Forums > Racing > Goal of sub 18:36 minute(6 minute mile average) and sub 18:00 5k
I've given up all hopes of doing this in 2009. I don't think I'll be racing again in 2009. Just haven't bounced back since my 2:55 in Chicago. No sense in going out and running a 19x 5k. I'll be concentrating on getting the mileage back up in search of a sub-2:50 in Boston (which crazy enough is about 20min 5k pace). My next 5k probably won't be until next summer. little disappointed I wasn't able to translate my Chicago fitness into shorter race PRs.
Yeah it's been a tough year for you dcv, PRs at 4k, 5k, 5 miles, 10k, half marathon and marathon
I like the target sub 2:50 for next year though, that's a bold goal, especially for Boston, but thats what its all about I guess, pushing the barriers!
Person of Interest
I have the opposite problem. So, what say I trade your marathon performances for my 5k times?
17:56 at some random Turkey Trot 5K I heard about the night before. It's only been 11 days since the marathon debacle, but I'll take it.
Great result! I had the same thing happen to me at Chicago 2008. Nothing you can do about it.
I managed 18:16 in my local 5k turkey trot. It was a course PR and not bad for doing zero 5k specific training. A sub 18 will have to wait until next year. Hopefully a winter of training for Boston will be serve me well in the spring.
I want in on the sub 18:00 group for my comeback. I think it could happen pretty soon, but after the three years off and a slow painful comeback, I need all the motivation I can get getting back into this evil sport.
18:09 on my first try on a hot morning about a month ago. I'll look for another in the next couple months and see what progress has happened. (P.S. I got second to a 14 year old kid, my wife still hasn't stopped teasing me)
Good one! Congratulations. I can't imagine doing that 11 days post marathon....
John
Great result! I had the same thing happen to me at Chicago 2008. Nothing you can do about it. I managed 18:16 in my local 5k turkey trot. It was a course PR and not bad for doing zero 5k specific training. A sub 18 will have to wait until next year. Hopefully a winter of training for Boston will be serve me well in the spring.
I would have taken a BQ over the sub-18 any day. Still, it's a nice to achieve a milestone when one leasts expects it.
John -- Let's treat the "marathon" I ran with a grain of salt. At best I raced a 25K. Good luck this season!
Happy with the results until I plugged in the garmin today.
Race Laps
Interval 1 Mi 5:39.59 5:39.59 5:40 Interval 1 Mi 5:47.15 11:26.74 5:48 Interval 1 Mi 5:41.02 17:07.76 5:42
3 of us went out in a pack for the first two, I felt the second mile slow down so I pushed it back up for mile 3. Like an idiot I forgot to stop the watch once crossing but I don't think it took me 57 seconds to run a 10th of a mile.
Me thinks the course was long.
Either way I'll take it and attempt the sub 18 at some point during this upcoming cycle of Boston Training.
Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild.
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