sub 1:45 marathon possible??

If you were hoping to be the first, I hate to be the one to break it to you but Robert Young already broke this barrier.

the only person capable of running a 1:45:00 marathon is Gerry Lindgren.

Yes, of course.

Do you have a good car?

lifelong_amateur wrote:

ah crap obviously i meant half marathon

Yeah, right.

You're a hobby jogger who refers to 1/2 marathons by calling them marathons.

get a life.i could take 2 years off and run under 1:30 on a few weeks of 20 mpw. But i'm a 1:12 guy on 50 mpwit's all about natural talent until you start getting closer to your peak ability.i jumped in a marathon as a joke with some friends and ran 3:08 after not really running for 1 year and my buddy had been running 65 mpw and ran 2:56further, i have friends who qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon who can get into sub 16:00 5k shape in a few weeks, while it takes me 4-5 months to get there.it's relative everyone

Iagree wrote:

You went from 1:58 to 1:38?! And can now run a 20:xx 5k, and do this all on 20mpw? What is your training plan like? I am curious as I am trying to break 1:40 in the half.

A 1:45 marathon is 4:00/mile. With the right PEDs, you can't rule it out.

It is indeed possible.

In HS I ran an 18:53 on 500 miles of training (February 2001-August 2001). Peaked 9/15/01 due to 9/11 and a few other things. I actually peaked early and was not able to make it out of district b/c I started training too early.

Got out of running for 7 years.

Started training for Kent State Bowman Cup 5k in October 2008. Started July 2008 with 2-mile test @ about 19:20 (9:40 pace). 5k was around 29-ish. Did about 25-35 mpw, with longest run being 13.3-miler in mid-Sept. (9/15/08) as a LSD. Only 2-3 weeks of speed work (4 1200 @ 3:43-3:50, with 2 mins. rest in between). Race was mid-October. Ran 18:33. Didn't run enough distance but still dropped 11 minutes or so.

It can be done even on a slightly undertrained body. If you have long legs you're good to go. I'm only 5'2'' and still improved fast in a short period of time and with a long layoff. I decided to quit running, not because I got hurt, but because it took up a lot of free time and walking was more practical at that point in my life.

Point is--if you get the LSD in w/o getting hurt, don't do speedwork until you have a base, and taper properly you'll run faster than you think on race day.

You are so full of Shi* dude.

If you are so unbelievably talented then let's see the Strava data.

Tons of elite runners out there couldn't run 1:12 on even 60 mpw.

Prove it or stfu

natural talent matters wrote:

get a life.

i could take 2 years off and run under 1:30 on a few weeks of 20 mpw. But i'm a 1:12 guy on 50 mpw

it's all about natural talent until you start getting closer to your peak ability.

i jumped in a marathon as a joke with some friends and ran 3:08 after not really running for 1 year and my buddy had been running 65 mpw and ran 2:56

further, i have friends who qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon who can get into sub 16:00 5k shape in a few weeks, while it takes me 4-5 months to get there.

it's relative everyone

Iagree wrote:

You went from 1:58 to 1:38?! And can now run a 20:xx 5k, and do this all on 20mpw? What is your training plan like? I am curious as I am trying to break 1:40 in the half.

You are so full of Shi* dude.

If you are so unbelievably talented then let's see the Strava data.

Tons of elite runners out there couldn't run 1:12 on even 60 mpw.

Prove it or stfu

lifelong_amateur wrote:

hey all 31 y/o male who just picked up running this past year.

a few months ago i ran a half with little training in 1:58. My first major race, i was targeting a sub 2 hour run so im pretty happy with the result. did minimal training (avg 15 mpw a couple weeks before). picked up my training lately and am running 20 mpw and 7 milers at 8:00 pace

would love to shave a minute or more off my pace. what should my expectation be? i can train 20-30 mpw somewhat consistently depending on my hectic work schedule. race is a few months out what should my expectation be if i can allot 20 mpw? just did a 4 miler recently at 7:30 pace.

5x18 will get you there.

There's this guy who hadn't run in 5 years and started getting back in shape at the beginning of the year. I think he would have been perfect case to prove that you can't just run a couple 20 mile weeks and break 1:30. He could certainly do that now, but it's been a few months. He was also pretty quick before he quit running. https://www.strava.com/athletes/13617586

Iagree wrote:

You went from 1:58 to 1:38?! And can now run a 20:xx 5k, and do this all on 20mpw? What is your training plan like? I am curious as I am trying to break 1:40 in the half.

I know this is an old post, but it's not as rare as you think. I had a slight bit more talent than the OP, but went from 1:44 in HM about 2 months after starting running (shouldn't have run it on no training, but knew nothing at the time) to 1:19 eight months later. However, I was running a bit more (~40 mpw).