Ok, I ran a half marathon in 1:16:33. I went exactly 60 min. for the first 10 miles then ran 16:33 for the last 5k. i didn't know what to expect cuz ive never ran that long of a race before so decided to pace myself until the last 5k then hit it hard. ok, i run a marathon a month from now. what should i set as my goal?
World peace.
If your running that quickly, you wouldn't be on here asking advice on goalsetting....and if you did run that quickly, try another way of bragging than asking advice while inserting race times
now do the other half.
this is what you should do. . Run 1:21:23 for the first half and keep that pace until mile 22 then give it what you got. . of course we do NOT know how many long runs you have done or how LONG they are which are vital points in running a marathon. . So it is some what hard to "predict" a time for you. Good luck.
Under 2:40 should be your goal for the full marathon, assuming that you have not run a full marathon before.
Get at least one or two good long runs in before the marathon, this weekend I advise you to run 24 miles at 6:30-6:40 per mile and then 10-14 days before the race 20 miles at 6:30/mile.
jason
How about 6/mile the whole way through? Sounds like you had a lot left after 10, maybe you can make it to 26.2 without slowing down much.
like ya balls.
2:40 should be the goal (6:06 pace).
I think you can finish a marathon between 3:00 and 3:15.
There's a tremendous difference between 13.1 and 26.2 miles.
Good luck.
Why does the ultimate goal have to be a marathon?
Advice Guy wrote:
Why does the ultimate goal have to be a marathon?
Well, because the original poster said he is running a marathon in a month...and he was wondering what he should be shooting for, aka, his "goal."
Way to go on your half! I'd set your marathon goal at 2:40, as others have said. If you find that you run it well, then try to get your times down even further. Heck, if you find you have something left over after the marathon, you should consider ultras. I know, I said the "U" word - sorry. Or you could enter some "tougher" marathons (i.e. Pike's Peak, or the Disney World race and a half). Best of luck to you in whatever you do!
Tony Robbins wrote:
World peace.
f-ing sweet, best post in this whole thread....
You're heading for a DNF ..........no question !
Actually, now that I look at the numbers, I wonder if he really did this- ran 6 minute miles even and then broke into 5:20 pace for the last 5k. If you look at McMillan, a 1:16:33 half is equivalant to a 16:34 5k. SO, unless this guy has a much faster PB for the 5k, I gotta think this is BS.
Well, apparently, he must have a better 5K PB to run a H/M at a equivalent time of 16:34 5K with very uneven split. I think this is doable - Actually I have done something similar before on a 15K - 41' for 10K and 17'20" for the last 5K (My PB of 5K at the time was 17'05").
Well then he ran a very slow HM for his level if this is true. Why did you run such uneven splits in your 15k? 6:40/5:35)
Well, I was use that as a training run - long tempo with a buddy of mine. Until I caught a guy that BS about we should not run side by side and block him, so he had to go around and pass us (by running 2-3 extra steps in a 15K) by saying "Get out of my way, you slow runners", so I replied as "Wanna race" and it was on and I picked up the pace and he hanged with me for about a mile and dropped and I just continued and waited for him at the finish line.
I agree doing 10 at 6 min pace and being able to drop down to 5:20's is impressive. If you have enough long runs under your belt might as well see how many 6min miles you can string together. COuld get under 2:40. A marathon is not nearly twice as hard as a marathon though, more like 4 times! You have to hit half way feeling very good. Good luck!