Amanda Anderson – 4:55:38 to 4:48:34 Manchester marathon

Amanda got in touch looking for help in preparing for the 2022 Manchester marathon. She’d previously run a couple of marathons with her PB being 4:55:38 in the 2020 Virtual London Marathon.

Better pacing was Amanda’s primary goal, so after a Runner’s MOT we set about increasing strength to maintain speed in the latter miles. Good strategy and knowing the correct paces was another key element, so we closely tracked and analysed her runs, particularly the long runs.

Amanda’s most recent long run being 10 miles, we had 9 weeks before her taper. This meant a steady build up of long runs, and two 5 mile runs mid-week working around a full-time job in the NHS and looking after her two children. 

In the final weeks Amanda ran 19 and 20 miles at sub 10:40/mile. We set a realisitic target for pace in Manchester and after the finish Amanda said she had more left, having saved energy for the final 10k which were some of her fastest miles. Despite this, Amanda ran 4:48:34, a PB of over 7 minutes and with great pacing meaning that just 33 seconds covered all but the two hilliest miles.

Quote from Amanda

“I highly recommend Kyle to all runners – the happy plodder and the elites. His service is unique to anything else I’ve seen and his commitment to his clients is incredible.”