I just ran my first open marathon in February and managed a 3:08. I peaked around 55 mpw with most weeks in the low 40’s and was running 5 days most weeks. I was also biking 2x per week. I think I ran pretty terrible lines on a pretty twisty course (Skidaway Island, Ga) and missed two turns that cost me pretty dearly. My watch and the guy running near me had us at 26.6 and a 3:05 pace, which is what I thought I’d get based on training paces and a 1:27 half leading in.
Until the final build I was doing the Fulgaz IM series, but the efforts I was putting into those 1hr+ TT’s would wreck me for a couple days after. So I halted them and would do one tempo or sweet spot ride and one easy aerobic ride per week.
I qualified for Boston ‘25 and would like to have a go at a sub-3 there. In prep I’ll increase to a steady 60 mpw and keep the 2 bikes. I think that’ll get me pretty close.
Edit to add: this was off of just under 2 years of endurance training after taking nearly 10 years off and getting fat (6’4” 260) then skinny (175) again.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. . .
Until the final build I was doing the Fulgaz IM series, but the efforts I was putting into those 1hr+ TT’s would wreck me for a couple days after. So I halted them and would do one tempo or sweet spot ride and one easy aerobic ride per week.
I qualified for Boston ‘25 and would like to have a go at a sub-3 there. In prep I’ll increase to a steady 60 mpw and keep the 2 bikes. I think that’ll get me pretty close.
Edit to add: this was off of just under 2 years of endurance training after taking nearly 10 years off and getting fat (6’4” 260) then skinny (175) again.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. . .