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Limerick Marathon/Half/6 mile/relay May 4th
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I think thats good advice, you certainly have the potential to run a 3:27, but i would be cautious, start off slow and take it from their. i ran my first marathon in Cork last june and going into it i was fairly confident of doing it around 3:30, and hit the wall at mile 16(shocked me..) and ended up finishing in 3:50. i did the first half in 1h44(and the pacers were bragging about bagging minutes(damm them)
I went out with the 3:30 pacers and just wasnt used to running at that pace for so long, the weather was a factor also i am running limerick now, and will start off slow and take it from their, i have done 4 runs over 20 miles, longest being 22.5,
I will hope to beat and should beat 3:50 and then take it onto Dublin which is the main aim. and i ran a half marathon before cork in 91 minutes. which made me think i could do 3:30 in my sleep!!
good luck to you and all others, looking forward to it and then looking forward to a small break from running before i aim for Dublin!
I'm a bit worried alright about hitting my target and REALLY appreciate the input. I've done 4 long runs- 2x20 and 2x22 averaging 8.05 per mile but felt I could go stronger if I hadn't so many miles in my legs. Been doing tempo runs and speed work too, so hopefully they will pay off. I haven't ruled out Dublin but with a 11 month old and a 2 year old and back working full time I think my husband might pull the plug on that idea
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Luckyharry wrote: »I'm a bit worried alright about hitting my target and REALLY appreciate the input. I've done 4 long runs- 2x20 and 2x22 averaging 8.05 per mile but felt I could go stronger if I hadn't so many miles in my legs. Been doing tempo runs and speed work too, so hopefully they will pay off. I haven't ruled out Dublin but with a 11 month old and a 2 year old and back working full time I think my husband might pull the plug on that idea
the fact that you have done your long runs in 8:05, would suggest to me that you have a great chance of hitting your target, i misread your comment a small bit so sorry about that , but i would still me caustious, i varied my longs runs, mostly at 8:45 to 9:00 pace, as your long runs are normally recommended to be 30+ seconds slower than your target pace, but you look as if your are running your long runs close to your target pace, so stick with whatever is best for you , thats the best advice anyone can give. your doing great especially considering you have a 11 month and a 2 year old, which will make your achievement on sunday even better, i have 3 kids over 4, my middle fella(6years old)
said to me after i just ran a pb of 92m in wexford half marathon last year " Dad how come you were so far behind the winners" i replied, "Son, we all have different ability and i won my own race today"
but kids sure know how to bring you back to reality!!
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I'm sure the 3:15 pacer will be giving us the full skinny on the weather shortly
Would love to but boards ain't the only site those ****ers banned me from. Blacklisted across the meteorological universe! Suffice to say whatever the weather is HTFU and deal with it. I'll be communicating that message on the day 0 -
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If their facebook page is to be believed, though not sure if they're referring to all distances or what...
Edit: clicked wrong option on site!
1,869 for the Marathon according to the website now.
That's quite a jump on previous years is it?
It's my first marathon, so the more the merrier, hope there is a good crowd in the 3:45 pace group.0 -
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