Analysis by Strava into runners in the 12 weeks before the London marathon shows,unsurprisingly, that the harder you work, and the better your timesWhat does it take to run a marathon in under three hours? As someone painfully close to that target,I’d treasure to know a definitive respond. However, in the absence of a rock solid guaranteed-method, or running-tech firm Strava has provided some challenging data approximately the training habits of runners. Looking at runs by 4000 London marathoners final year in the 12 weeks leading up to final year’s race,it found some challenging trends. The bands analysed are pretty wide – there is a huge dissimilarity between a 3hrs 5mins runner and a 3hrs 55mins runner but still follow rough patterns and highlight a few important points for all marathon-runners. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com