Subject: Marathon Pace Question I know, this is a Tri forum, but I don't subscribe to a Marathon forum and I don't have friends that are marathoners. I know many of you do or have done marathons. Please be nice to me!
I am training for a HIM in June with aspirations to do Wisconsin IM in 2015. To stay in shape and motivated, I also signed up for my 2nd marathon in October 2014 (I did the same one in Oct 2013 ).
I have been doing a lot of reading about speed training and training faster to improve your times. Last year I averaged 10 minutes per mile in the marathon. Yesterday, I did 3 miles at 8 min/mile and was huffing it pretty good. Today I did 10 miles at 8:45/mile and felt solid the whole time (but glad to be done at the end ).
With 6 months before the marathon, what do you think is a reasonable goal I should set for marathon race day? |