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immunedata t1_ircuf03 wrote

Reply to comment by MickIAC in Eliud Kipchoge's New Marathon World Record, Visualized [OC] by chartr

Conversely there are probably runners whose fitness and training might put them on a 3:05ish time but running in a pace group brings them a mental boost to get them down to 3:00 that they couldn’t run on their own.

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MickIAC t1_ircyod3 wrote

I get what you're saying, but surely that shows they're capable of the 3 hours and should factor into it.

Like if I do the local parkrun I might dip under 16 mins on a good day. Low 15 when it's a high quality 5k that's basically not a solo run. But I'm always aware that those fast races are where the true pace will show.

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