Improved Marathon Times

Dilbert75

Edinburgh 12: 4:57
Dublin 12: 3:54
Limerick 13: dnf @ 41.2km
Dublin 13: 4:19
Portarlington 14: 3.24
Next: ??

mdlb

• Amsterdam 12 - 3:54 (plan was just get around)
• Antwerp 13 - 3.29.54 (those 6 secs are very important!)
• Jungfrau Switzerland - 5:16 (Not one for a PB!!, but amazing course)
• Rotterdam 14 - 3:27 (went mostly to plan but was aiming for sub 3:20)
• Paris 15......maybe another crack at sub 3:20 (if my hamstring behaves , 8 weeks no running at this stage )

Rucking_Fetard

What Will It Take to Run
A 2-HOUR Marathon?

viperlogic

Dublin City Marathon 2012 - 4:16
Cork City Marathon 2013 - 3:34
Waterford Marathon 2013 (4 weeks later) - 3:28 (Garmin was 3:26 - course was 400m too long due to turn around cone moved on the quays due to road works)
Limerick Marathon 2014 - 3:26
Amsterdam Marathon 2014 - 2:58

yaboya1

viperlogic wrote: »

Waterford Marathon 2013 (4 weeks later) - 3:28 (Garmin was 3:26 - course was 400m too long due to turn around cone moved on the quays due to road works)

Sounds like they made up for that this year :P

T runner

Paris marathon 2010 2:44.49:

First really serious road race attempt after several years hill running. Whacked up the mileage for this P + D plan. Ran out of juice after 28-30k running 30s per mile slower home burning Fat only but just nipped under target.

Berlin 2011 3:55 :

Decent build-up but got a bad virus 4 weeks out followed by an injury. No running at all for those 4 weeks. Decided to run last minute. 1st half 1:28, second half was spent half fiving Berlin kids as I hobbled home on the side line.


Rotterdam 2012 2:35:02

Whacked mileage up again here with a long high volume buildup concentrating on long hard runs this time, partly because I felt there were easy minutes to be got from the end of my Paris time. May have peaked a little early and overdone that side of things as the race felt a little too steady, but a very solid time to reward the training and hopefully still room for improvement.

Netwerk Errer

yaboya1 wrote: »

Sounds like they made up for that this year :P

Yep, I ran a 4.35 mile between 9m and 10m markers(sub 2 marathon pace) this year. Luckily I was doing the half and the next mile was over 8 minutes as the half distance was right.

Last year, my first mile took 90 seconds longer than expected.

Ruu

Fairly eratic. Oddly enough, I ran a 50 mile trail run 2 weeks before that 3:37. If I can stop running 50ks and longer and concentrate on the marathon fully, think I can do better.

4:00:35
3:38:27
3:37:31
4:28:04
4:17:19 (this one was a 1 mile loop, aside from loop one where we did 1.2 miles then 25 loops!)
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PDCAT

Dublin 2011 = 4.13 (Missed lots of training. World of pain, walk/jog from mile 18)
Florence 2012 = 3.43
Amsterdam 2013 = 3.36
Connemara 2014 = 3.51 (Plan was just to complete - no real time goal)
Berlin 2014 = 3.26

London 2015 = ? (Plan maybe sub 3.20)....

overpronator

Dublin 2012: 3.54 Very unprepared, jogged it with the goal being to finish and had a brilliant experience.
Limerick 2013: 3.36 Blew up at 20 miles following the 3.30 pacers. The last 10k will stay with me forever
Dublin 2013: 3.26 A solid run and a negative split
London 2014: 3.15 Had a good day and cruised around, another negative split
Rotterdam 2015?

I've never fully followed a plan for any marathon as I have always picked up knocks and missed weeks and sessions. I've ended up mish mashing and making up as I go along which I know is the wrong way to approach things. I hope to change that next year.

robinph

1984 Skegness-Boston 6?? }
1985 Skegness-Boston 6?? } - don't count for time progression as never trained and I was just a kid
1992 Boston-Skegness 4:?? }
1996 London 4:4?
2008 Dublin 03:27:00
2010 Rotterdam 03:26:02
2010 Dublin 02:58:54
2011 Rutland Water 03:05:32
2012 London 03:08:04
2012 Dublin 03:29:26 - pacemaker
2013 London 02:56:54
2013 Soll, Austria - Tour de Tirol 04:27:27 - doesn't count for time as 2000m+ of climb in 2nd half
2014 London 03:01:47

Will be doing Lausanne this weekend and intend to be starting out at around 2:45-50 pace, I then expect to blow up in the 2nd half. The main target for trying to do thing properly will be London '15.

