I'm a pretty mediocre track and field athlete; I'm around 6 minutes 10 seconds for the 1600 and 13 minutes for the 3200.
If I just did a marathon at the end of the season for kicks, with no additional training, would I do OK? Our team does one "long run" a week, but I put it in quotes because it's not really that long, only about 6 miles usually.
Would I break 4? Just curious.
You may or may not break 4 but the point is, it wouldn't be fun and you might get injured; why would you do that to yourself?
no you would not break 4 hrs. I think you'd be closer to 5-530.
Why do it? Just go for a 26 mile walk later this year.
I got injured 6 weeks before a marathon, took 5 weeks off, ran a couple times and went for it anyway. Ended up with a DNF at mile 20, preceded by an hour or so of no fun. Don't do it.
You would need a couple 13 milers and a 15-18 miler at least once to finish with no real training, though I've seen it done on less.
One kid I saw in Vibrams said he went from a half marathon to a full marathon on no further training, just on a whim. He finished in a little of 4 hours.
Strength train like crazy if you do plan on running it off poor training and if you do not get injured during the Marathon be VERY alert for the next couple of weeks afterwards because that is when a lot of inexperienced runners will also be likely to get injured.
I am so sick of the whole marathon with no training thing. The marathon is the ultimate test for endurance athletes. It is the most well known, respected distance event in our sport. It is such a challenge that it breaks even the best trained athletes. Running a marathon with no training is disrespectful of the sport. First, you do stand a good chance of getting hurt during the race and needing medical attention. You will place an unnecessary burden on race medics. Second, you prove nothing by finishing a marathon with no training. If you haven't noticed recently, anyone with two legs can (and does) finish a marathon. Old women. Fat people. People with prosthetic limbs. Blind people. Little kids. All you prove by running with no training is that you are dumb enough to run a marathon with no training. Third, and finally, after college, you will have decades to train and run marathons. Why not do it right and actually race a marathon instead of making it some sort of stupid slack-ass stunt? What you run a marathon with no training is meaningless as to your potential to run one with training.
Don't have a heart attack grandpa. I did it at a low key event in the middle of the boonies on a trail so chill out. I think kids can learn from going until the wheels fall off, especially when there are other people around. I do agree however, that hobby joggers shouldn't flood the real events.
Quite honestly anyone with any bit of athletic aptitude can do do about 3-ish on little or no training. but like others have said, why would you want to walk 26.2 miles?
Caudex wrote:
I'm a pretty mediocre track and field athlete; I'm around 6 minutes 10 seconds for the 1600 and 13 minutes for the 3200.
If I just did a marathon at the end of the season for kicks, with no additional training, would I do OK? Our team does one "long run" a week, but I put it in quotes because it's not really that long, only about 6 miles usually.
Would I break 4? Just curious.
You should do ultras.
As I said, before, I'm just curious. I would never run a marathon without training for it.
Calm down, buddy. It'll be OK.
It seems like you're venting about something else here…
The longest run I've ever done was a 16 miler as part of a fundraiser. I was in pretty good shape but our long runs never went over 12 miles and those consisted of trails. This 16 miler was all on hard surface. It destroyed me, I could not imagine running another 10 without injury or other problems. I would train for a marathon even if I was to just finish one and not race it.
Oh, forgot to mention this, I did a 3:20 in 8th grade. And I did one in 9th grade but the timing system broke down. And last year I was going to but I got injured training over the summer. But I'm not doing it this summer, I have a summer camp to attend.
It is really just a relatively simple math exercise. You currently run 2 miles in 13 minutes. This gives a rate of 6.5 minutes per mile. The marathon is 26.2 miles. So if we multiply 6.5 by 13.1 we will calculate your expected marathon time, which is: 170.3 minutes or 2 hours 50 minutes 18 seconds.
This is relativly fast and I think it will be a goood experience. If you train specifically for the marathon you should be able to drop the expected time to the 2:30 range.
just another guy wrote:
It is really just a relatively simple math exercise. You currently run 2 miles in 13 minutes. This gives a rate of 6.5 minutes per mile. The marathon is 26.2 miles. So if we multiply 6.5 by 13.1 we will calculate your expected marathon time, which is: 170.3 minutes or 2 hours 50 minutes 18 seconds.
This is relativly fast and I think it will be a goood experience. If you train specifically for the marathon you should be able to drop the expected time to the 2:30 range.
Please excuse my typing error, we multiply 13 by 13.1 to get 170.3. Everything else in my post is correct.
I ran my first marathon without training. I finished in just over 5 hours. It was not a good experience. It was just after I graduated HS, and I was not a 'good' runner by any means but still faster than the OP.
I ran with my brother who had to stop about half way (he didn't train either) so I MIGHT have been able to run about 4:30 or :45 if I didn't wait on him.
I was on the couch for 3 days after the marathon because my legs were too sore to walk.
train for the marathon. Don't run one with no training. Why not do something else like go on a day long hike or something this year?