First Marathon Time
I ran my first half marathon last weekend and surpassed my expectations pretty significantly (1:45 goal but ended up running 1:39). Im coming to you all for a bit of a reality check.
Some background. Ive been running for roughly 9 months with specific marathon training planning starting about 6 months ago. Outside of missing about 2 weeks in March due to an injury that we dealt with via PT I have been pretty religious about my training plan.
6 foot 2 and 185 lbs. 40 years old.
Weekly runs:
- 2 easy runs at about 830-845 pace
- 1 interval session with 4-6 5k or lower blocks
- 1 tempo run around HM pace
- 1 long run ( max of 14 miles so far). For the HM training I added increasing blocks of HM pace at the last half of this run
PBs:
- 5k- 21:01
- 10k- 46:21 (set during my HM and have never specifically tried to set a PB time at this distance)
- HM- 1:39
I now have roughly 14 weeks until my first marathon and with the progress I've made so far im looking to possibly set a 3:30 goal for the marathon.
My long runs will peak around 22-24 miles in the coming block, and I anticipate running about 55-60 miles in my peak training weeks.
The marathon is a completely different animal than the half, im very much aware of this. With all of this background how feasible do you believe a 3:30 would be for a first time marathoner?
Thanks in advance!