I am doing a marathon next weekend and I'm not sure what sort of time I should aim for. I did a 1hr36 half last weekend which if I put into a race predictor recons I can run a 3hr20! But my training has not been very good to say the least.
Over the past two months I have only run about 20 mpw on average and my longest run was 18 miles which was 6 weeks ago. Since then I have only run 2 half marathons and a 10 mile race.
Would I be crazy to set of at 03hr30 pace? The 01hr36 half was comfortable and hardly an all out effort, that pace is about 40 seconds faster than 03hr30 pace. But I'm scared my I will get to 15 miles and my legs & body will say WTF do you think this is where not going any further.