Ok, squad. I'm playing with the idea of doing the Disney Marathon in January. It'll be my first marathon and I really want to hit the proof of time requirements to get into corral D. I'm thinking a 10 miler might work best for me, rather than aiming for a really fast half marathon, especially with the time frame I have right now. Any advice? Any training plans you can point me to?
I went onto my running apps to see my training history, particularly at around the 10 mile distance.
Mind you, I started running 3 years ago now - summer of 2017. I was training for a 10k for proof of time for my first half marathon during princess weekend in February of 2018. That year (2018) I ran 3 half marathons - my best was around 2:37 in May of 2018 and I struggled immensely after poor training in summer of 2018 for my October 2018 half marathon, which I finished around 2:50.
Now... looking at my history. When I was training for my second half marathon I ran 9 miles in 1:54 on 4/21/2018 and 10 miles in 2:10 on 10/14/2018 (training for #3). This past year when training for the 2020 princess challenge I ran 9.5 miles in 1:57 on 12/29/2019 and 11 miles in 2:20 on 1/12/2020.
How feasible is reaching my goal of a fast enough 10 mile race for proof of time for the marathon?