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Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

slowgino — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:55:00 GMT

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Originally posted by Ken Camet:

My mile time that I posted is not a race ...
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... I've found that I can add 1 minute to this mile time and use that as my goal pace for the marathon. I figure the elites are running 5 minute miles for the marathon and I also figure that they can run 4 minute miles, so if it's good for them it must be good for me too!

Best mile (not a race): 5:45
Marathon (race) 2:57 6:45 pace

Remember, of course, that the elites are adding 25% to their mile pace. The same percentage would mean that an 8:00 miler would do a marathon at 10:00 pace. For most of us, adding one minute to the best mile pace to get marathon pace makes for a pretty agressive goal.

Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

obsessor — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:05:00 GMT

1/16/05 - 2:39:34 marathon
7/30/05 - 4:52mi.(road)
1/15/06 - 2:35:31 mar.
7/29/06 - 4:46mi. (road)
12/5/06 - 2:34:52 mar.
1/15/07 - 4:52mi. (indoor track - yes, a mile)
6/16/07 - 2:30:32 mar.
6/23/07 - 4:49 mi. (road)
7/29/07 - 4:41 mi. (road)
10/7/07 ????? mar.

Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

Hannibal Granite — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:43:00 GMT

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Originally posted by Ken Camet:

I've found that I can add 1 minute to this mile time and use that as my goal pace for the marathon.

I wonder how good this is as a predictor workout compared to other predictor workouts like Yasso 800's, assuming you have trained specifically for the marathon and not trained to do the workout of course

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Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

Hannibal Granite — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:39:00 GMT

Best Mile 4:42 - May 1995
Best Marathon 2:49 - February 2000

Closest Marathon to Mile race in terms of time between them
Mile 4:49 - June 2005 actually a 1600m race on the Track
Marathon - 3:03 October 2005

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Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

Nirvana91 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:18:00 GMT

7/06 mile (training): 5:03
10/06 marathon: 3:14:59

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Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

TD Runner — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:48:00 GMT

June 2006 - 4:34 mile
Nov. 2006 - 2:41 NYC Marathon

May 2007 - 4:27 mile
Oct. 2007 - ?:?? Chicago Marathon

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Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

runninlaw — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:32:00 GMT

Mile: 6:17.0 (7/06)
Marathon: 3:37:18 (10/07)

Mile: 5:58 (7/07)
Now aiming for a 3:20ish marathon in 10/07

The mile race in 06 was done while I was training for the marathon. I also did a speed work group 1x per week for 6 weeks in prep for the mile.

Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

RIFLASH — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:24:00 GMT

mile~~5:20 2/06<br />Marathon~~3:18 3/06

Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

Brian McN — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:13:00 GMT

11/06 marathon 2:40
9/06 5:14 in training

Re: Poll: Marathoners mile times.

AndyHass — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:25:00 GMT

Marathon - 2:28
Mile - 4:34 2 months later