could I make it to the 2028 marathon trials?

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It’s possible. There is really only one way to find out.

People have ran sub 2:19 with slower personal bests than you have, but you will definitely have to bump that mileage up my boy.

fromarkansasbigdreams wrote:

Graduated from college 1 month ago. ran d2 for 4 years. I have 5000 pr of 14:2x, 10,000 pr of 29:5x. I ran a Half marathon time trial during the winter this year and off of 5000/10,000 training at no more than 85 miles per week I ran 68:24. I have the dream of making the marathon trials in 2028. if I work my ass off the next 7 years is a 65 minute half or sub 2:18 marathon possible?

If you go with me you will reach your goal to 2024. With the PB:s you told I can guarantee that!

And I promise you it`s enough to run 50-60 mpw to reach it.Give it a shot! Welcome !

- Magic wand - :)

With those 5k/10k PRs you should be looking at doing it by 2024. Run consistent mileage for a couple years with specific long runs and workouts and it’s very doable. It won’t be easy, but I’ve seen much slower guys pull it off.

Yes, but no one can guarantee you anything (JS included)...

It will depend on how you respond to more mileage and how motivated you are outside of team environment, while you enter real life.

Lots of faster guys have failed while a lot of guys lining up in 2024 will not have the same caliber of college times.

There is only one way to find out.

Start working towards your first Marathon and keep improving have you have done one.

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

fromarkansasbigdreams wrote:

Graduated from college 1 month ago. ran d2 for 4 years. I have 5000 pr of 14:2x, 10,000 pr of 29:5x. I ran a Half marathon time trial during the winter this year and off of 5000/10,000 training at no more than 85 miles per week I ran 68:24. I have the dream of making the marathon trials in 2028. if I work my ass off the next 7 years is a 65 minute half or sub 2:18 marathon possible?

If you go with me you will reach your goal to 2024. With the PB:s you told I can guarantee that!

And I promise you it`s enough to run 50-60 mpw to reach it.Give it a shot! Welcome !

- Magic wand - :)

Like Phil? You said he was ready to run under 2:19 and he fell apart, like all your marathoners, and ended up running in the 2:30s?

Why don't you stick your magic wand you know where?

I think you could do it in 2024. Keep after it, brother!

ImpaIa31 wrote:

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

If you go with me you will reach your goal to 2024. With the PB:s you told I can guarantee that!

And I promise you it`s enough to run 50-60 mpw to reach it.Give it a shot! Welcome !

- Magic wand - :)

Like Phil? You said he was ready to run under 2:19 and he fell apart, like all your marathoners, and ended up running in the 2:30s?

Why don't you stick your magic wand you know where?

Well........this runner has faster times right now and won´t take more than at most two years from now to reach sub 2:19 . Phil didn`t have his threshold at right place, but I had fixed that too if I got some more time to coach him.

No reason you shouldn't go for it in 2024. A lot can happen in 7 years.

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

ImpaIa31 wrote:

Like Phil? You said he was ready to run under 2:19 and he fell apart, like all your marathoners, and ended up running in the 2:30s?

Why don't you stick your magic wand you know where?

Well........this runner has faster times right now and won´t take more than at most two years from now to reach sub 2:19 . Phil didn`t have his threshold at right place, but I had fixed that too if I got some more time to coach him.

You promised everything to Phil and you failed him. You didn't even prepare him for the hills he would encounter on race day, even if knowledgeable posters advised you to prepare your runner for them.

You are an incompetent coach.

You will regret it if you don't try. Be patient, take the long view, never lose sight of the goal. Go fvcking get it.

fromarkansasbigdreams wrote:

Graduated from college 1 month ago. ran d2 for 4 years. I have 5000 pr of 14:2x, 10,000 pr of 29:5x. I ran a Half marathon time trial during the winter this year and off of 5000/10,000 training at no more than 85 miles per week I ran 68:24. I have the dream of making the marathon trials in 2028. if I work my ass off the next 7 years is a 65 minute half or sub 2:18 marathon possible?

Seems very possible to me. Shouldn't be too complicated. My best advice would be to focus on the volume and especially focus on the long run. Run like the Kenyans; one mid-week interval workout at anywhere from 3k to lactate threshold pace, totally 8-12k, and one weekend long run workout alternating between short (25-30k with a good portion of it at marathon pace) and long (35-40k still at a respectable pace). Otherwise just run 100+ mpw and don't forget to recover properly with down weeks and rest days at regular intervals (I'd recommend every 4th week 15-20% less mileage and easier workouts, and once a week run only one short run like 4-6 miles).

You could make it in 2024! You’ve got the times to work with!

There are guys who never broke 30:00 in the 10k in college who run in the marathon trials each time it comes around. Based on your college PRs, and assuming you aren't one of those cheats who runs in the NCAA at 27, you have the talent to do it. The hard part is keeping yourself motivated and on-course when running by yourself without a college team around you while working a full-time job. Seven years is a long time frame to plan for, you should aim for 2024, and if you come up short, aim for 2028.

I had college PRs of 30:37 14:54 and 8:26, and ran 2:16:51 a few weeks ago (three years post-grad). You absolutely can qualify for the marathon trials with those PRs in 2028, if not 2024!