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BBC Radio4 item

Peemaccee · 2010-10-22 18:48:02

I was over in London for a few days and heard a news item this morning about avoiding hitting the wall in a marathon. The link attached doesn't appear to capture all the interview, and I am not sure how helpful the linked webpage is but you can have a look if interested.…

22-10-2010 07:48PM

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Peemaccee

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I was over in London for a few days and heard a news item this morning about avoiding hitting the wall in a marathon. The link attached doesn't appear to capture all the interview, and I am not sure how helpful the linked webpage is but you can have a look if interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9117000/9117112.stm

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The Endurance Calculator linked from there claims that I can do a 1:51 marathon.

Edit: Seems that the resting HR makes a huge difference to the calculations it does, and I didn't even put in the best resting HR I've had. Put that in though and it gives me a 1:39 marathon time.

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