Owner of a soft marathon PR

That is a tough way to be described.

But, hell, it does fit for the time being. This whole thing is, after all, all about being better. A 3:26 marathon (the PR) doesn't really fit in (according to the many and somewhat dubious calculators) based on what I can do at shorter distances. Meaning, based on my shorter distances, I should be faster at the marathon than I have been, all else being equal.


Example:
This morning was my weekly tempo run, six miles total, three slow and three faster.
First 3 ==> 27:40 at 148 bpm
Second 3 ==> 20:05 at 182 bpm
I am pretty pleased with the comfort level on the faster three. But, it doesn't quite add up.

Below is the output from entering 3 miles at 20:05 with a 207 max heart rate.

DISTANCE TIME PACE HR
2 mi 0:12:57 6:28 207
5 km 0:20:51 6:42 201
5 mi 0:34:51 6:58 195
10 km 0:44:04 7:05 193
10 mi 1:13:40 7:22 188
HalfMthn 1:38:41 7:31 185
Marathon 3:28:35 7:57 177

Running 3 in 20 should have required more heart beats than it did, or, the flip side, the 182 beats should only have gotten me a 7:44 pace. It might all have something to do with my maximum heartrate. 220 minus my age is a lot less than the 207 I get up to. I am not sure why that is the case.

Of course, I may just need to get out and put some real miles on. You can't fake a marathon like you can a 5k.

I sure don't have the answers today. But I am going to look back and see what I have done training-wise and race-wise and what I need to do to get the "soft" whited out.

Today	Week	Month	Last Month
6	20	111.6	??