GettingFasterDude wrote:
I ran a 1:29:43 Half Marathon, today. I'd have to run sub 3:20 in my next Marathon to qualify for Boston (age 47), and probably 3:15 to make sure I actually get in. I'm pretty sure I can do it, now. I'm going to follow Pfitzinger's 18-week, Advanced Marathon 55-70 miles/week plan and do this at a late winter Marathon. I think that should get it done.
Congrats on the HM. And very cool that you came back and updated this thread.
A couple years ago, I had good results roughly following Pfitzinger's 55 mpw plan. I was older (58), and needed more recovery time, so I amended his schedule to a 9-day "week," adding a couple more rest days. My 7-day average mileage was 45-50.
I did reasonably well hitting his prescribed paces for VO2-max repeats and LT tepeats; and maybe within 10 seconds per mile for Threshold runs.
What I absolutely could NOT do was his Marathon Pace runs. In training, I could barely manage 8 miles at MP. I didn't worry about it, though; typically there's a big difference between what I can do in training versus race day.
Following a spring HM in 1:28, I ran a 1-hour 15K in August. Injury issues hampered me somewhat after that, so much lower mileage for a couple months. Still, ran 3:07 marathon in October, an 18-minute improvement over the previous year.
Good luck!