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Dublin Marathon 2012 - 'Improvers' thread
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No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|13|7|89.14km|1284.89km|Quick recovery from Dublin Half, did high mileage again at week start, tapered towards the end for Rathfarnham 5km on Sunday and finished in 19:54, first time to break 20
Next week is the last of the big high mileage weeks for me. Have pencilled myself in for sub-3:15 for DCM.
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|13|4|40.09m|299.33| Good Week.Happy with 20 mile LSR today. Confidence up now for DCM
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|13|5|43m|342.1m|Got all my runs in this week. Really pleased with 20m LSR as I felt good after and I'm usually in a heap! Tried for 10min mile pace and averaged 9.50. Swim today was very beneficial.
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|13|5|49m|563m|Another good weeks training including a 20 miler with 10 miles at MP
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|13|5|52.52m|488.31m|Had a good week this week. LSR of 18 with 12 @ MP went ok I guess, but I wouldn't describe it as "comfortable" :rolleyes:
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|13|4|37m|365m|Great week, 19m LSR @10min pace went well today, strong finish:).
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|13|5|42.78|351.45|20m LSR done, happy enough with 10.05 avg pace!!:D|
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|10|5|70.9km|718.4km|Another week down and still on track. Got all 5 scheduled runs done and got out on the bike on Friday. This week is a biggie.
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
12|seanie_m|HH Inter 1|5|6|30mi|127.5mi|Was so happy with how this week was going, then for whatever reason my knee just gave up on me early on in tonights LSR, only managed to do half of it. Going to have to take a few days off I fear to let it recover. Aside from that though, was a good week
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|5|6|30m|155m|step back week this week
14|irfrm|runners world|11|4|31 m|383m|Poor week with missing a few runs and cutting miles, Charleville half marathon yesterday PB 1:29. Deligted with steady splits and feeling good all the way around. Tough week ahead with 21 mile LSR on Sat.
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|12|4|63km|511.5|20 MIle run done on sat at a nice slow pace 9.30 min miles. Shoulder gave me little grief this week which is good, had physio and accupunture on it.
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|5|5|45.38M|172.44M|Good Week, got through all the runs and enjoyed the 16M with 10 @PMP.
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|10|6|69km|609km| What a week. Got all runs in even though I was feeling tired and sluggish all week. Finished off with a pb sub 1hr32m Half-Marathon in Charleville this morning:D
19|RedB|P&D - 55|5|5|55M|480M|Tough Week. Still feeling a bit under the weather with migraines and eye strain. Went for eye test but no problem there. Might be not enough sleep as only getting 6-6.5hrs last while. Changed training plan at weekend and got a good tough long run done. Tired still :rolleyes:.
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|13|4|26|408M|Slight setback with calf injury, luckily this was a recovery week.
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|13|5|81.24km|891.60km|Generally squeezed all the runs in, minus a km here and a km there. Nothing much to report otherwise, still on track.
22|engrish?|Build fitnes, build speed|2|2|31m|98m|Hurt my back getting out of bed a week ago so no runs for a few more days...
23|Runningking|Run Republic|10|5|49m|553m|Great weeks running, my highest milage yet, good tempo sessions and speed sessions midweek, followed by really good LSR on Sun 20m@8:03. Just need to be careful I dont get carried away and overtrain.
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No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|12|7|111.35km|1196.40km|A very high mileage start to the week which tapered off towards the end. Did the Half Marathon on Saturday and got PBs in every distance, including a Half PB of 1:34:55. Same format this week, ending in Sunday's Rathfarnham 5km - not really a target race for a marathon plan, but keeps the motivation going.
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|13|4|40.09m|299.33| Good Week.Happy with 20 mile LSR today. Confidence up now for DCM
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|12|5|35m|299.1m|Got all my runs in this week and a swim on Monday. Looking forward to the 20m LSR:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|11|5|48m|464m|Wasn't feeling great the start of the week but improved as it went on and was nice to get through a 20 miler feeling strong towards the end. Half marathon next weekend will give me a good indicator for how I'm set for marathon.
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|12|3|26.13m|4359.79m|Lowest mileage week so far. Did a PB in half marathon - 1:50:05....now wondering if sub 4 hours is beyond me:(
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|13|4|37m|365m|Great week, 19m LSR @10min pace went well today, strong finish:).
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|11|5|37.17m|271.66m|much better this week. got 5 runs done and included 18m LSR, this was a big pyschological boost!!:D|
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|10|5|70.9km|718.4km|Another week down and still on track. Got all 5 scheduled runs done and got out on the bike on Friday. This week is a biggie.
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
12|seanie_m|HH Inter 1|5|6|30mi|127.5mi|Was so happy with how this week was going, then for whatever reason my knee just gave up on me early on in tonights LSR, only managed to do half of it. Going to have to take a few days off I fear to let it recover. Aside from that though, was a good week
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|5|6|30m|155m|step back week this week
14|irfrm|runners world|10|5|46 m|352m|good week, all runs done, good 16 m LSR.
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|7|5|51km|273.5|Forgotto update last week. Lsr of 15 miles on sunday which went well. Having somone to train with is making life alot easier than when i did on my own before.
