This guy's blog is pretty epic. He went from 4:15 at Columbus to a 3:03 BQ at Toledo Glass City in 18 months.
http://achievingmillennial.com/2016-glass-city-marathon-race-report-boston-marathon-qualified/
He ran 70-80 mpw though.
85
Rest/Recovery week ?
91.5 (yeah, who jumps back into running PRing his weekly mileage?!)
82
88
80.3
100
63.9 (start of taper)
47.7
43.3 (includes marathon)
Not quite a hobbyjogger.
Yours truly went from 284 pounds to a 1:27 half in about the same amount of time (Apr 2008 to Oct 2009). Less than 40mpw too.
I immediately hate his guts for having “millennial” in his website name. Screw this guy.
Dude made this progression in his 20s...
Would you be impressed if he ran 3:03 on his first outing?
Blog is outdated.
Dude's results are here... shortly after the blog leaves off, he posts a sub 3, qualifies for Boston, runs it, and reverts to his old self turning a 3:43... and followed that up with a 3:59 marathon.
Shows that dedication and setting goals can go long ways. Congrats!!!????
Ernest wrote:
Dude made this progression in his 20s...
Would you be impressed if he ran 3:03 on his first outing?
Blog is outdated.
Dude's results are here... shortly after the blog leaves off, he posts a sub 3, qualifies for Boston, runs it, and reverts to his old self turning a 3:43... and followed that up with a 3:59 marathon.
https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/233595600/results
So he pulled a Buster Douglas. Screw him, I take my congrats back!
That 2:59 in Philly was solid though.
Hell I went from 215 to 155 in 12 months and from not running at all to 1:21 shape in that time frame.
aint hard just gotta work and eat right
thread title is misleading. by LRC standards most BQers are still hobbyjoggers
runrincerepeat wrote:
Hell I went from 215 to 155 in 12 months and from not running at all to 1:21 shape in that time frame.
aint hard just gotta work and eat right
+1
Similar genesis here... quit smoking in five months lost 45 pounds and ran first marathon in 3:02
ohia wrote:
most BQers are still hobbyjoggers
I got to sub 17 over 5k less than a year after I started running, and even then I was occasionally beaten by people who had never run at all. Nothing special.
McMillan says a 3 hour mary is worth about an 18:28. Yes, damned impressive, to those who can't run sub 20.
Sub-17 with no prior running experience? You have lots of natural talent.
Most people with no prior experience I'd think would start off in the mid-20s and then work their way down to 17-19, etc.
jecht wrote:
Sub-17 with no prior running experience? You have lots of natural talent.
"less than a year after I started running" indicates some experience, I think. Close to a year, even!
I had no natural talent, whatever that is. I was a skinny teen in a growth spurt. The races I was in were won by guys going 15 flat.
Impressive sure, but I went from 4:21 to 2:53 in one year. t I did it all basically under 30mpw for the 90% of the year. That’s with only one run over 13.1 for 4 months leading up to the race. Some people have natural talent they don’t recognize or utilize. If you want something, go get it.
The rest of the comments show it: Don’t wait for a story like that guys to inspire you to get better.