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I'm posting to see if there are any bloggers looking to run a sub-2:30 this year at SGM. I'm planning on hitting the first half in 1:15-1:16 and then negative splitting from there. Is there anyone that is looking for a similar time that would like to work together?

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You are doing very well. Your marathon time and relatively low mileage indicates real potential. Step one would be to gradually increase your mileage until you're in the 60-70 mph range. Focus on increasing your volume first. I'd also suggest running frequent races in the 5k to half marathon range.

I am four weeks post Boston. Had a great race but want to run faster. I logged 35-41 miles at my highest mileage. Trained between 8:15-8:30 pace. I would like to drop a good minute off my mile. Suggestions?

Thanks

Sometimes, I do two workouts in one day, or on track, run multiple races in one day. It would be nice to be able to log these as separate workouts, especially for the races where each race would have a different times, positions, etc.

Ben, I did not know that you picked up running post-college. Your story gives me a lot more hope for achieving my goal. Adding mileage at a comfortable rate is my main priority right now. I have read a bit of what you Ogden crew folks put on here. Thanks for sharing your experience!

I'm a little late to the game on this conversation. I normally don't check this part of the blog but I am glad that I did.
Donald I totally agree that your 3 hour marathon is doable. Key thing is staying consistent.
My first marathon attempt was straight awful. I thought I could run 3 hours off of 20 miles a week and my marathon ended up being 4 hours and 15 minutes. That taught me that this wasn't going to be given but earned. Over the years my main goal has been to gradually increase my mileage year by year and to do it slow and smart. From this dedication I have gone from a 4:15 marathon time to a 2:23 marathon.
So it's totally doable. Stay consistent, listen to the body, listen to Sasha he always has great sound advice, also enjoy the journey!
Also wanted to say I didnt start running consistently until 2006. Never ran in high school or college. Started running as a hobby to lose weight. I was 22 years old.

Sasha,

I appreciate the confidence. Nutrition and volume are two things I'm pretty focused on improving. The hard part is trying to juggle increased volume with sleep! My work situation is pretty inconvenient at the time, but it's no excuse. I am pretty sure I will start figuring out how to put a run during my lunch time at work. Idaho winters are pretty nasty (lots of ice lately), but I've just been going to the indoor track daily. My next scheduled marathon is Salt Lake City in April, and I hope to increase my comfortable weekly volume noticeably by then. I am glad that I randomly found this website. My running hobby so far has been alone with all my information gathered from book and article reading. This is really my first time getting to read detailed experiential wisdom from all the great runners here. I have traditionally showed up at races, tried my best, then left with my wife and kids. It is nice to actually communicate with experienced runners.

Cheers,
Donald

Donald,

Your goal is quite feasible given that you just improved your half to 1:36. From your profile picture you look like a healthy young man, so it is quite likely that you have plenty of speed for a sub-3:00 marathon - you only need to run slightly sub-7:00. With that in mind, I do not really think you need scheduled tempo runs or intervals. Just run the volume, make sure it not much slower than 8:00 but do not push it beyond that except maybe once a week for a few miles of test effort. Train 6 days a week. Train through the winter even when the weather is bad. Be careful with the injuries - they usually happen when your nutrition or sleep is not adequate and you get too ambitious in training.

As a side note, through patient and consistent effort Allie improved from about where you are to 2:43 marathon, and she is a girl - which makes things harder. That is if a girl were asking me "can I run sub-3:00" I would have to go beyond just checking if she had any serious cardio or muscular/neurological/skeletal issues before I would say yes - girls have not only a slower cap at the top (2:15 vs men's 2:02 world record), but also a much wider spread - that is you will find a lot fewer women within 30 minutes of the women's world record than men within 30 minutes of the men's world record. For a random young healthy guy, I would be quite willing to bet my money on sub-3:00 if he agreed to do the program if I were a betting man.