Forums >General Running>Ideas for 5k training
Michelle
2013
3000 miles
Sub 19:00 for 5K 05-03-13 Clee Prom 5K - 19:00:66 that was bloody close!
Sub-40:00 for 10K 17-03-13 Gainsborough 10K - 39:43
Sub 88:00 for HM
E-mail: eric.fuller.mail@gmail.com -----------------------------
Run alot. I know that's a little trite, but it holds true. Others on the this site can attest to that.
To add something here..... I have a friend, who is currently getting ready to taper for a marathon in which he plans on BQ'ing. He just did a 5K yesterday. He managed to destroy his previous PR on the same course (he did about 20 min, this time around he did about 18 and change). So, there's a lot to be said for having a lot of miles, as well as improving short distance times while training for a marathon.
By the way, here's a 6-month old thread in which I ask the very same question. It's worth reading, if only to make fun of me. Look at how resistant I am to the (gasp) idea of running base mileage of 40-50 miles per week ... and 6 months later, that doesn't even seem like much - and I'm preaching the very same gospel. I don't even recognize some of the things I'm saying in this thread as coming out of my own mouth. Hard to believe how much I've changed my perspective in six months: http://runningahead.com/forums/topic/8eb63b08a4f742578f9775307ad40e4e/0 And speaking of Scout and his great mind, look at this from that same thread: Yup. Mileage is king.
That's exciting about your running a first race since 30 years! I can't wait to hear how you do. Why did you wait so long?
Motorbikes/racing, football, metal detecting, beer, girls, marriage, kids, work.... etc. Just too many other things going on in my life. But now I'm making time for it again - the last throw of the dice you might say.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Why is it sideways?
I don't even recognize some of the things I'm saying in this thread as coming out of my own mouth. Hard to believe how much I've changed my perspective in six months: http://runningahead.com/forums/topic/8eb63b08a4f742578f9775307ad40e4e/0