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« Reply #540 on: April 09, 2011, 08:50:46 AM »

If I can average 7.5mph for the marathon, I'll get round in just under 3:30.

I sure will be rooting you on if you're close to this.

I hope Jebus gives us some lovely weather.

Will you be having a tracker again mate?
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« Reply #541 on: April 09, 2011, 08:40:58 PM »

I think you'll be able to follow my progress via the marathon site (I'll check).  Not sure how quickly/frequently it updates people's progress.  I'll need to dig my number out and post it on here.

I might also try that latitude thing with my phone, but again, not sure how good that will be either.
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« Reply #542 on: April 09, 2011, 08:45:12 PM »

Raised £619 (nearly £800 if you include Gift Aid, and why not include it I say) so far - with a large majority of that coming from people on blonde thumbs up

Just done some quick calculations and there'll be another £120 if I manage under 3:40 (with gift aid on top of that of course), and a whopping £270 on top of the current total if I miraculously manage to break the 3:30 (that is VERY unlikely though, unfortunately).

If you haven't sponsored me, please do (it's for Cancer Research UK, so a bloody good cause) - link is in my sig.
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« Reply #543 on: April 09, 2011, 08:46:21 PM »

good luck with this looking forward to see how you do
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« Reply #544 on: April 10, 2011, 09:27:43 AM »

good luck with this looking forward to see how you do

This, should be a good sweat.
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« Reply #545 on: April 10, 2011, 11:14:21 AM »

Good luck.
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« Reply #546 on: April 10, 2011, 12:01:46 PM »

Done (thanks for the help Ger!).  Even posted a link to it on my facebook page so piss off now and try not to trip seeing as I've money invested.   thumbs up
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« Reply #547 on: April 10, 2011, 12:14:46 PM »

Thanks again (even Dawn) to those who have just sponsored me - up:)

Just checked the weather forecast for next Sunday, and although nonot ideal it's not looking terrible...

http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-London-UKXX0085
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« Reply #548 on: April 10, 2011, 12:20:03 PM »

Much prefer this forecast though:

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/14days.asp?zipcode=LONDON
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« Reply #549 on: April 11, 2011, 11:49:48 AM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12933932

Could a marathon ever be run in under two hours?
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« Reply #550 on: April 11, 2011, 12:00:51 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12933932

Could a marathon ever be run in under two hours?

It will be done, but just a matter of when and like that article asks - will it be in our lifetime?

"Whenever it happens, it would mean running each mile at a four minute 35 second pace. By comparison, a decent club runner might run at a seven-minute mile pace, and a casual runner at nine or 10 minutes. "

4:35 pace is just ridiculous.  The first official Mile World Record was set 98 years ago, and was 4:14.4.  That shows how fast 4:35 pace is over 26 miles!
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« Reply #551 on: April 11, 2011, 12:32:07 PM »

It's interesting that they use the increasing length of time to reduce the record by 4 minutes to extrapolate a forecast. If they did that with the 100m and 20mm records then it probably means that Bolt was born 50 years early - another freak of nature like him and we could see 2% knocked off the marathon record?
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« Reply #552 on: April 11, 2011, 12:47:43 PM »

It's interesting that they use the increasing length of time to reduce the record by 4 minutes to extrapolate a forecast. If they did that with the 100m and 20mm records then it probably means that Bolt was born 50 years early - another freak of nature like him and we could see 2% knocked off the marathon record?

Maybe someone like Bekele when he makes the move to the longer distances (as Gebrselassie did) will knock a chunk off the existing record, but unlikely it will be anything more than a minute.  So it might need a freak of nature coming through, or some massive leap in training, running, nutritional science - or a combination of both more likely.  Also, it might take a 'special' marathon course - one that is designed to be fast - with no inclines, the optimal weather conditions, perfect running surface, etc., to take another chunk off the record.

The progression of the women's best times for the marathon are more marked than the men's - probably because women didn't use to run such long distances and were prevented from doing so as they were often considered 'too weak'!  It's interesting that with ultra-distances the gap between the best men and women vanishes away to pretty much nothing. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression#Women
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« Reply #553 on: April 13, 2011, 10:22:39 AM »

Easiest run I've done this year.  A little over 4 miles @ 7:43 pace (I was trying to run @ 8:00 pace but was bored).

Checked the weather forecasts for Sunday and they seem to have changed for the worse (for me).  Looks like boldie's sacrifices and prayers to Ra have worked, and the sun will belting down on London on Sunday.  20° forecast for 1pm Sad
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« Reply #554 on: April 13, 2011, 11:49:59 AM »

Easiest run I've done this year.  A little over 4 miles @ 7:43 pace (I was trying to run @ 8:00 pace but was bored).

Checked the weather forecasts for Sunday and they seem to have changed for the worse (for me).  Looks like boldie's sacrifices and prayers to Ra have worked, and the sun will belting down on London on Sunday.  20° forecast for 1pm Sad

Sounds like a good incentive to get finished by noon.
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