Going for a sub 3 marathon in 4 weeks. Am so on the edge about whether it’s possible or not. But had a big chat with my coach and due to various factors in my running and it being a favourable course he thinks I should go for it.
I won’t share all my stats here because I know there’s already a lot of “am I fit enough for sub 3” posts and I kinda think it’s not 100% possible to know until you go for it
But it’s more a question about how you mentally deal with setting out “brave”. Do you tell yourself it’s possible and just set out confidently? Or are you more conservative, plan to negative split and constantly analyse how your feeling during the race?
Mainly just want to hear some experiences of people going for a time they didn’t know if they were going to manage ?!