I have a friend who was a 5:59 miler in school who ran 60-70 miles a week at around 8 minute pace for the LA marathon and he ran well over 4 hours and his nipples were bleeding at the finish and blood was streaming down his shirt. I’ll take over 3:30.
Unless you were a 27:30 10k guy at one point in your life then you probably have the natural talent to hit just under 3:30.
Idiot Marathoner wrote:
Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:
Bump to keep it in the top page, since I want an update tomorrow.
Also, if OP is willing to share his info, I woukd like to watch the tracker in real time and cheer him in at the finish.
Bib 331. See you at the finish at 10:29
Cool, Ill be tracking and cheering you on.
I ran my first and second marathons around 3:45. In retrospect I was woefully undertrained and not prepared for the last 10k of each. Problem was after second 'thon I developed a stress feature that sidelined my racing for 7 years.
Yes, I do believe you could get under 3:30 based on your ability, but my advice is to put you effort into a planned buildup for a progression from 10k, half, and then marathon over several years.
Even Oprah can run a marathon, no need to run one just on a lark. Be patient. If you do run then be prepared for a tough last six miles.
MUSGA
IdiotMarathoner wrote:
Thread title says it all. I'm running my first marathon Sunday at CIM. Never run more than 10 or 11 miles in my life. Haven't done any training runs in excess of 5 miles, most days closer to 3. But I have run every single day.
Over the summer I ran 16:30 for 3 miles off of similar training. I'm a 28 year old male.
Shooting for 3:30. Am I gonna be over or under?
Good luck.
Apples to oranges, but I am more fast twitch and when I was a younger man, 28 as well, I trained for 6 weeks in prep for a 1/2. Training 3 days a week at 3 miles. Ran the 1/2 in 1:36. Hit mile 1 in 6:47, mile 2 in 7:07, just going with the flow. That caught up to me at mile 11, but as others said, you get through it and the last couple miles were fine.
Anyway, if you can hit 16:30 for 5k, you will be fine going at 8min miles, feeling fresh until it becomes a drag, then you have to tough it out and finish.
I'm onboard--this a great thread.
I'm thinking you are going to run smoothly until mile 20....and then over.
But good luck!
Not showing up in the live results tracking so far... bibs 330 and 332 are showing up, but not 331.
Apologies if someone already mentioned this, but this dude's brother is NAZ Elite marathoner Scott Smith.
bkrunner wrote:
https://www.athlinks.com/event/3241/results/Event/603293/Course/1024866/Bib/331
Thanks, not sure why it wasnt showing up when I searched. I could get results for my friends' bibs, but not for him, for some reason.
Anyway, he is going for it, on pace so far.
Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:
bkrunner wrote:
https://www.athlinks.com/event/3241/results/Event/603293/Course/1024866/Bib/331Thanks, not sure why it wasnt showing up when I searched. I could get results for my friends' bibs, but not for him, for some reason.
Anyway, he is going for it, on pace so far.
This guy is probably so fkd with a 7:48 pace first 10k but i am totally interested to see what happens.
1:43 half
1:43:18 at halfway
Andrew Lee wrote:
1:43:18 at halfway
Now the real challenge begins, he is set up right if he hopes to do it.
On pace through 20.
Is this the same person with all the Spartan runs on athlinks?
Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:
On pace through 20.
not sure touch and go he went from half to 20 in 8;02 pace which if he does the last 6.2 in that pace he will just about do it
There is no way. He's toast.
I predict a 3:36 finish.
The 2nd half of the race starts at 20. 3:40 predicted finish.
Nice finish, had plenty left to pick up the pace after 20. 3:25:59