A 7:15am start in Claregalway with Fintan and Owen. Still pitch black and drizzling rain. Not that cold though - I had overcompensated by wearing too many layers.
Same route as last Thursday - I'll put it down as 14.9kms but could be longer as we had to double back a few times as my wingmen have the weakest bladders in Ireland. These Irish boys must drink far too much tea. Time 1:05:40 which works out at 4:24/km.
Turned into a very pleasant run - the rain had stopped by the end all was good with the world.
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteI was pointed in the direction of your blog the other week and have been working my way through your posts. can I just sum up... basically you've got to a sub 2:30 marathon on running once a day and covering no more that 120 kms a week?
thats quite impressive and if true gives me some hope that I can do the same as a sub 2:30 is my ultimate target. were you a decent runner when you were younger?
John
John, yep you've pretty much summed it up. A 120km week would have been a very big week. I think I was averaging less than 100kms a week in the build-up to my marathon PB. I did a bit of running at school, mainly cross country (which I hated). I was ok but by no means a great runner. I didn't really start running until 1999, and then after a long-term injury in 2006/07 I came back and started to take it much more seriously (joining a track club and starting track training for the first time). Since then I've gradually improved until this year where I've stagnated a little.
ReplyDeleteRunning a decent marathon can be done on lowish mileage but you have to be smart about it. How I managed it is all in the blog. Good luck with the training and let me know if you have any questions. Matt