What's the SLOWEST marathon you've run while averaging 100+ mpw?

I'd like to see the data that could come from this, so I'll start:

2:27:53

mid 2:30s after a year of consistent 100+ mpw. prior to this, marathon pr = mid 2:50s off of 40-60 mpw.

I'd like to see some masters answer this one.

3:17:04, which was a big improvement over the 4 hours plus I was doing before the big mileage.

Only did this one time.

2:26

ahnold wrote:

3:17:04, which was a big improvement over the 4 hours plus I was doing before the big mileage.

1) Over how long a period before the 3:17:04 did you average 100 miles per week?

2) How old were you?

3) What were your PRs at shorter distances during that time?

4) What was your typical pace on the slow runs when you were running the high miles?

Thanks, I suspect that your time is representative of many people who run high mileage. Certainly, people posting in the 2:20s aren't among the slower people, but among the fastest.

This might turn up curious answers, but by asking this question of people who average 100 mile weeks over 10 weeks, you are asking the question of a tiny, highly unique sample. Most anyone able and or willing to devote this much work will be a pretty solid runner (although at least one responder is an exception to this), and I'd be suprised if good runners running high mileage run much slower than 2:30. I've never averaged 100 over that time, the closest I got was perhaps 3 or 4 weeks, and I think there was a 90 in between, and I ran 2:27 off of that, which is also my fastest off of such training.

[quote Thanks, I suspect that your time is representative of many people who run high mileage.[/quote]

you couldn't be more wrong...

2:38 ---> slowest marathon while averaging 100+ mpw

2:28 ---> fastest marathon while averaging 100+ mpw

There are dozens of people who have hit 100 mpw.

There are about 5 people on this board who have ever AVERAGED 100 mpw for any appreciable length of time.

Most of the people posting their results on this thread fall into the former category, not the latter.

I was on pace for sub-2;30 at 20 miles and got a pretty bad cramp in my right quad - ended up at 2;44 after walking and struggling home

finished at 2:43 just now after a long series of mostly 100 plus mile weeks (high of 114) since early August, but I was sick and also exhausted from travel prior to the race. still a big disappointment as I thought that sub 2:37 was a possibility. I'm a master's runner. pr is 2:39 from last year.

2:43 after 12 weeks avg 100

DNF

And yeah, right at 10 weeks average, not one week. Overtrained.

2:13:44

I hope this thread continues. Potentiallly interesting stuff, but post your age.

2:34:30 as a newbie to 100 mile weeks (age 22).

2:24:44 (not counting 2 DNF's) is the slowest I've run after a few years of averaging over 100 mpw (age 25).

I am rescuing this from page two and hoping more people respond.

Doesn't Letsrun have a couple of hundred people who have done 100 + mpw for a long time?

Let's hear about the results, particularly slowest marathon.

Were many above 3 hours, even with long term high miles?