High hopes wrote:
Funny little thing from the results on the London app. Flanagan is listed as the first placed club runner. She's also listed as British.
https://ibb.co/GPhT91N
Her name is about as British as you can get
High hopes wrote:
Funny little thing from the results on the London app. Flanagan is listed as the first placed club runner. She's also listed as British.
https://ibb.co/GPhT91N
Her name is about as British as you can get
Interesting what's her plan for Chicago. I'm aiming at 232-235 myself and they don't have a separate start there (and Shalane is not starting as part of the elite anyway). I would feel honored to run next to her.
name expert wrote:
High hopes wrote:
Funny little thing from the results on the London app. Flanagan is listed as the first placed club runner. She's also listed as British.
https://ibb.co/GPhT91NHer name is about as British as you can get
Irish
n9 wrote:
Interesting what's her plan for Chicago. I'm aiming at 232-235 myself and they don't have a separate start there (and Shalane is not starting as part of the elite anyway). I would feel honored to run next to her.
Where did you hear this? I have a difficult time believing she will be in the Chicago development tent instead of the real elites or participating in the Boston rolling start. She is getting all the elite amenities and more including the nike staff.
Why is Shalane doing this? Is it just for vanity reasons??
jill money wrote:
Why is Shalane doing this? Is it just for vanity reasons??
Just selling the next cook book.
multiday running expert wrote:
jill money wrote:
Why is Shalane doing this? Is it just for vanity reasons??
Just selling the next cook book.
True, and it's working. She has everyone's attention (evidenced by this thread)
It is really great that Shalane is still out there running with the rest of the pack. That is what makes the marathon such a great sport. The amateur runners are on the same course with the pros, former pros and everything in between.
Her multiple marathons are about on par with what Wardian was doing years back. She is running at about 80% in these races. Basically a little bit more effort than a pretty solid long run during peak normal marathon training. Recovery time is relatively short and the races are enough of a boost to keep fitness up from week to week. If Shalane got in a few weeks of training and ran somewhere fast this winter like Houston, she would easily hit the AR for women's masters.
Hoping that these races will prompt her to go after the the 40-44 AR by Deena of 2:27:47. Perhaps in Chicago next year.
high school xc coach wrote:
im sure she can still fight to be a 2:25 runner on a fast course,
The London marathon course IS very fast.
Very impressive so far for sure. Next weekend she should probably shoot for around 2:50 in Chicago, so she will have something the next day on the tough Boston course. Hopefully run 2:45-2:50 at Boston. If she goes too fast in Chicago, Boston could be a death march, even if she has massage therapy and all of the other things that the elites have access to.
Whether or not n9 qualified for the American Development, the front of Corral A is so close to the elite that one can easily get to them in the first mile. One has to be on the right side of the road though to catch up to her.
But you just ripped on the person that was giving their perspective.
jecht wrote:
cruising usa wrote:
I think she can get a sub 3 any day of the week if you have the lifetime training she does. If you're in her shape you can basically have a broken femur and run one.
I've run sub 3 with an actual torn hamstring myself. Also ran one off a full stomach just after lunch for fun one day. a 6:52 pace isn't that hard.
These next 2 races will definitely be the hardest part of the challenge. Doesn't help that it will be warm days for both.
6:52 is difficult for a lot of people over 26.2 miles.
Not for people with lifetime training much faster than that pace, which is what she is. For someone who just C25K'd sure yeah it's hard.
You're DQ'd if you do that. There are rules about camera time and stuff like that.
yep, just my perspective. Deena ran 2:27 at age 42, also raising a family. SF was 2nd master in Berlin and London. good, but not amazing in my op.
Shoot, with times like this, every pro athlete will soon "retire"
not sure wrote:
yep, just my perspective. Deena ran 2:27 at age 42, also raising a family. SF was 2nd master in Berlin and London. good, but not amazing in my op.
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20854930/deena-kastor-breaks-u-s-masters-record-at-chicago-marathon/
Umm, you do realize Shalane is running 6 marathons this fall and not actively pursuing the Master's AR, right?
i'm aware. sf went out in 75:04 through the half. 2nd master on the day. good result
high school xc coach wrote:
im sure she can still fight to be a 2:25 runner on a fast course, but that's not competitive at this point and maybe not good enough for her. So she is doing this type of gimmick, which is probably more appealing than going the ultra route.
If she tried ultras, and did not win Comrades or break the 100k record, then people would think she failed. (Especially those who post here.)
If she goes for the Masters record, and does not break it, once again people would think she failed.
She will not "fail" this attempt as long as she completes all the races, because there is no point of comparison.
That's how you avoid failure and preserve your legacy.