Standfirst: The target for weeks 5-8 of your 15-week scheduleAuthor:Pics:Issue date: Feb-May01 / xref Ultimate schedsKeywords:-->A time-targeted half-marathon (Week 10)Why: It will be good practice to take in the racing environment, but also useful
Standfirst: The target for weeks 1-4 of your 15-week scheduleAuthor:Pics:Issue date: Feb-May01 / xref Ultimate schedsKeywords:uan120-->A time-targetted 10K or 5-mile race (Week 4)Why: The marathons main requirement is stamina, but many of the world
Standfirst: The target for weeks 5-8 of your 15-week scheduleAuthor:Pics:Issue date: Feb-May01 / xref Ultimate schedsKeywords:uan122-->A RUN OF 2:20 OR LONGER (Week 7)Why? Long runs are the most important part of marathon training
Standfirst: Real-life keys to overcoming marathon time goalsAuthor:Pics:Issue date: Feb-May01 / xref Ultimate schedsKeywords:uan135-->How I Beat... 3:00Following a schedule was the most important thing. Knowing exactly what I had to do each day
Weekly schedules and motivation – our free marathon emailVirtual forum training groups: sub-2:45; sub-3:00; sub-3:15; sub-3:30; sub-3:45; sub-4:00; sub-4:00 v2; sub-4:30; sub-5:00; Hard TrainingHow fast could you run? – Our race-time predictorEven one practice
-59 mins 1:24-1:37 1:55-2:10 Sub-4:00 44-50 mins 1:13-1:22 1:40-1:54 Sub-3:30 38-43 mins 1:02-1:12 1:25-1:39 Sub-3:00 Under 38 mins Under 1:02 Under 1:25 Good luck!
and finished in 2:08. She could see that her training was making a difference, and it led her on to a 4:55 at the following springs London Marathon. Her big breakthrough came in 2000, however.Ive never been able to run any faster than 10-minute miles
being over-confident?A Theres certainly a larger difference than you appear to acknowledge between 3:00, 3:10 and 3:30 marathon times, and if youre in any doubt about your capabilities, a compromise target of 3:15 might not be a bad idea. It would
at the London Marathon (2:46, 2:43, 2:46, 2:43 [his quickest in last 20 years] and 2:47). Over the years, he estimates he's run about 2,000 races.Read the whole forum debateQ. Most marathon schedules are based on past performances but my opinion is that you
for a half-marathon; sub 38 minutes for 10K.Sub-3:15 Eventual standard: sub-1:30 for a half-marathon; sub 40 minutes for 10K.Sub-3:30 Eventual standard: sub-1:37 for a half-marathon; sub 43 minutes for 10K.Sub-3:45 Eventual standard: sub-1:45 for a
