I just raced a half marathon at 1:29. It felt good aerobically except I was only doing about 1 workout/week and about 40 mpw, so was feeling rough physically by the end. My next half is in April where I'm hoping to run 1:27. Is there any chance of breaking 3 by October with increased mileage and more consistent workouts, or is that too ambitious of a goal for 9 months?
sub3gunningforit wrote:
I just raced a half marathon at 1:29. It felt good aerobically except I was only doing about 1 workout/week and about 40 mpw, so was feeling rough physically by the end. My next half is in April where I'm hoping to run 1:27. Is there any chance of breaking 3 by October with increased mileage and more consistent workouts, or is that too ambitious of a goal for 9 months?
No problem. With some magic you will be guaranteed to break 3. 🇸🇪🧙🏼♂️🇸🇪🙏🖐
I sense the ethereal vibrations of your 1:29 chronicle resonating through the mystical realms of aerobics and physical roughness.
The impending 1:27 venture in April beckons like a howling moon. Fear not, brave traveler, for the forces of increased mileage and consistent workouts may unveil portals to dimensions where temporal constraints crumble like paper mâché castles in the rain. 🌚🏃♂️✨
When I first got into running OP I had basically that exact trajectory. 2 months after I ran 1:30 I ran 3:11, after being on 3:05 (BQ for me at the time) pace through 20 miles. Those were spring races. I ran shorter stuff over the summer then ~5 months after the 1:30 I ran 1:26. Then I ran my BQ (3:03) 1 month later (6 months post 1:30). Then there was some rapid improvement. I ran 1:20 a month after the 3:03 & then 2:53 (w./ bad pacing going for sub-2:50) another month later. So that's all within 8 months of the 1:30-flat. I was young, new to running/undertrained, and just started to grind out higher mileage without really knowing what I was doing. & clearly racing too much/probably not recovering.
Seems reasonable to get pretty close to sub-3 with a bump to something like 60-70mpw.
I think so. Just add more miles. I went from just over 90 minutes in the half to a 1:23 in 9 months off just 15 more miles a week. Then broke 3.