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Pace for a marathon (beginner)

mikemac · 2007-09-04 11:37:02

Training for the Dublin City Marathon and longest run to date is 17 miles. Have a good plan so I reckon I can complete it........barely ;) I'm using an ipod nano pedometer. I know it's not 100% accurate but it's useful and good for motivation. My average pace on longer runs is between 7mins 30sec and 8mins 30secs. Would…

04-09-2007 12:37pm

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Training for the Dublin City Marathon and longest run to date is 17 miles.
Have a good plan so I reckon I can complete it........barely

I'm using an ipod nano pedometer. I know it's not 100% accurate but it's useful and good for motivation.

My average pace on longer runs is between 7mins 30sec and 8mins 30secs.
Would you consider that a reasonable pace and can you recommend a good time to beat for a beginner?
I don't what a good goal is for this race

Thanks

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#2 04-09-2007 12:52pm

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The best way of predicting your marathon time is to put a recent race time into one of teh online calculators, eg http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=6765

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#3 03-10-2007 1:52pm

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Try this one too. I find it good as it also gives your proposed training pace.

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/Running%20University/Article%201/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

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