I try to do one or two interval sessions a week but often fail to do this. I race very often (basically almost every week) and this is usually to go for a PB, typically from 5k to half marathon.

I have run 4 road marathons,each one has been under 3 hours and getting quicker.  I am running London in 2016 and will be trying to maintain 6:30 pace from start to finish.

I am a low mileage runner typically running between 150 and 180 miles a month when marathon training, I tend to get injured or ill of I do more.  I would like to run more and will try to increase the mileage to perhaps 50 a week, with a couple of days with 2 runs a week.

Below are the mile splits for the 4 marathons.

*Garmin Errors

Note, prior to 2016 none of my long runs were at the pace I run my marathon at – if I go quicker than 7 min miles on a long run I feel exhausted for a couple of days.

Long runs and pace – for Chester 2011 (RACE PACE 6:49) – Approx average pace of long runs was 41 seconds slower than marathon pace

Long runs and pace – for London 2013 (RACE PACE 6:47) – Approx average pace of long runs was 46 seconds slower than marathon pace

Long runs and pace – for Chesterfield 2014 (RACE PACE 6:40) – Approx average pace of long runs was 23 seconds slower than marathon pace

Long runs and pace – for Hull 2015 (RACE PACE 6:39) – Approx average pace of long runs was 37 seconds slower than marathon pace

Below is 4 months of training for each marathon

4 months of training for Chester

4 months of training for London

4 months of training for Chesterfield

4 months of training for Hull

(No running at all in June due to falling down some stairs), I felt quite unprepared for this one and I ran the second half 10 minutes slower than the first half)