I am an avid runner and I have recently been thinking about signing up for a marathon (not for a while obviously). I can and have run 10 miles at a 6:20 pace, and I don’t quite know how hard it would be compared to a marathon. 26.2 miles at a 6:50-7:00 pace doesn’t sound like a walk in the park, but also doesn’t sound like a giant barrier. Given that I put in all the training, what do you guys think? (Did I mention that I’d have to wear a costume for the race...)
Probably depends a great deal on the costume.
Building up to 3:00 marathon in a year is reasonable off of your 10 mile fitness. Some solid tempo sessions and long runs with sections at your goal race pace will help- up to you if you want to practice running at pace in your costume too lol.
coreystol61 wrote:
I am an avid runner and I have recently been thinking about signing up for a marathon (not for a while obviously). I can and have run 10 miles at a 6:20 pace, and I don’t quite know how hard it would be compared to a marathon. 26.2 miles at a 6:50-7:00 pace doesn’t sound like a walk in the park, but also doesn’t sound like a giant barrier. Given that I put in all the training, what do you guys think? (Did I mention that I’d have to wear a costume for the race...)
A good rule of thumb is that your marathon time is 3 x 15K time IF! properly trained. Based on your 10 mi @ 6.20, your 15K time is around 59 minutes, so you have the fitness for sub-3 right now, you just need to put in the long runs/long tempos at the right effort.
I am an avid runner and I have recently been thinking about signing up for a marathon (not for a while obviously). I can and have run 10 miles at a 6:20 pace, and I don’t quite know how hard it would be compared to a marathon. 26.2 miles at a 6:50-7:00 pace doesn’t sound like a walk in the park, but also doesn’t sound like a giant barrier. Given that I put in all the training, what do you guys think? (Did I mention that I’d have to wear a costume for the race...)
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