lisathelady wrote:
Reviving this thread. Last weekend I ran a 1:26:37 half marathon, marathon coming up on the 28th. This half was at the end of a 70 mile week. This training cycle has been the most consistent and high volume I've ever done and I'm still healthy! One more 20 miler on Sunday and then backing down on mileage slowly until the big day. I could not believe how comfortable 6:35 pace felt for most of the race, started at 6:53 for the first mile. I've kept time goals completely out of my mind this whole time but now it's getting closer to the race. Any advice would be appreciated!
Note this will be my third marathon, my second was severely undertrained and just awful.
Assuming you ran that 1:26 on no taper, have this is at least your third 20+, and are averaging at least 60+ mpw, I think you've got a good shot 3:05