MisterDrak

My tuppence worth...

DCM 2006 - 4:18 - First ever marathon (at age 40, started running that year), longest LSR before was a single 10M. Pain and lots of walking from mile 15.

DCM 2009 - 3:31 - Bit better prepared, Followed Hal Higdon plan + 6 months of solid prep before that. Beginning to "understand running".

DCM 2010 - 3:14 - Joined Raheny, still more miles, proper club plan. Sessions, and LSR incorporated.

DCM 2013 - 3:07 - Year round training, club plan, 55 mile a week. 5 LSR's > 20 miles before. 2 minute negative split on the day.

Abhainn

My 2c. Started running Spring 2007

3 x Ultras not included

Dublin 2007 - 3:14
Connemara 2008 – 3:22 (Wake- up call!)
Berlin 2008 – 3:01
Dublin 2008 -3:03
Dublin 2009 – 2:47
Cyprus 2010 – 2:51 (Warm @ 90% effort)
Dublin 2010 – 2:41
London 2011 – 2:43 (It was simply pain all though the 2nd 13 miles)
Dublin 2011 – 2:43 (Much easier than London)
London 2012 – 2:36 (Bliss )
Kildare 2012 – 2:59 (Pacer)
Barcelona IM 2012 – 3:25 (Walk / run last 14k after going through 13.1 in 1:33)
Dublin 2012 – 2:59 (Pacer)
Boston 2013 – 2:48 (Injury then picked up virus 12 days out)
Amsterdam IM 2013 – 3:21 (Long @ 43km)
Dublin 2013 – 2:59 (Pacer)
London 2014 – 2:37 (To prove 1st sub 2:40 wasn't luck )

rom

Abhainn wrote: »

My 2c. Started running Spring 2007

3 x Ultras not included

Dublin 2007 - 3:14
Connemara 2008 – 3:22 (Wake- up call!)
Berlin 2008 – 3:01
Dublin 2008 -3:03
Dublin 2009 – 2:47
Cyprus 2010 – 2:51 (Warm @ 90% effort)
Dublin 2010 – 2:41
London 2011 – 2:43 (It was simply pain all though the 2nd 13 miles)
Dublin 2011 – 2:43 (Much easier than London)
London 2012 – 2:36 (Bliss )
Kildare 2012 – 2:59 (Pacer)
Barcelona IM 2012 – 3:25 (Walk / run last 14k after going through 13.1 in 1:33)
Dublin 2012 – 2:59 (Pacer)
Boston 2013 – 2:48 (Injury then picked up virus 12 days out)
Amsterdam IM 2013 – 3:21 (Long @ 43km)
Dublin 2013 – 2:59 (Pacer)
London 2014 – 2:37 (To prove 1st sub 2:40 wasn't luck )

Both in London. Interesting.

emerald007

Stockholm 2002 - 03:29:45
Zurich 2003 - 3:01:09
Berlin 2004 - 2:53:37
Rotterdam 2005 - 2:44:44
Zurich 2006 - 3:02:20
Dublin 2006 - 2:56:38
Cork 2007 - 3:02:09
Dublin 2008 - 3:52:53
Dublin 2009 - 2:57:05
Dublin 2011 - 2:43:02
Amsterdam 2012 - 3:00:30
New York 2013 - 2:57:47

Itziger

emerald007 wrote: »

Stockholm 2002 - 3:30:00
Zurich 2003 - 3:01:09
Berlin 2004 - 3:00:00
Rotterdam 2005 - 2:44:44
Zurich 2006 - 3:02:20
Dublin 2006 - 2:56:38
Cork 2007 - 3:00:00
Dublin 2008 - 3:52:53
Dublin 2009 - 2:57:05
Dublin 2011 - 2:43:02
Amsterdam 2012 - 3:00:30
New York 2013 - 2:57:47

Two 3.00.00 and one other under 3.01! Wow!

ice9

Been running now 2.5 years to get off the cigs. Have completed 5 marathons. Not sure if I'll go faster but really pleased with my sub 3 this year. It was murder!!
Dublin 2012 3:44 (Higdon inter 1)
Limerick 2013 3:24 (Higdon inter 2)
Dublin 2013 3:09 (Higdon Adv 1)
Berlin 2014 2:59 (Higdon Adv 2)
Dublin 2014 3:12 (Very little - 4 weeks since Berlin )

Fittest following advanced 1 last year. Think I will go back to that if I try to beat 2:59. It seemed to suit me better than the extra speed work.

Bugsy2000

Can we start a 'Disimproved Times' thread after yesterday??