Recently did 19 miles at 6:00 average as my first continuous long run steady workout. Went from 6:13 down to 5:47, fueling didn’t go so great but working on it… also did this in the Hyperion Max, will upgrade to the Metaspeed Sky on race day.
running Philly on 11/24. Original goal was sub 2:30 but now I’m thinking sub 2:35 (only running like 40mpw on 4 days). Is this realistic?
3:00-3:10. Pace will be solid but you'll bonk at around 20-21 miles and limp in.
You'll probably handle fueling better by race day but it's obvious you're going to pace too ambitiously. Even trying to hold 6:00 is probably too much.
If you jog it out at 2:55 pace from the start and you fuel well, you might feel okay in the end.
Maybe if you traded out the meatballs for some more mileage you’d be running 2:10…
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Recently did 19 miles at 6:00 average as my first continuous long run steady workout. Went from 6:13 down to 5:47, fueling didn’t go so great but working on it… also did this in the Hyperion Max, will upgrade to the Metaspeed Sky on race day.
running Philly on 11/24. Original goal was sub 2:30 but now I’m thinking sub 2:35 (only running like 40mpw on 4 days). Is this realistic?
I ran 20 in 2:01 for a December workout and ended up going 2:33 for the January marathon. I think your goal of sub 2:35 seems realistic.
Inb4 OP posts in a month lying about running 2:29:53 or something, since that's become a thing on LR now.
Why are you doing a 19 mile run at race pace off 40mpw?
That's almost half your weekly mileage in one run - at intensity.
That's your race right there.
Yeah agree would try to fit in some more miles. Feel like the mileage will be a limiter for sub-2:30. 19 @ 6-flat is still great but how would you feel doing 8-12 @ 5:45 pace in a 20 miler? I think sub-2:35 is very possible. Given the mileage I would start off conservatively. Philly is awesome but has some hills & you lose crowd support in the back half. I would probably go out in 1:17-1:18. Don't run anything faster than 5:50 through the first 25k.