training for the shamrock marathon

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2007
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Member Since:

Jul 03, 2007

Gender:

Unknown

Goal Type:

Unknown

Running Accomplishments:

4:08 OBX marathon; 4:25 Richmond Marathon, 1:56 Shamrock half-marathon, 4:40 Buffalo marathon

Short-Term Running Goals:

run under 4 hours for the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach

Long-Term Running Goals:

to qualify for the Boston marathon, run in NYC marathon

Personal:

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Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Total Distance
26.36

I ran the OBX marathon in Nags Head. I placed 45th for my age group with a time of 4:08, which is an improvement over my last time. I felt pretty good throughout the entire course and was able to beat my previous time of 4:25. Now, I will try to get under 4 hours while preparing for the Shamrock marathon. My new strategy will be to do a long run of 20 miles every Sunday rain or shine. That way, I will be more accustomed to running long distances. I also will try to increase my overall weekly mileage to over 40 miles per week.

Since I am an amateur, I will concentrate less on speed training and more on getting at least the mileage per week I would need to train effectively for a marathon.

All in all, I am satisfied with the improvement I made.

 

Comments
From Scott Zincone on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 02:28:20

Great Race, and congrats on the PR.

I was thinking about the half marathon at Shamrock. I ran the 8K 3 or 4 times in the mid-eighties. But looking at hotel rates it is going to expensive.

From josse on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 14:11:23

Great job on the PR. This is what I would do with your long runs only do a 20 plus every other week and on the other long run do 13-18 with most of the miles at marathon pace. This will allow your body to repair better and then you will also be acustom to the pace as well.

From MichelleL on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 15:25:55

Congratulations on the improvement! I agree that the biggest bang for your buck is to increase your mileage, and I would increase it gradually beyond 40. With 20 mile long runs you should be able to easily hit 50 mpw and beyond.

From zenflare on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 19:11:11

Thank you. I am going to take the advice about alternating the 20 mile runs with a faster paced longer run (13-18 miles).

I hope everyone else has success as well in their endeavors.

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