Is this possible haha?! I’ll be attempting to at Poconos in May. I’ve been running steady the first couple of months, 25-30 week avg. Has anyone else started serious training 8-9 weeks out and qualifying?
Is this possible haha?! I’ll be attempting to at Poconos in May. I’ve been running steady the first couple of months, 25-30 week avg. Has anyone else started serious training 8-9 weeks out and qualifying?
yes.
You’re going from zero base to a marathon in nine weeks? Then no, you have no chance. If you have some sort of training history then it all depends on what level you’re currently at.
Yes doable. Probably not for everyone.
I did it in college 20 years ago. I was skinny so I’m sure that helped.
I had a running background from high school but wasn’t in running shape and hadn’t run in 2 years.....I don’t think I had ever run 10 miles. I was probably running 10-15 miles per week.
In 4-5 weeks I trained 1 time per week pretty long 10-15 miles and jogged the rest of the time. I doubt i ran more than 30 mpw...... i ran 2:58.
I ran a little over 2000 miles last year. 225 in January/February, and I did 40 last week. Little speedwork since October though. I focused on trails last year so I wasn’t running super fast (I did a trail 50k and a mountain marathon). I ran my first marathon on a flat course a couple years ago in 3:26.
I’ll have to shave 20 minutes off that time. Only thing is I’m fat haha, need to shed about 10lbs. I’m 6’3 190 now, I run optimal around 178-180
Mohawk4run wrote:
I ran a little over 2000 miles last year. 225 in January/February, and I did 40 last week. Little speedwork since October though. I focused on trails last year so I wasn’t running super fast (I did a trail 50k and a mountain marathon). I ran my first marathon on a flat course a couple years ago in 3:26.
I’ll have to shave 20 minutes off that time. Only thing is I’m fat haha, need to shed about 10lbs. I’m 6’3 190 now, I run optimal around 178-180
You still haven't given any info about your current fitness level.
Close to 19 5k, 40:30 10k, 1:30:00 1/2.
Last year I ran a sub 18, and a 1:26 half. I haven’t done speedwork in 3 months so I’m sure I’m a lot slower
Mohawk4run wrote:
Close to 19 5k, 40:30 10k, 1:30:00 1/2.
Last year I ran a sub 18, and a 1:26 half. I haven’t done speedwork in 3 months so I’m sure I’m a lot slower
Is 3:05 your BQ time? If so, I think it will be tough. If you have a great ramp up in training for 2 months I can see you getting close to the time. But going under, and going under enough to actually get into Boston (if that is your main goal) is going to be hard. Ideally you'd be at or slightly better than your half PR to do a 3:03.
3:10, so 3:07 would be the goal. To put in perspective I slacked last winter the same as this year and amped it up in April to run a 1:26 1/2 in late May. Marathon is a different animal, I know. It will obviously hurt, just seeing if anyone had tried something similar
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