort on the 14 miler yesterday which is a bit worrisome. Debating whether to ease off for a couple of days. Really don't want to. Will decide in the morning. Keep up the good work.
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Jan 2023
7:52am, 16 Jan 2023
7,215 posts
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Pothunter
You’ve still got a lot of time before Belfast Eater of hills cutting back a little for a few days won’t do you any harm. You don’t want a niggle to get worse and take you out for a few weeks later on. Hope it’s feeling better though! |
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Jan 2023
8:01am, 16 Jan 2023
5,563 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
Difficult balance to push through a bit of discomfort or recognise a developing niggle and rest. Only one person can answer that...
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Jan 2023
8:26am, 16 Jan 2023
2,321 posts
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SailorSteve
Quite so Oscar, one of the eternal conundrums. A physio, whose opinion I respect, advised me to learn to distinguish between “oooooch” and “ouch!” If the former, then generally easing back my pace/effort would see the niggle disappear; if the latter then any running would only make things worse. Just a thought. Hope it’s the former Eater👊 |
Jan 2023
10:52am, 16 Jan 2023
190 posts
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ptr_rnr
So training starts proper for my first marathon on 2023 later this week. It's a short run up, but i'm not targeting it as a PB attempt
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Jan 2023
11:16am, 16 Jan 2023
20,000 posts
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larkim
Tipsku, are you adding more miles to the P&D plan than just the basic plan? 50+mpw for the first 4 weeks of the plan is definitely more than the plan says. Interested, because I do the same with the 12/55 plan - opt out of some of the rest days with easy 4-5 mile runs, and extend the long runs providing I'm feeling good enough to do it. Though even with that my early weeks of P&D still tend not to exceed mid 40s.
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