Spring marathon club

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Runningonempty84 · 02/02/2020 08:39

Anyone want to join?
There must be lots of us getting into the high mileage now, in prep for London/Manchester/Edinburgh...or any of the other spring marathons.

How's it going? Are you aiming for a time? And are you finding the long runs so tiring?!

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flowerycurtain · 02/02/2020 19:43

Where did you all learn how to do a mars a thing? I'd love to do one next year to celebrate Turning 40. I currently just about do 10K in an hour and run twice a week.

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Runningonempty84 · 02/02/2020 19:31

Good luck in the half - I've got one in a few weeks which I'm using as a benchmark, too. Aiming for 1:35, but that feels optimistic after today!

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ferretface · 02/02/2020 16:57

Ah I had a really tough run today, think it's some lingering post viral fatigue plus doing my tempo session too close to my long run. Was supposed to do it on Friday but bumped it to yesterday and paid for it today! Got the miles done but it was very very slow and felt crap. Drinking endless vats of tea now.
Well done on your run, my plan hasn't started with MP miles yet but I'm expecting it to feel tough when it does! Worthing half next weekend which I will use as a benchmarking run. Not sure what I'll be aiming for in the marathon yet but hoping to come close or under 1.45 for next week's half. PB is 1.47 but very old and off much fewer miles.

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Runningonempty84 · 02/02/2020 15:55

How did the 17 miler go?
I did 16 today and it was tough, as I did a large portion of it at marathon pace. Felt v challenging!

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ferretface · 02/02/2020 10:14

London for me! Heading out for my 17 miler shortly 😬

Training going well so far, I've been building up the mileage since November since I don't usually run more than 25 a week. Lost one week to a cold recently but other than that all good!

I am eating like a horse!

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