Last Thursday I ran my six mile buddy run in 54 minutes which comes out to a 9:00 a mile pace. Technically this means I can run a marathon in four hours, right? Uh-uh. It means that I can run six miles at that pace and will have to work extremely hard to maintain it for 26.2 miles. So I put my time into my pace chart calculator and this is what it told me.
| 1600 m | 10K (6 miles) | Comfortably hard | 1/2 Marathon | Maintenance | Full Marathon | |
| (400m) | 1:57 | 2:15 | 2:16 | 2:23 | 2:30 | 2:30 |
| (800m) | 3:55 | 4:31 | 4:33 | 4:47 | 5:01 | 5:00 |
| (1600m) | 7:50 | 9:02 | 9:07 | 9:34 | 10:02 | 10:01 |
Half marathon estimated time 2:06:18.
Full marathon estimated time 4:24:25.
This pace chart gives me various running speeds or paces for different distances or interval lengths. Based on my fitness level and six mile time I should slow down for my longer runs. If I start out running at a nine minute pace I will quickly tire out and eventually slow down at the end. By starting out at a slow pace and maintaining it through out the long run I'll be able to achieve a great time.
For kicks and giggles I decided to find out how fast my average six miles should be in order to run a full marathon in four hours. Drum roll please! My average pace for six miles should be at a pace of 8:18. A half marathon at a pace of 8:47 and a full at 9:06. That'll lead to a half in 1:55:51 and a full in 4:00:20! I have a lot of work ahead of me if I want to run a full marathon in four hours. That 4:24:25 is looking realistic right now but I'm going to push for a faster time than that. Wish me luck.
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