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Originally Posted by Montecore
Thanks; I fat fingered that MHR - it was 168, not 178. Agreed on the course, but it is what it is; thanks for the advice re: the elevation.
This is the chart from Wednesday's run - 20 minutes easy and 12 minutes marathon pace:
I wish this was whatsapp and I can just edit the photo and circle stuff.
00:00 Too fast, that's a hill bro and you revving into the high 150s during the easy part.
39:00 - 50:00 Too slow. You probably averaging exactly 7:59, but this mostly downhill. Should have seen some 7:4x here.
58:00-1:05 same thing too slow.
Obviously this is all fine for a training run. But for a marathon we want see a nice sloping line going from the 150s and slowly creeping to the high 160s at the very end. The hills should have no impact on this sloping line.
But at the end of the day, if you decide to average 7:59 for every single mile it won't cost you that much. Maybe a minute or two, it's a roller but I didn't see any monster hill like new york or Boston.
The important part being, avoid creeping up to the high 160s unless its mile 23 and there is gas in the tank.
On the 10 continuous mp miles, the first 5 miles look so good. But then there is clearly cardiac drift into the 160s. Which is fine, you are gonna see 160s most of the time during the marathon. But a bit concerning since it's only 10 miles and is that some mid 160s there at the end?? I would like to see mid160s more like mile 18+, maybe 20+.
Maybe a gel at every 5 miles will help. And sipping water. Not sure you even nutrition during a long run. I don't, not even water. But I surely do during the marathon, I ain't dumb.
With that data alone, I make you a slight dog to run sub3:30. The taper will help. The carb binging the day before will help.
Wait do you have supershoes?!!!!!!