The rules:
1. You have five minutes from now to get ready.
2. You have as much access as you'd like to your preferred food/drink during the run.
3. No ipods.
4. Assume that you have instant access to the requisite clothing/footwear.
5. Assume you have to run in the weather conditions that exist outside your facility right now.
3:30ish - 7 min miles for 2 hours then a aweful slog in the dark for 90 minutes.
haven't run a step since July. Achilles too weak to run. I would say DNS
I was going to answer but since you are a HEADPHONE HATER, I'll just throw my headphones on and go for my normal 15 miler.
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I don't hate headphones. I wear my ipod for all of my runs, unless it's raining. In this instance, I want the marathon time to be legitimate, with nothing that could artificially boost your performance.
I don't hate headphones. I wear my ipod for all of my runs, unless it's raining. In this instance, I want the marathon time to be legitimate, with nothing that could artificially boost your performance.
2:30ish. I ran 2:25 a month ago. I haven't worked out hard since. I ate a big lunch 2 1/2 hours ago. The weather is nice outside. Just some factors I would consider based on your "rules".
3:08. 2:58 rested + 5 minutes for fatigue from tough training + 5 minutes for the mushroom pot pie I just ate which is sitting in my stomach. Maybe 10 for the pot pie, actually; I might have to stop and puke.
3:07 - I'll pace off of xenon and then pull away the final couple of miles.
a few minutes slower than my poorly paced - 10 min pos. split - PR from 6 weeks ago (negative factors include the fact i did some speed work yesterday and haven't done any long runs since my Oct marathon).
Weather outside is almost perfect (wind a little more than optimal). I wish you hadn't given everyone shoes though. I'm lucky enough to have some decent running shoes within reach due to recently finishing up an easy 5 over my lunch hour.
I don't get the ipod thing though. I don't think that will factor too much into performance.
I've gone 2:50 in the past month but I doubt I could break 3:30 right now.
It's dark, I'm hungry and no taper means I'd have trouble even finishing.
I'm going to assume it is gun time only and it fires in 5 minutes...I'm sure the OP will clarify though.
I say just get out what you can and then make a pit-stop later if necessary. Not many of us are setting PRs today anyway.
I'm surprised by xenon & others' adding only ~5-10 minutes for lack of taper, lack of proper fueling / hydration in advance, mental prep etc. You all really don't think that stuff matters much (only 20s/mile)?
You only have five minutes until the gun goes off. If you're still in the potty when the run starts, you're already behind. It's up to you how to handle it.
I could break 6 hours if my life depended on it. Not sure i can break 5 though
I'm lactose intolerant and just ate a tuna sandwich with tons of mayo, so that wouldn't help matters. If I could actually get everything through my system in the next 5 minutes, I suspect I could just barely PR, mostly because my PR sucks. I've only raced one marathon in the last 4 years. I was shooting for 2:41-2:43 and had pretty easily run a 2:53 in training, but my training was far from fantastic and I got very sick a couple days before the race. The day before the race, 4 miles at 7:00 pace felt like death, so I was happy just to muster up a 2:50:00.1, which trashed my body more than any other race I've ever run. I'm just starting a marathon training cycle and my endurance isn't great right now, but I've run 2 1:16 halves recently and did 20 miles on Sunday. My endurance tends to bounce back with just 1 or 2 long runs, so I suspect that Sunday's run would put me over the edge to be able to hit a PR, with the last 6-8 miles being quite painful, largely due to the 9.5 miles at marathon pace that I did as part of my 12 mile run last night.
About 3:15-3:20.
starting in the next 5 min. oh man. probably 3:30. maybe 3:20.
DMac87 wrote:
I'm surprised by xenon & others' adding only ~5-10 minutes for lack of taper, lack of proper fueling / hydration in advance, mental prep etc. You all really don't think that stuff matters much (only 20s/mile)?
Well, I think it "only" matters about that much, but that's a huge difference. I would be happy with a 2:58 marathon, slightly disappointed with a 3:03, and very disappointed with a 3:08.
OTOH I've run some of my best races without any mental preparation. PRs at (certified) Turkey Trots. Why? Because I felt like I had nothing on the line. Sometimes when I have a big race I spend a lot of time preparing for, I get anxious and choke.
Honestly I could probably run around 3:50ish right now
13 months injured. Base of 10-15 mpw now.
3:30