Going from 400m runner to marathon runner in less than a week

Although it was extremely painful, I did feel great after my training runs last week and might do more endurance work after college. It was one of the hardest things I've done, but was also a little fun.

Dirtball wrote:

It's easy for people with more fast twitch fibers to break 60 seconds in the 400 yet I only managed 58 seconds in a time trial my sophomore year in college even though my other PRs were 4:14 in the mile, 14:32 in the 5k, and 29:45 in the 10k.

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No one ran 3:54

https://www.databarevents.com/events/results/312

400m runner wrote:

The race actually went fairly well for me yesterday. I started out at 7:45 pace for the first 10 miles and it was like a dream for me. It really began to hurt at the halfway point, and I hit the wall around 16 miles or so. I ran like 11 miles on Thursday and it was clear that I was bonking hard. I still finished, though, in 3:54.

See post above

Potato pataughau wrote:

No one ran 3:54

Yup, and there aren't any others close to that time that match the description. There is a 20 year old woman who ran a few minutes slower than that at 3:58:39, but the name matches a woman that age in WA with a history of 5k races in high school which doesn't match the description.

Without links to supporting evidence, I'm also skeptical of claims made for other marathons done by those who haven't done any long distance running. Despite a comment someone made about college fit people being able to do marathons without training, although I suspect that is true for a minuscule minority who have engaged in endurance training for other sports and whose leg muscles manage to hold up, for others its doubtful. A 10k or would be a more credible possibility, or a half marathon, maybe.

SkepticalRunner wrote:

Potato pataughau wrote:

No one ran 3:54

Yup, and there aren't any others close to that time that match the description. There is a 20 year old woman who ran a few minutes slower than that at 3:58:39, but the name matches a woman that age in WA with a history of 5k races in high school which doesn't match the description.

Without links to supporting evidence, I'm also skeptical of claims made for other marathons done by those who haven't done any long distance running. Despite a comment someone made about college fit people being able to do marathons without training, although I suspect that is true for a minuscule minority who have engaged in endurance training for other sports and whose leg muscles manage to hold up, for others its doubtful. A 10k or would be a more credible possibility, or a half marathon, maybe.

Sceptical of someone doing a marathon with no previous training? Dude, I ran my first marathon after doing no physical activity for 20 years. I smoked, drank and done 30 miles of total training before the race. I finished in 4:04 after starting out at 3:30 pace. It's nothing to boast about and not a big deal to finish a marathon on little to no training. I've ran much faster over the distance since after taking the training seriously. Why would I lie about running a 4:04 marathon?

Anyone can finish a marathon, it's not as difficult as most of the posters on this thread are making out like it's not an act of greatness or impossibility for the average person on the street to finish a marathon on no training.

Go out slow. Slower than you think you should. The first 8 miles should be a breeze.

No, you're wrong. I did.

400m runner wrote:

No, you're wrong. I did.

Someone posted a link to the results. According to that: you did not. Post contrary evidence if you are going to repeat your claim.