St. Mary's loop with the dog. She kept the pace honest. Boston (235) In an attempt to build some confidence for a quality race this weekend, I did a little historical analysis. I looked at the 16 weeks of training for my 3 previous marathons and compared the end results. Of course there are many other things that can affect a finishing time for a marathon (quality sleep and food intake days before, weather, hydration, course terrain, etc), but I figured the 4 months of training could be a starting point for expectations
Marathon
| Total Miles
| Average Miles/Week
| High Week
| Low Week
| Runs 20+
| Time
| St. George 07
| 355
| 22.18
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 2:44:16
| Lincoln 08
| 528
| 38
| 50
| 10
| 2
| 2:47:08
| California Int. 08
| 704
| 44
| 70
| 7
| 4
| 2:35:47
| Eugene 09
| 1028
| 64.25
| 90
| 44
| 4
| ?????
|
Eh..... Who knows? The main thing I ask myself--"Is it worth it?" For St. George I averaged 22 miles a week and ran a sub-2:45, then only ran 9 minutes faster when I doubled my mileage 1 year later.
| 