annoyed track fan wrote:
3:07 is not fast, it’s just not
Obviously it isn't, but if you dare say so you risk offending a number of fragile posters here.
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John Wesley Harding wrote:
3:07, wow. That’s pretty incredible for those conditions, and the perfect time for LetsRun regulars.
I wonder if it would count as a Boston qualifier lol
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Hard at work wrote:
3:07, a time that takes much hard work and talent to achieve
What is special about this time that it keeps popping up? 3:03 is 7’ pace, so there is at least some round numberness to it, but 3:07?
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That’s pretty quick for those conditions. In the early 80s I ran in a February marathon in Minnesota where the temps were -24f at the start. The winner ran 2:28.
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Will Teasle wrote:
A 307 marathon doesn't impress me because I ran verifiably better times.
Obviously we all ran faster than that. All of us, except for one.
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It would be tricky to get dialed in for this race, and balance the serious protection you would need with he ability to somehow vent a little once you started working. And I don't know what would be harder, running this in 3:07, or staying out there longer and running it slower than 3:07.
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Greg, you really need to let this go.
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annoyed track fan wrote:
3:07 is not fast, it’s just not
Yeah, but who was claiming it was? Against whom are you arguing and why are you an "annoyed" fan? The original post just reported the information about an interesting race in cold conditions. The 3:07 was presented as a basic fact, with no claim of relative excellence.
I think it's pretty impressive to run 26 miles over snow in those conditions at that pace. Have you ever done it? It's not the same as running 3:07 on bare roads.
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Not that hreat. 3:14 without super Sorels
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crazy wrote:
It would be tricky to get dialed in for this race, and balance the serious protection you would need with he ability to somehow vent a little once you started working. And I don't know what would be harder, running this in 3:07, or staying out there longer and running it slower than 3:07.
Yea, I wonder how you even do it. When I run for an extended time in 10F or below, I start to run into issues with anything moist from sweat or exhaled breaths freezing and reducing the insulating ability of my clothing. Ran for an hour and a half at about 5F-10F on Monday and I had so much frozen clothing, from the outside of my jacket to my balaclava and hat. I would guess swapping out clothing every hour or so could do the trick.
Super breathable baselayers can do wonders. Started wearing Polartec Alpha Direct clothing underneath my jacket and it was insane how little moisture that thing collected compared to Under Armour tops.
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rojo wrote:
Thirty-eight Russian enthusiasts ran the Cold Pole – Oymyakon (marathon) in the coldest place on earth in Yakutsk, a frozen city of 300,000.
The temperature was a cool -55°C (-67°F). From Moscow to Oymyakon it is 5298.2 kilometres (3292 miles) northwest.
Twelve men and two women finished the marathon. The winners received 100,000 rubles (1,038 euros). Konstantin Dragunov won in three hours and seven minutes, followed by Mikhail Aprosimov in the time of 3:36 followed by Albert Sivtsev 3:57.
I think your goal for the marathon for this year should be 3:07.
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3:07 is definitely faster than never having run a marathon.
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3:07 is not even a BQ. As we all know, the only thing thst matters is a BQ. Weak.
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To lazy to do the calculation myself but isn't this equivalent to running at something like 9000 feet below sea level based on altitude density?
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God has winked at us with the 3:07 winning time
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dense wrote:
To lazy to do the calculation myself but isn't this equivalent to running at something like 9000 feet below sea level based on altitude density?
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Not sure I'm buying this. That is incredibly cold. To be able to run that time in that temperature seems very unlikely. Not to mention the surface you're running on, it's going to be ice and snow the entire way.
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rojo wrote:
The temperature was a cool -55°C (-67°F).
That is too cold, man. Too cold.
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A quick google turns up some info on the winner: 23 years old (though some articles say he's 24); ran a 69:10 half last summer and has an 8:34 3000m:
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Interesting fact, -40 Celsius and -40 Fahrenheit represent the same temperature.
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