DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
Thank you. This is GREAT to know. Truth be told, I would even be fine during the marathon if I had to slow down to my easy pace. As long as I don't need to walk. This is not a knock against run-walk, but I hated the feeling of wanting to run and not being able to do so.
My recollection was like a 1:57 HM PR for you (8:55 min/mile). So that's a 4:04 M (best case, and less than 6% hit that) in a standalone (9:18 m/m). More realistic is a 4:11 (9:34 m/m) when fully trained or 4:20 when average trained. Your Hanson's LR pace is around 10:08 and easy pace around 10:30-11:10. I think a reasonable best case Dopey M pace is something like M Tempo + 10%, assuming the other days are taken as non-easy. That would be 9:18*110%= 10:15 min/mile. So I think LR pace for a Dopey M would be a relatively hard effort, and doing something closer to easy pace is a realistic goal. If the goal is merely, "I don't want to walk" then run at a 12-13 min/mile. The slower you go relatively speaking, the easier the marathon will be.