I am sure many of you have a goal like this or similar. Basically, having done FLM this year, i thought i'd set myself the target of completing a marathon on every continent by the time i'm 40.I'm 29 in October, have done FLM, doing Berlin

Thanks! Rule of thumb for a possible marathon finish time is double your half mara time plus 15-20 mins, so if you average a 1:50 half then you might do about 4 hours.  For your first mara, I'd suggest setting a number of goals:- don't get injured or ill

I finished my second marathon on March 18th in Rome in 3hrs 38min, my first was in Dublin in October with a time of 3:55. I've recently run 5km in 19min 42 sec. Based on this time alot of online calculators seem to indicate that I should be aiming

I am looking for some help with my marathon training this year. I have entered to race in both the South Downs Marathon (June 6th) follwed by the Liverpool Marathon in October.Realistically I am looking to get around 4 hours for the South Downs

I have done London 4 times now, always improving due to more structured training (and losing weight): 5hrs, 4 55, 4 18, 3 54My question is how to set my goal? For the last two years I have taken my best 10k and half marathon times and these always

I ran Nottingham half marathon last year as my very first half, in fact my very first ever event in a time of 2:01:50. I'd set a target of 2hrs so was slightly dissapointed to miss out.This year I want more! I've set myself a goal of 1

between the two Thanks dean101I guess that would be the link between the 40m per week and the 50m+ Solent Runner was suggesting (assuming I build up to it over a few weeks). What pace should I run a 12 miler - goal marathon pace? My HM PB is 1.43 but I

really good experience. I agree with Shades and Lizzy that 3.45 is a good next goal for the marathon, except if you're feeling as good as you did at London in the final 6 miles next time I'd be tempted to push harder and hurt a bit more-that's me!Are you

, well done you! I think realistic goals are the way forward - I took 8 mins out of my half marathon times last year in the three races I did - Obvioulsy over different courses but I was still over the moon with each of them and am going back to do them

Hi all, Over my last few marathons I've managed to achieve some of the widely acknowledged marathon goals (Boston Qualification, sub 3hr). Set PB at last marathon of 2.49. However I'm struggling for motivation a bit now as it seems slightly