(30-03-2016, 09:50 PM)Sweder Wrote: The whole 'extrapolating times over distances' thing leaves my head spinning and a thin line of drool falling silently from my burbling lips. Given all the race-day factors; side of bed you get out of, weather, hydration/ food intake, running surface, biorhythms, number of cute lycra-clad backsides, etc etc, I've often wondered about the accuracy of this stuff.
For me it doesn't extrapolate too well. I've one unofficial 1:39 and one official 1:40 HM, suggesting a possible marathon time of anywhere between 3:25 to 3:40. Yet my PB (twice, 5 years apart) remains 3:52. And there it shall sit.
That said, if you're hitting PB race pace in training, you are nailing it.
Quite agree, except that for me it has worked well at all distances
except, of course, the marathon. But then, I've only run two of the things, so it's still possible it may prove correct. If I do get there however, it will be by degrees. I ain't trying to kill myself out there.
As far as nailing the training goes, well I've been here plenty of times before, and there's usually something to pull the rug from under me, so the champagne is not on ice yet. Not by a long way.
But fear not, I am not exactly on the wagon. In fact the wagon sped off without me ages ago. I have curtailed consumption just slightly however.
I think I'm going to cry now...
Long March Rocket
