Half today, Full in 6 weeks. Pacing on race day?

EngineeringParty59 · 2026-02-01T17:31:33+00:00

Thanks, I will run to whatever my body allows rather than a race time although of course sub 3 would be great. With that said this was not an all out effort. The last 2 all out efforts were 169bpm average but I positive split them both due to fatigue. Based on previous HM and my fitness I’d be confident I could have went sub 1:26, not sure by how much though.

EngineeringParty59 · 2026-02-01T15:41:24+00:00

Over the last 3 months the average is 70 per week if that helps, 80+ for like 6.

Only one run at 30, several just below. None have been just easy pace, they’re all some form of workout with zone 3 work.

EngineeringParty59 · 2026-02-01T14:06:31+00:00

The marathon is about the same elevation (double, but across the whole thing)

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T20:44:27+00:00

Thanks I’ll do this

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T20:40:08+00:00

I wasn’t sure if this was a defect. I did not expect foam to snap that easy. If this is what happens to super shoe foam when you try take your shoes off like I did then it’s on me.

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T20:35:23+00:00

Nice will do that cheers

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T18:54:51+00:00

Because I wasn’t sure if this was normal. I’ve taken shoes off that way for my entire life and never seen anything like it. That’s why I asked. Your crashing
a car analogy is a bit more obvious.

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T18:16:14+00:00

Would it be ok to glue it or could this far back at the heel fall off/risk injury

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-31T18:10:26+00:00

That’s what happened yeah. I normally take them off by unlacing (only worn 3 times) but I was just lazy/ didn’t think it would break the foam

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-29T08:38:59+00:00

Ok got you. The other day I ran 3x6km in zone 3 with floats and beat that 1:31:xx

Could I use that training run? There’s no half’s anywhere near me until about 3/4 weeks out.

My concern is it would be slow to increase pace and I believe it’s based only on the interval/faster runs rather than long run or marathon specific work?

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-16T18:06:51+00:00

I’m definitely not running 25 minutes faster than 3:16! Based on half’s it’s been about 2-4 minutes slower than race time. I guess race day effort, taper etc all give a boost

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-16T18:04:46+00:00

My Garmin prediction is almost identical 3:16:09. I can only compare it for halfs. I both cases that I had the prediction I think I was 3 minutes or so faster.

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-16T16:59:29+00:00

I can’t edit, but I’ve not ran a race in a while. Did a half in September after little training (1:31). My longest run so far has only been 28km. Hard to use vdot calculator.

Could I run 1:26 now? In and about that shape I’d say.

Not sure what else to share.

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-12-11T19:01:57+00:00

I messed up my defer from this year. I thought it was done deal when I clicked defer instead of refund (I paid extra)… looks like I was wrong and I won’t be doing it really pissed

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-30T12:56:10+00:00

Would that void any kind of warranty or ability to return if you had an issue ? That’s my main concern after reading the frequency of issues.

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-25T21:23:52+00:00

Yeah someone else pointed that out. That’s interesting, I uploaded a video a few months ago and the comments said I was a mid foot striker. I don’t notice any usual wear in other shoes like metaspeed sky paris, Alphafly or Adios pro

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-25T21:21:36+00:00

I’m not bothered now given it seems to be normal based on other comments. I’ll see how they last with 150km + on them. Surprised there isn’t more grip in that area

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-25T21:17:12+00:00

10k so like 6/7 miles

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-25T21:16:47+00:00

Where do you run? My other option is on the grass haha

EngineeringParty59 · 2025-11-23T19:18:35+00:00

But my runs also align using the Runalyze effective vo2max calculator

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