Is this even possible? Sub-three hour marathon woman
I’m not a fast runner. I have a few marathons under my belt, but I haven’t made speed the focus of my races. That said, after my second marathon (and after reading Kathrine Switzer’s book Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women’s Sports) I’ve had the crazy dream of running a sub-three hour marathon.
So here’s what I’m thinking. First, running a sub-three means dropping more than 45 minutes off of my current time, I have no idea how much commitment this will take, I’m daunted just thinking about it, I’m pretty sure it’ll disrupt the lives of my boyfriend, my family, my friends, and my feet will need many a pep talk. All that said, I’m pretty sure the passion is there.
My questions are:
- How do I start?
- Am I dreaming?
- What if I can’t do it?
- How am I going to make sure that I can do it?
- What are the sacrifices I have to make?
- Should I even start thinking about the sacrifices?
- How do I keep my goal in sight?
This list goes on… I have a few more races to run this year before I start to buckle down and make the decision to do this or not. But once I start, I’m in it, and I don’t think I’ll be able to settle for 3:00:00.
Absolutely! With the right training plan, it can be done. 6:52 pace is all you need.
Kathy, you can def’ pull this off! You’re a speedy!
Sure you can! If I can do it, I have no doubts you can go sub-3:00 too…
Ha ha – Thanks, Steve! I think I’m going to go for it! Any tips?
Not only do I think that you can do this, I know you can. Just like Steve said, if I can do it, so can you. My first marathon was 4:05. I’m so confident that I’ll even help you build the training plan bonkproof stylez.
Sweet! @Caleb – that’d be fantastic. It’d be great to go into training bonkproof equipped!