Throwitdown wrote:
Ok so what pace do u recommend.?? U do realize it could be 30 at race start for Wineglass??
Should feel a lot easier then some training runs correct? Esp with taper.
Also no 3:10 pacer for this race..
you don't need a pacer. figure your own pace out and follow it. get one of those pace wristbands they sell or make your own. half the pacers don't know what they are doing anyway.
I hear that.. Last marathon I did the 3:10 pacer ran 3:10:46.. COMPLETE DEVASTATION! If I was able to follow him that is lol..
I don't wanna sprint market st @ Wineglass either.
dont throw it down wrote:
Piano_Man87 wrote:Wineglass is 34 days away, so you still have a couple tune up races to go. Just chill and see how those go, then worry about your pace. Assuming all goes well...
...If your goal is a do-or-die time like a BQ, just shoot for that time exactly minus 1 or 2 minutes, to allow for an unexpected pee break, aid station screw up (dropped cup, had to go back), or the course being a bit longer than your GPS watch says. If you blow up at this pace you can't say that you went out too fast. You went out as fast as you needed to go to hit your goal and it was too fast for you. Plus, if it is a touch too conservative, you'll definitely know it during the last 10K and you can pick it up and reel in the fish (lots of fun).
Good luck.
This is terrible advice for the marathon and I suspect the OP is trolling. If so, you got me. You are either in shape to run 3:10 or you are not. Wishing yourself to the finish line by hammering as far as you can at your goal pace will not work. Building a buffer like that will just make it worse. The first post indicates you ran a 17 mile race. Congratulations on that! There are plenty of ways to triangulate your marathon fitness/pace and this is not one of them.
How is advising him to use his tune up races to see if he's in BQ shape bad advice? That's precisely what the tune ups are for.
Go grab a juice box and re read my post.
How much would ur marathon time change at 80 degrees compared too 40?
3.5/10. You all are getting trolled hard by the op!
Who cares
Troll alert wrote:
3.5/10. You all are getting trolled hard by the op!
Not all.
According to everyone on this forum, if you're not doing 120 mpw it's not even worth trying. smh...
Just have faith in your training man and quit worrying!
I hear ya lol! Must have several elites in this forum eh?
How did it go at Wineglass?
I can't give u my exact time for identity reasons. but I ran a 3:05-3:07...I'm going to Boston in 17! Unless the rules change
Congratulations!! Without being overly specific...did you run fairly even splits?
Thanks I never worked so hard in my life for something.. I actually felt great up til mile 24,25 I GU'd it up every 5 miles, and tried for a finishing kick down Market St.
I ran a 1 min neg split.. Some of the early miles were kind of windy... I was suprised while looking down at my watch and I was still doing 6:45-7min miles around miles 22 to 26...Was ready for things to be over at mile 25 though.. haha ... My last mile was a 6:57... Had plenty in the tank.. Weather was awesome (other then the wind) but I won't complain..
Little stiff today but so, so happy to finally have my BQ!
Now lets hope 3-4mins under the qualifying time is good enough for '17!!