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But it's too close to the marathon, and apparently she's more prepared for the 10k/HM, rather than the marathon, otherwise she should have been hard pressed to even finish 5 reps of the workout with just 2 minutes rest, so I stand by my statement that she won't touch 225, and would have a hard time breaking 230. Just let's wait and see, so to speak.
Doing 7 x mile in 4:56 is a bad sign compared to only being able to do 5 reps?
That's weird, because I remember a workout of 10 x mile in ~ 5:00 that Mary Keitany has done.
I like the idea of having a fast 10K PR for the marathon and even a fast recent 10K.
For example:
1) Carlos Lopes- Olympic marathon gold medal, WR marathon of 2:07:12 (Olympic silver medal in 10K, recent 27:17 10K PR was 2nd fastest 10K of all time at the time he did it, and faster than Henry Rono).
2) Eliud Kipchoge-Olympic marathon gold medal (Olympic silver in 5K, WC gold in 5K with PR of 12:46, 10K-26:49 PR), 2:03:05 marathon.
3) Galen Rupp- Olympic marathon bronze medal in his 2nd marathon (Olympic 10K silver medal, 26:44 10K PR).
4) Sammy Wanjiru- Olympic marathon gold medal (10K PR 26:41)
5) Haile Gebrselassie- WR marathon of 2:03:59 (2 Olympic gold medals in 10K with PR of 26:22).
6) Kenenisa Bekele- 2:03:03 marathon PR (Olympic 5K gold medal, 2 Olympic 10K gold medals, WR holder at 12:37.35 5K and 26:17.53 10K).
Ms. Molly Huddle is the American 10K record holder at 30:13.17 (...and is married to a Canadian distance runner?). Ms. Molly Huddle might also be Irish.
Ms. Huddle has been training hard for her marathon debut. Sometimes she trains in Flagstaff...as can be seen by this photo of Molly with a pine tree in Flagstaff:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/sports/middle-distance-star-molly-huddle-plans-to-run-new-york-marathon.htmlIn conclusion:
TrackBot! VDOT 30:13 10K