Pezzer2
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3 mile run this morning. Happy with the pace. Averaged 7 mins 10 secs per mile. 22 mins 13 seconds
New York sounds good.4th mate, done Manchester twice before and New York last year. Would have added Cyprus and my Ironman marathon to it but for this lockdown, 3:57 is my best, want under 3:45 this time.
Don’t have any food and only water for a half marathon then start on the odd gel after that.New York sounds good.
I did Manchester marathon in 2013 in a time of 3:10 to qualify for London 2014 through good for age. London was a bit of a disaster though as I got injured in the first 2 miles and limped round in 4:30. City lost at Anfield 3-2 in the afternoon for a bad day all round.
The key marathon training for me was numerous long runs well over 2 hours on water only. Forget the gels until nearly 3 hours........
Total respect for the iron men....
Thanks to the advice on this thread I have also slowed my runs down and it’s made the runs pleasant. I’ve just done a half marathon distance in 2 hours 10 (normally around 1 hour 50) and still had plenty of gas in the tank. It’s great taking in the scenery. Got drenched mind you but don’t mind the rain it’s the wind which was a b*****d . Managed to keep in Heart Rate zones 2 and 3 apart from the last Mile where I went for a sprint finishTook some advice people offered on here on my run today and slowed right down / ran longer. Ran 10km in 52 mins instead of my usual 46-47 and really enjoyed it.
Normally I’m out of breath / breathing through my mouth the whole time and not taking time to enjoy being outside. It was really nice not to be pushing so hard today :)
Thanks to the advice on this thread I have also slowed my runs down and it’s made the runs pleasant. I’ve just done a half marathon distance in 2 hours 10 (normally around 1 hour 50) and still had plenty of gas in the tank. It’s great taking in the scenery. Got drenched mind you but don’t mind the rain it’s the wind which was a b*****d . Managed to keep in Heart Rate zones 2 and 3 apart from the last Mile where I went for a sprint finish