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|5|5|45.38M|172.44M|Good Week, got through all the runs and enjoyed the 16M with 10 @PMP.
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|10|6|69km|609km| What a week. Got all runs in even though I was feeling tired and sluggish all week. Finished off with a pb sub 1hr32m Half-Marathon in Charleville this morning:D
19|RedB|P&D - 55|10|5|44M|319M|Recovery Week. Easy week. First time doing VO2 session in a long time so took a few reps to get up to speed. Late night Sat meant Sundays med-long run got bumped out to this morning (Mon) so did half it at PMP on fresh legs.
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|12|6|42M|382M|Did a 20 mile long run, went well, very happy with that week
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|13|5|81.24km|891.60km|Generally squeezed all the runs in, minus a km here and a km there. Nothing much to report otherwise, still on track.
22|engrish?|Build fitnes, build speed|2|2|19m|67m|Its getting a bit easier. Managed to keep a sub 10 min pace for 4.5 miles, by mile 9 I was up at 11:30 min.
Half marathon this week.
23|alanking|Run Republic|09|4|37m|504m|11m tempo on Monday then kept intensity low enough but needed a 15*200m to fire up the tired legs. 1:34 in the HM. Happy with that!
24|jimh|Marathon guru|08|5|50m|613Km|5 x 1Km reps Tues -19Km Wed-10K in 52Min Thu - 27Km Sat- 17 Km Sun
4 Consecutive 50+Mile weeks now
Think you might need to go back and quote a more recent table before adding your update ! Things have moved on a bit since this one.0 -
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cambo_gueno wrote: »Thanks you Clearlier for going the extra mile, as it were, on the advice. I'll do as you suggest. I was just worried that, come the day, I wouldn't be able to hack 26 miles at 8mm when I'd never done it before. I think I had a similar anxiety last year when doing my first one that I wouldn't last the distance. I guess it's just nerves.
About the 10 mile time, that was just a training run that I did myself and just set 75 minutes as a goal. I reckon I could've done 70-72 in a race situation. Interesting thought that you think I might lack endurance. I honestly thought that was one think I was ok on, that it was the speed I was lacking.
70 mins would be about right for a 42 min 10k and wouldn't really indicate any endurance issues, 72 mins would indicate that there's room for improvement thought not nearly as much as 75
. All of this assumes that all other things are equal including fitness and conditions which is almost never the case. 0 -
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I know what you mean. I think going by your mileage this year though you are well on the way. If all conditions are right on the day I'm sure you can do it.
I'm in a similar situation myself . At beginning of year goal was a sub 4hr marathon but injury put an end to that. My new target is 4:15.
Last year i did 4:45 after a 2:10 half time in race series. This year I did 1:56 in the half. Do you think 4:15 is realistic for me?
Like you, my mileage is well up this year(not quite as much as yours though) in comparison to last year so I'm hopeful.
You should definintely do that time - using the double your half marathon time and adding 10% adds to 255 mins, which is exactly 4 hours 15 mins. Plus you'll gain in fitness over the next few weeks. You'll have a better experience if you go with 4:15 pacers and then push on, as opposed to doing what I did - keep with the 4 hour pacers until about mile 16, then proceed to go through a bit of a crisis from miles 16-20 during which I questioned what I was even doing running a marathon, before getting it back, and losing about 10 mins along the way. I sometimes think if I had gone with the 4:15 and pushed on, I would have finished in the same time I did, but had a better experience. Anyway, we're all on a (steep - for me) learning curve!
By the way, my mileage wasn't really up over 4000 miles - I made a mistake updating the table
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You should definintely do that time - using the double your half marathon time and adding 10% adds to 255 mins, which is exactly 4 hours 15 mins. Plus you'll gain in fitness over the next few weeks. You'll have a better experience if you go with 4:15 pacers and then push on, as opposed to doing what I did - keep with the 4 hour pacers until about mile 16, then proceed to go through a bit of a crisis from miles 16-20 during which I questioned what I was even doing running a marathon, before getting it back, and losing about 10 mins along the way. I sometimes think if I had gone with the 4:15 and pushed on, I would have finished in the same time I did, but had a better experience. Anyway, we're all on a (steep - for me) learning curve!
By the way, my mileage wasn't really up over 4000 miles - I made a mistake updating the table
Thanks Lizzy. I'll go with the 4:15 pacers. I'm all for a good marathon experience.:) I did think the 4000 miles was a bit high alright..but I reckoned P&D was higher mileage than HHinter1 anyway so youd have covered enough miles to achieve your target. Best of luck with the 4hr target...no bother to ya.0 -
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only a few weeks to go, how is everyone getting on, Are any of you doubting your ability like i am? I'm similar to LizzyC in that i'm not sure i am capable of sub 4, got 1.49.41 in the half but it was a tough run. I did 4.27 last year and i'm afraid i'm trying to take too much time of it this year. Having said that i have continued with my training sime last years mmarathon with a few missed weekd here and there with Sinus trouble over the summer.
I'm thinking of 4.15 pacers and then pushing on ...
You should be grand for sub-4, seriously... your half is much better than what mine was when I went sub-4 in Barcelona and your training has been really solid. Time to start believing
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