The sub 3.30 marathon thread

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heebiejeebie Apr 2012 4:46pm, 4 Apr 2012 2,287 posts	0 heebiejeebie Nelly, my last long run was on Monday and I misjudged my fuelling. I tried a progressive run with 10 miles at 8.45, 3 miles at 8.30, 5 miles at 8.00 then I planned to do a recovery mile then 2 miles slightly faster than MP before a slow jog home. But after 18 miles I was unable to speed up beyond 10-11 minute mile pace. Usually for that length of run I'd have 2 packs of shot bloks, a handful of werthers and a bottle of lucozade lite. I had water and one pack of shot bloks. Diagnosis: underfuelled idiot ran out of steam.
Nelly Apr 2012 4:58pm, 4 Apr 2012 323 posts	0 Nelly Heebs - sorry to hear of your poor run, but relieved I'm not the only one!
heebiejeebie Apr 2012 5:07pm, 4 Apr 2012 2,288 posts	0 heebiejeebie Hey I think I did ok under the circumstances! Would've been nice to finish less knackered, mind.
hellen Apr 2012 7:16pm, 6 Apr 2012 12,827 posts	0 hellen 3.27.27 at good Friday enigma today, wasn't event meant to going for a pb there but decided to give it a blast! V happy
Fenland Runner Apr 2012 7:20pm, 6 Apr 2012 12,824 posts	0 Fenland Runner You were totally brilliant, hellen, congratulations
Jon_T Apr 2012 7:22pm, 6 Apr 2012 1,510 posts	0 Jon_T Well done Hellen, great time
clare1976 Apr 2012 7:22pm, 6 Apr 2012 1,887 posts	0 clare1976 yay hellen, hoped you'd be here soon to share the news. well done. please do a blog with your mile splits! x i'll leave u in the header unless u say otherwise for crawley as i assume u'll want another sub-3:30 (and pb?!) there! hope u stick around here for a while even if u also feel the lure of the sub-3:15 thread?!
♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Apr 2012 7:28pm, 6 Apr 2012 5,321 posts	0 ♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Well dine Hellen, looking at your races that shows solid consistent steep progress. Fantastic progress.
hellen Apr 2012 7:29pm, 6 Apr 2012 12,828 posts	0 hellen C take me out the header as I will prob now do the 6 hour race at Crawley
clare1976 Apr 2012 7:32pm, 6 Apr 2012 1,888 posts	0 clare1976 done! crazy woman x

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