London Marathon training thread, anyone ?

Always somebody faster though :D

Llanelli half last Sunday, I was looking for sub 1:26 but it was howling with wind and belting it down so I was reasonably happy with 1:26:52 :)

https://www.strava.com/activities/264764049

San Domenico 20 mile race this Sunday, weather looks good at the moment so hoping to run the flat bits at London race pace of 6.45 m/miles.

Good luck in Reading :)
 
Achilles started playing up after I had a lovely but hilly run around Gower on Tuesday, it's feeling o.k now so I'm going to give it a bit of a test tonight and see how it goes. Still hopefull of racing on Sunday but I might have to slow it all down for a little while.

Good luck in Reading :)
 
Cheers :)

The weather was a real surprise - actual sun (which I caught). It got quite toasty after mile 6. I was convinced I was going slow so I was mega surprised I beat by PB by 6 minutes and did 1:46:46. There's no way I could maintain that pace for a marathon but well chuffed all the same. Of course Mo had to go and poo-poo it the same day by running the same distance in 59 minutes :shock:

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Well done, 6 minutes is a huge chunk to take off :)

It was all going relatively well until this week, I ran a hilly 20 mile race last weekend and was relatively happy with 2:23 but felt it wasn't quick enough if I want sub 3 at London.

Then to make matters worse I came down with a cold the day after, so today has been my first run since last Sunday.
 
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Yikes. Hope it doesn't screw up the plan too much.

My times have been interesting with Reading. This was the fourth year and I'm sure I can't run any quicker than this without changing my training completely to be more running than cycling, which I don't want to do.

Times have gone from, 2:14 to 1:58 to 1:52 to 1:46 :)
 
al-onestare":190i14hz said:
Of course Mo had to go and poo-poo it the same day by running the same distance in 59 minutes :shock:

59 minute half marathon, what a Jerk!!! :mrgreen:
 
Got my pack this morning then saw a post on Facebook saying 1 month to go :shock:

Got another 20 miles in this afternoon, faded a bit in the last two miles against the wind but expected it after my cold and no running this week.

Starting to get excited now :D
 
Last long run tomorrow :shock: 22 miles hopefully at 7.15 m/miles then racing in The Gilwern Grunt on Monday which should be fun on tired legs :D

I still think sub 3 is possible but I'm going to have to absolutely destroy myself to do it now :LOL: it will probably come down to what the weather does on the day, so fingers crossed for freezing cold with a light drizzle :D
 

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