Comments on: Marathon Pace: http://www.sirjogalot.com/2009/03/21/london-marathon-training-end-of-week-11/ A London Marathon Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Dan http://www.sirjogalot.com/2009/03/21/london-marathon-training-end-of-week-11/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Dan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:51:23 +0000 http://sirjogalot.com/?p=372#comment-18 Interesting post and comments. I have re:amended my goal after the Silverstone 1/2 marathon to four hours as my goal and I think I am just about on that limit and it will all come down to the last four miles at the end. However, I am now fully convinced of the truth that it is the last 6 miles that make the marathon & your time, not the first 6. So I am planning 9 minutes miles as standard for the first 1/2, then tick over until 18 to 20, and depending on legs, crowds, and energy levels, either (hopefully!) stick at 9 to come in a 3.57, give or take, or kick on and hope the crowds can drag me to a 3.50. But the main thing is to start slow and build up. I reckon if you can get the first half in two hours, you might make it, but they do say likely time is first half x 2 + 20 minutes. So maybe even sticking at 9minutes isn't enough. However, I intend to go at that four hour mark like my 6 months of training depends on it, but only once we get to 20 miles. This is a massively long winded way of saying, go for it! Interesting post and comments. I have re:amended my goal after the Silverstone 1/2 marathon to four hours as my goal and I think I am just about on that limit and it will all come down to the last four miles at the end. However, I am now fully convinced of the truth that it is the last 6 miles that make the marathon & your time, not the first 6.

So I am planning 9 minutes miles as standard for the first 1/2, then tick over until 18 to 20, and depending on legs, crowds, and energy levels, either (hopefully!) stick at 9 to come in a 3.57, give or take, or kick on and hope the crowds can drag me to a 3.50.

But the main thing is to start slow and build up. I reckon if you can get the first half in two hours, you might make it, but they do say likely time is first half x 2 + 20 minutes. So maybe even sticking at 9minutes isn’t enough. However, I intend to go at that four hour mark like my 6 months of training depends on it, but only once we get to 20 miles.

This is a massively long winded way of saying, go for it!

]]> By: Tom Roper http://www.sirjogalot.com/2009/03/21/london-marathon-training-end-of-week-11/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Tom Roper Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:56:06 +0000 http://sirjogalot.com/?p=372#comment-19 Well done on 19 miles: more than I've managed in training so far. On the traffic problems you had, although the roads are cleared for us on marathon day, the problems are not eradicated, so be prepared. One's fellow runners make it hard work, especially on the first couple of miles, when the volume of runners forces walking pace or even a bit of standing still on Shooters Hill. Towards the end, when I am focussed on nothing but the blue line in the road that shows the shortest distance home, I find people who have broken down walking slowly along that line, prompting some very uncharitable and unsporting thoughts. But I could be one of them one day... Trevor is right: the crowds will help no end, though. Well done on 19 miles: more than I’ve managed in training so far.
On the traffic problems you had, although the roads are cleared for us on marathon day, the problems are not eradicated, so be prepared. One’s fellow runners make it hard work, especially on the first couple of miles, when the volume of runners forces walking pace or even a bit of standing still on Shooters Hill. Towards the end, when I am focussed on nothing but the blue line in the road that shows the shortest distance home, I find people who have broken down walking slowly along that line, prompting some very uncharitable and unsporting thoughts. But I could be one of them one day…
Trevor is right: the crowds will help no end, though.

]]> By: Trevor Gay http://www.sirjogalot.com/2009/03/21/london-marathon-training-end-of-week-11/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Trevor Gay Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:48:56 +0000 http://sirjogalot.com/?p=372#comment-20 Hi congrats on 19 miles - we are doing 18 miles next Saturday and hope we can manage it. Today we did 15 miles which is the longest run of our lives! We hope to break 5 hours on the big day and that will be good enough. We have stuck religiously to a training plan and we are on schedule - feels great to have achieved 15 miles - the thought of another 11 on top of that is scary! I'm told the spectators on the day carry you for the last three or four miles - I hope so! Hi congrats on 19 miles – we are doing 18 miles next Saturday and hope we can manage it.

Today we did 15 miles which is the longest run of our lives!

We hope to break 5 hours on the big day and that will be good enough.

We have stuck religiously to a training plan and we are on schedule – feels great to have achieved 15 miles – the thought of another 11 on top of that is scary!

I’m told the spectators on the day carry you for the last three or four miles – I hope so!

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