From Matt Schreiber on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:05:50 from 66.17.102.175
You still got a fair number of miles in this week. Have a good last week!
From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 14:59:08 from 68.80.27.222
I planned on about 80, which admittedly was too much, such is why I scraped my afternoon run on Thursday and yesterday. I did about 62 going into the final week before Sugarloaf and I have a lot more experience under my belt. I think it should be fine as long as I do all the right things this week.
But I am trying to stay above the 70 miles per week average for the year. Next week and a week off is going to cut into that a bit!
From SlowJoe on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 15:33:09 from 107.77.80.87
Any specific goal for philly, or just see what the day gives you?
From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 16:39:14 from 68.80.27.222
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a goal in mind, but I half thought about being secretive :-)
It's pretty clear that I am in PR shape and likely a bit more, but the marathon, as you know, is a tricky beast.
Workouts suggest that I should be able to run 2:46 high to 2:49 low. I'll probably start around PR pace (6:35) and just let the splits roll, trying to go through the half not much slower than 1:24, but feeling good and running 1:23:30 is preferable. Hopefully I am feeling good and try to hit the last 3-5 miles hard like I did at Sugarloaf (where I finished running 6:18-6:22 for the last 5k) and try to chase 2:45.
From SlowJoe on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 16:46:38 from 107.77.80.87
Love the plan. I've decided I'm tired of bonkathons and will negative split the next one at all costs. Anyway it'll be nice to see you bust the 2:50 barrier! You're more than ready.
From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 18:45:12 from 68.80.27.222
Yes. Goal is to avoid to bonk. A training buddy asked me, "[at Sugarloaf] do you think you should have started faster given that you had energy at the end?" No absolutely not. It was still really hard in the final miles, I was just able to run through it. I had that energy because I didn't squander it going out on or below pace.
So I think I will revise my plan from what I said and try to run a ~1:24/~1:22, but not worry too much about the first 8-10 miles, trying to run not much faster than 6:30, but no 6:40s.
You saw how well Joe Bell was able to close by running a smart race recently.
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