Anyone else think it’s kind of sad that to be in the Top 100 men at Grandma’s you only needed to run 2:59:12 or faster? To be in the Top 100 women, they needed to run 3:35 or faster.
My last 6 marathons, dating back to 2008, have been 3:12, 3:05, 3:12, 3:09, 3:10, 3:09. I really am just a 3:10 marathoner.
Not to go unnoticed, I did set a Masters PR by about one minute.
I didn’t qualify for Boston in my first 3 marathons. Since then, 12 of my 13 marathons have been under my BQ. The only one that wasn’t was Boston in 2004 when it was 90+ degrees at the start.
Yesterday I got a comment from Kevin suggesting that I scale back my racing and mileage a bit and give myself a longer taper. And I got an email from my friend Eric suggesting that I basically train through a marathon with no more than a 3 day taper.
I was actually thinking about racing more this summer – but I’d include more short races so that MP feels easy. Given my vacation 4 weeks out, I basically took a longer taper than normal this time around, so extending that even further doesn’t make sense to me.
Right now my plan is to take this entire week off and then spend the next 2 weeks running however I feel. That’ll leave 12 weeks for a yet to be determined plan that will lead up to my 3:10 at TCM.
Quote of the Day;
“Successful marathoners must lose their cool, and allow this irrational, animal consciousness to take over.” – Bill Rodgers
3 comments:
In 1982 I ran 2:30 at grandmas and was 60th place...this year it would have placed me in the top 25!
Btw....Alex rattlell was 61st with a 2:30 at age 56 in 1982
When I first ran Grandma's in 1979, the clocks were shut off at 4:30; today half the field would still be running. When I ran Boston in '84, I had to run 2:50 to qualify; today I think it's 3:35 for my age class - the old accomplishments just seem diluted, somehow.
Hi! I just discovered the site, and reading older posts.. I enjoyed going through it and will visit you again soon! I started to run this spring and I hope I'll make it a habit.
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