The Running Channel Podcast

7: Sarah’s Osaka Marathon PB

Mar 4, 2023
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ADVICE

Chunk The Marathon Into Paces

  • Break a marathon into chunks with staged paces to make pacing manageable during the race.
  • Use predetermined splits (e.g., 10k blocks) and adjust pace by chunk rather than trying to hold one target throughout.
ANECDOTE

Big PB Fresh Off The Plane

  • Sarah Hartley ran Osaka Marathon hours before this recording and achieved a 10-minute PB of 3:49:29.
  • Her previous PB was 3:59:58, and she celebrated with a sprint finish captured on video.
ANECDOTE

Surprise Hill At 33km

  • The Osaka course included a long, tough hill around 33km that slowed many runners to about 6:30/km.
  • The hill felt lengthy despite being ~500m, and it significantly affected pacing late in the race.
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