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Posted on Nov. 05 2007 by Marathon Training

Who wants to predict my first marathon finish time?

Message posted by: Jenny A.

I have my first marathon coming up this weekend! Woo-Hoo! It'll be a small one, in Harrisburg, PA. My running pace has gotten faster with the Marathon training, and I'm not entirely sure what to predict…

Ladder 49 ipod Anybody want to play "Guess How Long it Will Take Jenny to Finsih a Marathon"? Here are a few details on my running pace of late:

My 6 – 8 mile tempo pace lately is in about the 9:00 – 9:15 range.

My 2 longest runs were 19 & 22 miles. The 19 mile run was at about an 11:20 pace, the 22 miler was at about an 11:00 pace – BUT it was on a treadmill…

I did a 9 mile run today, trying to keep it slow, and ran that at about a 9:50 pace. I don't think I could hold that pace for 26.2, though. I'm a little worried about going out too fast…

I'm thinking somewhere in the 4:45 range… Anybody else care to guess??

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