Is A Sub 4 On The Cards?
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- The Manchester Marathon on Sunday 14th April 2024 would be my 13th Marathon. In the build up to the race I had completed a 15 week training block running an average 40 miles per week. However I had missed 8 days of running in weeks 10-11 due to a sore achilles so it was not exactly a perfect training block. I was really hoping that I could go under 4 hours in Manchester at the age of 66. There was one major doubt however in my mind, my longest run in training was just over 19 & a half miles. The next longest run was 17 & a half miles, with four 15 mile runs and a couple of half Marathons making up the longer distances. I had not reached the 20 mile mark in a training run and this was really bothering me - would my legs hold out for the remaining 6 or 7 miles? I had never had a DNF against my name in a Marathon and I was determined that Manchester wasn't going to be the first.
My race strategy was to run an average of 5.15 per kilometre and keep in my Zone 3 Hear Rate Zone of 134-142 bpm. Everything went according to plan until the 20 mile mark but then my Quads & Calves had bad muscle spasms and I was forced to walk about 3 times between mile 20-22. After that I was able to jog in the rest of the the distance and managed to cross the Marathon Finish line in a time of 3.55.54. This was the 7th time that I have ran sub 4 hours out of the 13 Marathons I have done. I strongly believe that I would have gone 3.45 had I not had the muscle spasms. It was a great day in Manchester!!
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Fantastic effort. Well done! I just found you on Strava. Great video, you really captured the atmosphere on the course.
Thanks Mark, the crowd support around the course was exceptional, it was a great experience and I was really glad I ran the Manchester Marathon. Really appreciate your comments👍👏
Sorry for the late comment. Well done, what a fantastic achievement after the problems with your Achilles!
Thanks so much goodyeoman, yes the achilles injury did interfere with the training so I was worried I wouldn't be able to do it but very satisfied I managed to finish the Marathon in a respectable time
Well done mate, great running!
Thanks Harry much appreciated!
Congratulations that's still a great result!
Thank you jamisen really appreciate your comments, thanks for watching!
Terrific run Kev very well done 👏👏👏
Thanks Ian for all your support & encouragement over the past several months & beyond, really appreciate it buddy👍👏
Well done buddy! Epic sub 4 by a country mile 🏆
Thanks Donato very pleased with my sub 4 at age 66. Many congratulations to your 3.02 at 62, very inspirational & a great role model to all us older runners.
Smashed it dude. Get in 👌
Cheers Stu very much appreciated, very happy with that!👍
Love you energy
Thanks so much Karlrickysteve I try to do my best at the ripe old age of 66. Age is just a number👍
Hell yeah, great running!
Thanks so much, really appreciate your comments👍
well done!👏 no way could i run after a couple of days off after manchester. I'm taking a week off 😃
Hi Simon, I ran 11k on the Wednesday & 10k Thursday but now wish I hadn't as my Quads are still sore. You are wise to have a week off Buddy. Well done for Manchester👍
Amazing 🎉👏👏
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Fantastic. You’re spot on with the final 6 miles - absolute killer. Well done.
Thanks so much David, yes those last 6 miles are definitely a killer and if you've not done enough long runs the Marathon will find you out!👍
You'd have taken 3:55 when we saw you at Newark after injury had struck. You obviously benefited from previous marathon training blocks which got you through the toughest parts. What next?
Yes at Newark I was concerned that I wouldn't even been able to run Manchester let alone go sub 4, so very happy with the 3.55. I've got the GNR to look forward to now👍
Great Efforts. Probably 10 minutes faster without holding the camera and talking.
Wei-Han Liu thank you so much, yes I think I could have gone faster without the Go Pro but I wanted to record the Marathon so I can look back it when I'm too old to run anymore🤣
@@samsonslaphead1 Yes, thanks for sharing the video. I suppose holding a camera and talking probably affect the running rhythm. Do you mind sharing your age? I am a novice for running, and I am amazed how faster certain middle ago runners can run. 😀
I'm 66
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Slightly quicker and you could have applied GFA London 2025
Hi Mike, yes I was a little disappointed that I was just outside the GFA QT but I've done London twice before so I'm not too bothered as there are other marathons that I would like to do