A friend of mine ran 3:16 for his first ever marathon this weekend. The problem though is he split 1:24 for his first 13.1 and 1:52 for his last half.
He ran a 1:16 half marathon PR a month ago and has only been running for 3 years.
What do you think he could have run with better pacing? 3:05 maybe?
He ran a 76 half a month ago and blew up after an 84? What did the rest of his training look like? Something doesn't add up.
Similar question: I ran a Marathon recently with a 1:42 split and finished in 3:34. I was looking for a 3:25 based on a recent 10 miler in 1:12. Felt good at halfway and fell off pace at 15-16.
Was I in shape for a 3:30 with even pacing?
pewow wrote:
A friend of mine ran 3:16 for his first ever marathon this weekend. The problem though is he split 1:24 for his first 13.1 and 1:52 for his last half.
He ran a 1:16 half marathon PR a month ago and has only been running for 3 years.
What do you think he could have run with better pacing? 3:05 maybe?
Is this a joke? If he ran 1:16, 1:24 should be pretty close to his marathon pace. 1:52 means he crashed and burned HARD. Maybe he just had a bad day. If not, then it's really hard to predict because his biggest problem is lack of mileage, not bad pacing. Unless of course his first 10k was run in 34 minutes or something, in which case yeah pacing was a problem.
Tell him to actually do some long runs and a couple of long tempo runs in the weeks leading up to his next marathon and he's got a good shot at breaking 2:50.
dafwejfdsjf wrote:
Is this a joke? If he ran 1:16, 1:24 should be pretty close to his marathon pace. 1:52 means he crashed and burned HARD. Maybe he just had a bad day. If not, then it's really hard to predict because his biggest problem is lack of mileage, not bad pacing. Unless of course his first 10k was run in 34 minutes or something, in which case yeah pacing was a problem.
Tell him to actually do some long runs and a couple of long tempo runs in the weeks leading up to his next marathon and he's got a good shot at breaking 2:50.
I guess I should have mentioned that he wasn't training for the marathon. He was training for the half a couple of weeks before, tapered and everything. After the half he decided he was in good shape and wanted to try the marathon for fun.
Anyone have any thoughts on what he could have run with better pacing?
Hard to make a hypothetical prediction without knowing his mileage going into the race. Just a guess, but maybe 3:05 with an even split.
Many factors could have been a problem in this one. Like previous post says, he could have blown it in the first 5-10k. Also, there is a good chance he didn't fuel properly with this having been his first marathon. Low fuel in the second half = huge positive split. At that point you can't catch up on fuel and it is a death march.
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