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miwoodar

Jun 9, 10 8:03


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Re: walk an IM? [BrianPBN]
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For kicks I just ran a few #'s to give some perspective on the run times in an IM. Below is pulled from LP '09 & the % of athletes OVER that time (+/- 1%):

>3hrs: 99%
>4hrs: 87%
>5hrs: 47%
>6hrs: 15%
>7hrs: 1%

So what this is saying is that if you can manage an 11:15 pace (+/-), you'll have a faster marathon split than the majority of the finishers at IM LP. Take that FWIW.

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I believe finishing should be considered an accomplishment. I probably can't name 5 friends who could pull one off as of today even if they were encouraged to walk the entire marathon (and I know a lot of fit folks). I'm sure plenty more could do it. The fact of the matter is though...they would get fed up and quit.

Myself...if I'm putting in real training then I'm going to set a goal and go for it. I don't plan on walking.

FWIW, here's IMCdA 2009....



(This post was edited by miwoodar on Jun 9, 10 8:08)


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Post edited by miwoodar (Lightning Ridge) on Jun 9, 10 8:08