Secrets to a sub 4-hour marathon
“Hey, Eric, how do I get mentioned in your top 10 runs of 2012?”
“Help me run a sub 4-hour marathon.”
So Mike Doherty and I discussed various strategies to run a 3:40 - 3:50 marathon which is what I’m aiming for—actually, 3:45 once I get serious about this. Once he started adding tempo runs to his training he was able to cut his PR from 4:10 to 3:36. And this was without the use of PED’s. But, man, that’s got to be crazy. My PR is a 4:05. OK. I’m listening. This sounds like something I can do. He recommended starting off with 3 mile runs at 10k pace.
Start with a slow warm up for a mile, then do 3 miles at a 10k pace, then rest and stretch for 3 minutes and do another 3 miles at a 10k pace, and end with a slow cool down. He gradually worked up to 5 miles at a 5k pace—doing the same workout.
The other strategy he said he thought about trying was just going balls to the wall on the first half. Yeah, I’ve done that. Chicago 2010. Not a fun result.
Blogging…
Katelin, there is a lot more I have posted about. I don’t get too intense about the running blog. Who has the time? What with working full-time, running 9 miles at night, and then having free pizza and drinking a couple beers…I can’t come up with much to write about.
This used to mean I would get a pair of DFMC running gloves. But, now I have to raise $8,000. On my way there.
