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I always carry my phone while running (just in case of emergency) so just checked for you there.
Dublin last October I took approximately 37342 steps.
Thank you both for the info.
Yes that's correct, the number of steps in a marathon is dependent on the stride of the runner. Which leads me to question is there an average stride distance?
I would have a long stride distance so I am happy to go with 37,342 steps in a marathon. Plus when I was doing the Cork marathon think I read something like 40,000 steps on posters on the marathon finish line.
Really looking forward to all this, it's my 8th full marathon in 3 years and the 1st outside of Ireland!
Keep up the training and take a rest in the days leading up to the big day!
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Thank you both for the info.
Yes that's correct, the number of steps in a marathon is dependent on the stride of the runner. Which leads me to question is there an average stride distance?
I would have a long stride distance so I am happy to go with 37,342 steps in a marathon. Plus when I was doing the Cork marathon think I read something like 40,000 steps on posters on the marathon finish line.
Really looking forward to all this, it's my 8th full marathon in 3 years and the 1st outside of Ireland!
Keep up the training and take a rest in the days leading up to the big day!
There is of course an average but bthere isn't a standard. This may sound counter-intuitive but the longer your stride the faster you run however trying to take long strides will make you slower and for many people attempting to shorten your stride will actually cause you to speed up!0 -
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JohnnyBingo wrote: »Make that 21. Fingers crossed I'll be able to keep the pace going to break 3:45
if you see me on the side of the road ,pause my garmin
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A key session completed yesterday, 20 miler made up of 5 Miles @7:15ish ,Mallow 10 at half marathon pace 6:15 and 5 after at 7:20ish ,avg for the day 6:46,hopefully a good sign that sub 3 should be someway comfortable.
And all done in your regular training shoes i.e not your racers
Well done again! See you at the track shortly.
Your flying with your training, that being said...the sub 3 is certainly on the cards but not sure how comfortable any marathon is at miles 22...23...24 etc.0 -
That's great running, you look to be well on top of things. I had an important MP long run on Saturday. The first one I did was 8m@7.22 but it was a few weeks ago now, and I needed to skip 10 and go straight to 12, if I'm going to reach the goal of 14m@MP before thatLondon. Was going to do 22 overall, but decided 20 was fine. Did 5 easy, then 12m@7.19, organising it so that the last three miles, just about, was Tymon Parkrun, so thanks folks for the opportunity to piggyback. It really helped having the frontrunners stream past me. I stopped to chat with clubmates etc for a while after, so the legs had stiffened up quite a bit, and I was quite happy to gently jog back up home. Got 19 done in all, so very happy with progress.
Haha, I was wondering why there were pictures of you at the Parkrun holding a water bottle 0 -
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EauRouge79 wrote: »And all done in your regular training shoes i.e not your racers
Well done again! See you at the track shortly.
Your flying with your training, that being said...the sub 3 is certainly on the cards but not sure how comfortable any marathon is at miles 22...23...24 etc.
thanks a lot,
great to see you running in that company,gives us all a little belief that it is possible with the right amount of work,great result and also at that 4 miler.
It was a great training run to simulate that feeling of the last few miles of the marathon,at 16-17 comfortable out and like a light switch all changed at 19 and became a hard effort.0 -
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TRR_the_turd wrote: »why, thinking about getting a sex change in the next few weeks
Don't think there is anything to distinguish males and females in GFA.
There isn't, but there is. A female with a sub 3:15 would be expected to be running in the championship start, you'd maybe see 1 or 2 women starting from the red GFA start who happen to be UK resident, but not a member of a club. A bloke with a green GFA number had best be looking old.
It is also possible that it would get spotted when they go through the photos, as they are all tagged by the photographers for male/female/red top/ blue top/ stripey top/ vest/ long sleve/ hat/ shades/etc/etc for when the race number wasn't visible. That then lets you go through and find photos that have not had a clear number caught in the photo by searching for all people wearing a particular colour outfit.
They will probably not spot it. I wouldn't risk it. But I run a lot of UKA licensed races.0 -
TRR_the_turd wrote: »why, thinking about getting a sex change in the next few weeks
Don't think there is anything to distinguish males and females in GFA.
Not a sex change but maybe a heart transplant 0 -
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