Message Category: New!: First-Timers/Wannabes
Topic: First Timer

Reply: From: Date:	Ideal is 2 years, could try it in 12 months Dr. Z 8/19/03 5:38:01 PM ET
If you've been active, and you're willing to start running now, you could possibly do a sub-3 in a year. Those 12-week programs assume that you have been running for at least a year and that your weekly totals are currently at 25 mile. But they usually do not assume that you're trying for a sub-3. You hear about first times doing sub-3 marathoners, but they tend to be active college cross-country athletes. I did a sub-3 in 1981, two years after my first marathon and in my 5th or 6th marathon. But then I never was a sub-33 10K runner. Good luck! Post a reply on the Bulletin Board
Message thread: First Timer - [Skinner 8/18/03 3:08:07 AM ET] in less than three hours? - [North 8/19/03 11:53:08 AM ET] Ideal is 2 years, could try it in 12 months - [Dr. Z 8/19/03 5:38:01 PM ET]

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