Initially I thought she was on for a decent sub-4 but this training has been absolutely batshit, so I’m saying 4:33
Exactly this. I’m doing a marathon next week and I’ve peaked training at 50 miles per week just before taper. Most were around 35-40 mpw. I am a sub 3 hour marathon runner. For a marathon I target that race for a minimum of 12 weeks - and my training focuses on 3 run types: long (which every few weeks include a decent chunk at target MP, and pref at the end), lactate threshold training or vo2 max / interval work (latter closer to marathon), and easy or general aerobic depending on recovery needed. I don’t do miles for the sake of it or ‘race’ every bloody weekend. I strength train every week and cross train for recovery and feel like unless I’m ill (kids have colds at the mo ) or get my period on the day (gives me jelly legs!), I’m on for a time I’d be happy with because I’m confident in my training. If I had trained like Kelly I would be extremely terrified of 18 miles onwards!Well if you see her latest 20 mile LR she bonked spectacularly at the last 8k, and her elapsed time was 3.31.
For someone that casually runs almost 100k weeks in their training block it’s actually fascinating that she can’t do a proper LR and how wasted and junk all those miles are.
I reckon that in her head it’s all about volume regardless of paces, intensity, speed, and obviously she is always too tired to focus on any of those. Whereas in fact if she dropped about 20-25 miles each week and had some actual key workouts rather than purely junk miles she would do so much better.
Please I hope no one gives her a spot because then she'll be insufferable about doing the "big one". And, let's be honest, if she did get a free spot, she'd do exactly what the Runnerbeans is doing and still want to qualify to make it legit in the end.Yeah, if she was so upset and anxious going to a Parkrun, she’ll be losing it travelling to another country. She’ll eat food that doesn’t agree with her again I think, hasn’t that happened every time she’s travelled?
For me, I just don’t understand the differences in the elapsed time. If you’ve got to stop to slow your heart rate, then it’s not an easy run? And therefore if she’s so used to stopping/walking on most runs, she’s got no chance completing anywhere near 3.30.
Surely she’s not enjoying this anymore? How tired and haggered she looked on her ‘ticking boxes’ stories the other day. I almost hope someone just gives a free spot now. Put her, her children and everyone else out of their misery. I don’t actually think she’ll ever BQ, especially never with Tits on her shoulder.
No she wouldn’t, Kelly isn’t that sort of person. She take the freebie and not give a tit about properly qualifying and say she’s earned it from the hours of hard work and it was meant to be blah blah blaaaahlif she did get a free spot, she'd do exactly what the Runnerbeans is doing and still want to qualify to make it legit in the end.
I always remember what my physio said to me in 2016. “You cannot run the distances you are running without doing strength training.” I was training for a half marathon and doing maybe 30km a week?She used to actually do strength training and speak about how important it is. Of course now she's been prioritising 60 miles of junk, she hasn't done any in 7 weeks