I need to find a marathon. Got a ten day snowboarding holiday at the beginning of April so needs to be late March and down south!
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http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/races/uk-marathon-list.php
Iām in for Brighton Full and a maybe for Reading Half.
How does a half marathon time roughly translate into a marathon time?
I did a 1.55 half on a slow course.
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Depends who you ask, but with training that can go sub 4 for the marathon. The Run Less Run Faster book would have you target 4:01, but they reckon a recent 5k time is more useful to their program than a half time.
Fair play. I should have said that that was a comfortable run. Felt like I could have continued for a while longer at that pace.
Yep. Planning an all out assault at Abingdon in Oct. But am taking a baseline at Newport in April where Iām trying to plan for 5.25/kms
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I ran a 1.38 at Reading Half back in March. I think GTN said something like, a 1.45 HM and a sub 50 min 10km should be indicative of a sub 4 engine. Donāt know how accurate that is though.
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Thatās not far off me then. 48min 10k. 
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I was 50mins for 10k Novā18 so Iām stretching the ārecentlyā element somewhat, but I havenāt been well/able to get a 5k in last few weeks as Iād hoped.
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Iāve struggled with my knee since coming off my bike hard in October but Iāve been doing a lot of strength work.
Done a few short runs recently so hopefully back on the right track. Got a 3hr bike in today which is the most positive thing Iāve done in a while.
I reckon sub 4 should be no problem, 3:30 however will be a long stretch.
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If you are doing a 1.38 half you should be aiming nearer to 3:30 with a decent plan. (and make sure you EAT during the race)
Good luck everyone.
Jeff
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Iām not sure what to say. 
Road benchmarks this year:
feb - Bramley 20 miler was 2.55
feb - Winchester 10km 43.40
March Reading HM 1.38
Oct, Newbury racecourse 10km (very wet/muddy) 45.30
Training for ultras has definitely robbed some speed and I need to up my S&C game for sure.
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Oddly, the training for Ultraās Iāve been doing possibly helped, leg strength from the hills (up & down), and if you can open your legs on a descent you can even get a faster cadence.
Added with a hard parkrun or something which can keep you sharp.
Jeff
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No marathon for me in 2020. I already did it in 2019 and I will quit while Iām ahead! But I will be supporting (virtually) 
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Yup, Iād agree with that.
On paperā¦
Going to try for a GFA for London next year which is a 3:15!
Will need to get my finger out and get some serious miles in.
Need to find a suitable race as well.
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Looking into this a bit more and doing some research on expected times, seems like a 1.38 HM wouldnāt cut it for a 3.30. Sub 1.37 seems to be the consensus.
With another year on the old body, it seems extremely optimistic.
Iām just quoting from a book, I wonāt be a convert unless I succeed, so not my opinion but the RLRF says two things on this; first a recent 1:38 half following their program could convert to a 3:26, 3:27 marathon and secondly that aging improves our ability to perform at the longer distances.
Youāre not helping. Iāve just had a mince pie and am searching for the book of excuses. 
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