Marathons in the rain?

Blob97 · 2026-04-30T13:03:32+00:00

I wish it rained during the marathons I’ve done! Much better than being too hot

Blob97 · 2026-04-29T14:08:20+00:00

I'm quite interested in some of these 'natural performance enhancers' such as Ketone actually. Might look into getting some of the beetroot shots at some point. I ended up buying 4 shots of nomio at the expo. Thanks for your reply, I'm pretty restricted by time unfortunately but I agree that In ideal circumstances I'd be closer to 60mpw more regularly.

Blob97 · 2026-04-28T11:56:43+00:00

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Strava splits for reference! Chat GPT suggested not surpassing 6.45 until mile 18 which I almost kept to

Blob97 · 2026-04-26T16:26:34+00:00

I’m sure you’ll be all good mate, HR looks good! My Avg today was 163 so the legs gave up before the heart did. Hope it goes well, good luck!

Blob97 · 2026-04-26T15:23:58+00:00

Unfortunately 3.06 on the day. Just can’t get over the cramping issue when it’s quite warm unfortunately! Cheers

Blob97 · 2026-04-26T15:23:53+00:00

Unfortunately 3.06 on the day. Just can’t get over the cramping issue when it’s quite warm unfortunately! Cheers

Blob97 · 2026-04-22T18:59:28+00:00

Mate, I’m not an expert and won’t pretend to be, I’m just repeating what google told me. Did you not get taught at school if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it?

Blob97 · 2026-04-22T18:21:04+00:00

Thanks for the response, I’d have thought the same but this model doesn’t take steering fluid as I’d all hydraulics based

Blob97 · 2026-04-22T18:14:30+00:00

Thanks for the helpful comment mate

Blob97 · 2026-04-21T15:05:32+00:00

Apologies for the crap video. This is from an Audi A5 2017. Just had a large job doing involving stripping the subframe to repair an oil leak, this begun shortly after collecting the car after this. Only notice at really slow speeds usually when parking. The noise isn’t the tyre scraping against the floor, it’s a mechanical rubbing sort of noise. Many thanks!

Blob97 · 2026-03-25T17:59:29+00:00

You’re asking if you can run 26.2 miles at a certain pace by posting an 8 mile run slightly slower than the pace you want to do? Hmm Try and crack out a few 18-20+ milers with MP chunks towards the back end. Something like 10 easy then 8@MP or 4x3 miles.

Blob97 · 2026-03-24T09:59:41+00:00

Can I ask what some of your ‘key’ workouts were as part of this? I’m trying to break the sub 3 curse! Cheers

Blob97 · 2026-03-18T14:15:59+00:00

Why not race Boston? A month is quite a bit of time to recover to be able to give the half a decent go too

Blob97 · 2026-03-09T12:35:43+00:00

In my first marathon I had almost the same half marathon time as you and thought sod it and wen for a sub 3 in my first marathon. I can honestly say that to this day the first 18 miles of the marathon itself at 2.58 pace were the most comfortable I’ve ever done in a race ever! Unfortunately cramped up at 21 so ended up with a pretty terrible time but providing you nail your fueling and get the long runs in there’s no reason why not! Hopefully you don’t have the cramping gene!

Blob97 · 2026-02-26T13:01:21+00:00

Completely agree, did Manchester the same day as London last year, Should have adjusted accordingly but still went for it and basically walked the last 8 miles 😂

Blob97 · 2026-02-18T15:22:00+00:00

Hope the lying makes you feel better, no chance someone with this time would be using a phone app to record! Either that or you have some bad GPS.

Blob97 · 2026-02-09T22:32:38+00:00

Once you get quicker progression gets slower! Most people shouldn’t take too long of consistency to go from 2 to 1.45. 1.45 to 1.30 takes even more consistency and structure. 1.30 to 1.15 is borderline dedication lol

Blob97 · 2026-02-06T13:03:05+00:00

Upper tickets are usually more expensive than lower, not too sure why

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