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2006-11-22 5:28 PM
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For example, if you can comfortably turn around and taunt Chris, you're probably doing okay.

Oh, that's just wrong... LOL.  That just gives me inspiration to beat you.... I should get there, oh about 2011.

 

2006-11-22 6:21 PM
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pretty close for me.  put in my last 10k race which was about 5 weeks before a 1/2 i did last year and it was about bang on.  the 10k route was a bit hillier, but the 1/2 was hilly and the last 4k were into a strong wind.  oh, and i wouldn't call what i did between 'optimal'.

 trained my arse off all winter and busted that time by 4min's in spring

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2006-11-22 6:47 PM
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My recent 10K PR indicates a 3:38 marathon, optimistically I'm shooting for 3:50 in two weeks. Not sure if that's improper training, or just my inability to hold that intensity for that long.

BTW, 3:50 would be a PR by nearly nine minutes, in my fourteenth marathon.

2006-11-22 7:52 PM
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ChrisM - 2006-11-22 3:28 PM

Oh, that's just wrong... LOL.  That just gives me inspiration to beat you.... I should get there, oh about 2011.



Was just teasing, of course.

I really have no idea how well or poorly I'll do. Technically, I shouldn't even being running a half marathon yet, as I haven't put in enough base miles (My marathon plan calls for a long run of 11 miles on 12/3). Then again, I've finished half marathons in the past with even less preparation.

I'm relatively sure I'll finish. It's just a matter of how well I can pace myself. How much I'll walk. How much I'll hurt the next day.

I have a hard time turning off the race switch whenever there's a bib pasted on me somewhere, but if I'm smart, I'll run this thing at LSD pace and treat it like a training run. Could maybe flirt with sub 1:50 if I were determined to do it.

But that wouldn't be smart.

Not smart at all.

Someone please stop me.

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2006-11-22 8:30 PM
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Mcmillian is a pretty good best case senario predictor. If your training for that distance is good, if the course is flat, if the weather is perfect.

Since you use a heart rate monitor, here is another link to a predictor and to mess with your mind:

http://www.teamoregon.com/publications/wizard.php


Again this only works if all the above condtions are perfect.


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2006-11-22 8:54 PM
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If you ran a 7:43 for your 10k and you have run 12 miles for your LSD I believe 1:45 is totally doable, I think if your target 9:00's you are selling yourself way short.  I say go for 8:34's and adjust as necessary at 1/2 way.

2006-11-22 9:06 PM
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jcjsc00 - 2006-11-22 6:54 PM

If you ran a 7:43 for your 10k and you have run 12 miles for your LSD I believe 1:45 is totally doable, I think if your target 9:00's you are selling yourself way short. I say go for 8:34's and adjust as necessary at 1/2 way.


Well, I was going to target 9 to start and see how I feel and pick up the pace to low 8s at the end...if that is possible.

It is difficult since I have never raced this distance. That is why I checked this calculator to give me an idea. It just feels fast to me. I can go 7:43 for a 10k, but I have been really spent at the end of it. I don't feel I can run another 100 yards after. Maybe that is a good thing. I have given every race my all.

I don't know if taking 45 seconds off is enough for me to double my distance. Maybe I am playing it too safe.

I will see how it goes. I tend to go out much quicker than my intended pace anyway, so I will probably be in the mid-8s to start.

Thanks for the encouragement!
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