information on sixfoot track marathon

I'll travelling to Sydney in a couple of weeks and planning to run the six foot track marathon.
Could anyone give some advise on how to approach this run. I've run 10 marathons, 8 of which were
around 4:00 hours (3:53-4:15). I train on the flats, so hills are a bit of concern. Have been using
treadmill, bridge overpasses and stairmaster as substitute for hills. Any suggestions on how to pace
this course. Also some suggestions on shoes. I am planning on running in Mizuno Alchamy's...any
issues that the trail surface might bring up? Thanks

 

run2freedom wrote:
> I'll travelling to Sydney in a couple of weeks and planning to run the six foot track marathon.
> Could anyone give some advise on how to approach this run. I've run 10 marathons, 8 of which were
> around 4:00 hours (3:53-4:15). I train on the flats, so hills are a bit of concern. Have been
> using treadmill, bridge overpasses and stairmaster as substitute for hills. Any suggestions on how
> to pace this course. Also some suggestions on shoes. I am planning on running in Mizuno
> Alchamy's...any issues that the trail surface might bring up? Thanks

No advice but have a look at http://groups.google.com/groups?q=six+foot+track+group:rec.running&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-
8&oe=UTF-8&selm=b4i4dp%24g65%241%40rana.cse.unsw.edu.au&rnum=1

or http://tinyurl.com/393e5 if that doesn't work. It's Andrew Taylor's race report from last year.
Well worth a read.

Tim
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In article <[email protected]>,
run2freedom <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'll travelling to Sydney in a couple of weeks and planning to run the six foot track marathon.
>Could anyone give some advise on how to approach this run. I've run 10 marathons, 8 of which were
>around 4:00 hours (3:53-4:15). I train on the flats, so hills are a bit of concern. Have been using
>treadmill, bridge overpasses and stairmaster as substitute for hills. Any suggestions on how to
>pace this course. Also some suggestions on shoes. I am planning on running in Mizuno
>Alchamy's...any issues that the trail surface might bring up?

Your pace should be very conservative. Given a 3:53 marathon PB and limited specific preparation
you'll be doing very well to break 6 hours and if you have problems the 7 hour cutoff will loom.

You've got to get to the Pluviometer at 26km in good condition. This will mean walking much of the
big climbs. Its also means you should take the downhills, particularly early on, gently.

The Alchemys should be fine. I'll be running in ASICs 2080s. The majority of runners use road
training shoes. Some of the faster runners use light-weight trainers/flats. Don't seem to be many
runners who use specialist trail shoes.

Its possible we'll get warm conditions for the race. Its been a very hot and humid February in
Sydney. The weather has improved in the last week but 30+C is still possible race day. Hopefully
won't happen.

CoolRunning australia has more discussion. http://www.coolrunning.com.au/cgi-
bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=28

Andrew

 

Thanks..this is very helpful..your race report from last year was a great help. I'll fight my
tendancy to go with gravity during the early stages and hopefully will finish within the window.

[email protected] (Andrew Taylor) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, run2freedom
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I'll travelling to Sydney in a couple of weeks and planning to run the six foot track marathon.
> >Could anyone give some advise on how to approach this run. I've run 10 marathons, 8 of which were
> >around 4:00 hours (3:53-4:15). I train on the flats, so hills are a bit of concern. Have been
> >using treadmill, bridge overpasses and stairmaster as substitute for hills. Any suggestions on
> >how to pace this course. Also some suggestions on shoes. I am planning on running in Mizuno
> >Alchamy's...any issues that the trail surface might bring up?
>
> Your pace should be very conservative. Given a 3:53 marathon PB and limited specific preparation
> you'll be doing very well to break 6 hours and if you have problems the 7 hour cutoff will loom.
>
> You've got to get to the Pluviometer at 26km in good condition. This will mean walking much of the
> big climbs. Its also means you should take the downhills, particularly early on, gently.
>
> The Alchemys should be fine. I'll be running in ASICs 2080s. The majority of runners use road
> training shoes. Some of the faster runners use light-weight trainers/flats. Don't seem to be many
> runners who use specialist trail shoes.
>
> Its possible we'll get warm conditions for the race. Its been a very hot and humid February in
> Sydney. The weather has improved in the last week but 30+C is still possible race day. Hopefully
> won't happen.
>
> CoolRunning australia has more discussion. http://www.coolrunning.com.au/cgi-
> bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=28
>
> Andrew

 

In article <[email protected]>,
run2freedom <[email protected]> wrote:
>Thanks..this is very helpful..your race report from last year was a great help. I'll fight my
>tendancy to go with gravity during the early stages and hopefully will finish within the window.

Meant to add, if you see someone who looks like this:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~andrewt/images/six_foot_2003.jpg say hello.

Andrew

 

[email protected] (Andrew Taylor) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, run2freedom
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Thanks..this is very helpful..your race report from last year was a great help. I'll fight my
> >tendancy to go with gravity during the early stages and hopefully will finish within the window.
>
> Meant to add, if you see someone who looks like this:
> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~andrewt/images/six_foot_2003.jpg say hello.
>
> Andrew
I'll keep my eyes posted. If you see a Floridian looking lost and talking with an accent...feel free
to come on over and say hi. By the way, thanks for link to coolrunning.au Cheers. Gary