eljef-fe wrote:Stats: I've run just under 2300km so far this year. I've run 2 marathons (3h12 and 2h55) and 55 half marathons so far this year. I've run 65k so far in September, 116km in the past 30 days, and last week I ran 36k. I've also cycled 3500k so far this year.
eljef-fe wrote: I don't think I have a good base at the moment at all
eljef-fe wrote:I really do have my work cut out for me I think, and it's not going to be as easy as people may think
eljef-fe wrote:I'm thinking 2 weekly long runs - the 12, 16, 18, 12 they recommend, but also a second 16, 18, 20, 10 miler every weekend for the next 3 weeks. Now I've got my mind set on a BQ.
eljef-fe wrote:I didn't enter any half marathon races this year, but I did run 21.1k continuously I guess 56 times now. I've broken my half marathon race PB 3 times on training runs.
I'm lost now. Is this going to be hard or easy: are you in good shape or not?
IMO your base is fine and I'd be surprised if you didn't run 3:10 or better (McMillan miracle program or not).