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Jun 2011
3:31pm, 6 Jun 2011
1,059 posts
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emdee
I like your plan Flanker.. very similar to mine, without the parkruns 
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Jun 2011
3:33pm, 6 Jun 2011
5,172 posts
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Gymfreak
Its how I broke 3.30 lol. Although not the usual recommended route, it can be done. I did no speedwork whatsoever.
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Jun 2011
3:39pm, 6 Jun 2011
13,120 posts
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flanker
I've got better at marathons since I stopped speedwork! Maybe down at the sharp end of the field you are looking to squeeze out the seconds, but my view is that if your shorter races say you can hold the required pace for 6 or 13 miles, you have the base speed and you need "tempo endurance" to do it for longer. Therefore time on feet, progressively running more and more at target pace, works for me.
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Jun 2011
6:45pm, 6 Jun 2011
2,433 posts
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Smout
TBH I think I wasn't far off at Lochaber but life stuff meant I started the walk/run sooner than I would have if I didn't have to be in hospital with wee man that night. I'm *really* going for 3:15 come London if the last few months of this year go well
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Jun 2011
8:00am, 7 Jun 2011
24 posts
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marble
My plan was made up by my OH who is a seasoned marathon and ultra runner. Involves speedwork, hills, mid and long runs. just need to get myu fitness back now.
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Jun 2011
8:35am, 7 Jun 2011
22,191 posts
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Foxy Davy
My plan is to do some short quick midweek 5km & 10km events to do speedwork as i struggle to do it on my own & see if I can get round Chicago sub 3.30 ?
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Jun 2011
2:33pm, 7 Jun 2011
1,835 posts
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tom_craggs
With your 10k and HM times Smout surely 3.15 is a possibility?
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Jun 2011
2:34pm, 7 Jun 2011
1,836 posts
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tom_craggs
Doh, just read you post above, I was replying on message from previous page.
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Jun 2011
7:32pm, 7 Jun 2011
9,189 posts
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RuthB2
My plan will also involve some whinging about speedwork, and some moaning about LSRs, as well as guilt about missing miles and some nerves about any race that I decide to enter. I expect to mutter the words 'stupid bloody marathon nonsense' several times too.
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Jun 2011
9:30pm, 7 Jun 2011
1,449 posts
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clare1976
*lurks with jealousy*
*delurks and goes back to yoga and cross trainer for now...*
see you all later in 2012 all being well, by which time you'll all have decamped to the sub-3:15 group!
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