Forums >Racing>Sub-20 Goal for 5k (2012)
I'm in, though I have no idea when I'll get around to it. I'm hoping to run another half this spring and a full next fall, so I don't plan on running any real speedwork per se. Maybe a steady diet of steady-state runs will be enough.
Edit: just noticed everybody else is listing recent PRs. I last ran a 5K in June at around 19:00.
Haha Troy, I have no intention of running the 5k in Peachtree City on 1/21... Any mention of Peachtree by me refers to the 10k on July 4th. I will however most likely volunteer at the 5k in Peachtree City.
Count me in! I ran a 21:36 last year after getting back into the swing of things. I wish I could go back 10 years and tell my self not to stop running when I went to college. I'd at least still be in the 17 minute range. Oh to be a teenager again...
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I am in.I have been running again for about a year and think I _should_ be able to run a sub-20 5K, but I am going to have to get out there and find out.Not sure when I can fit a 5k in on my calendar though. Currently training for an April marathon and have two 1/2 marathons planned before then.
Update: I ran a 20:30 5k as a tempo run this week. I need to find a race.
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Nashville, TN
Gotcha. Saw Peachtree there and assumed it would be the upcoming 5k!
It should be mathematical, but it's not.
I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.
Future Goals: 5:30 mile • 19:30 5k • 33:30 8k • 42:00 10k • 1:15:00 10-mile • 1:40:00 half-marathon • 1000 miles
Missed! (Kind of.)
Official time: 20:26.
It was a hilly, fun, challenging course with a turn-around that was tough. It was also long (~3.23 - 3.25 miles)! Pace was 6:17/mile, but no official sub-20 yet, due to the length.
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I'm in! Should have done it last CC season but tendonitis kept me from runnin all fall. I'll see if I can do it this spring!
Missed! (Kind of.) Official time: 20:26. It was a hilly, fun, challenging course with a turn-around that was tough. It was also long (~3.23 - 3.25 miles)! Pace was 6:17/mile, but no official sub-20 yet, due to the length.
Nice! If you measured that from a GPS watch/phone then it's quite possible the race was the right length, and you could have eliminated that extra distance by religiously running the tangents. I see a sub-20 in your future really soon!
Thanks!
I'm pretty good at running tangents (I think)--everyone was complaining about the course being long . Contrast to the other local 5K I'd thought of...which many people are saying was about 0.05 short. Picked the wrong one, I guess :-D.
That said, it was a great workout, a fun way to spend New Year's day, and a well-put-on race otherwise. I'd do it again, unless I do a New Year's half marathon instead next year.
No idea when my next 5K will be. Eight miler later this month, a 14 miler in February, marathons in March and May...maybe April would be a good month for it?
If you keep up those 50-60 mile weeks for marathon training the sub-20 will probably come pretty naturally. My favorite times to race are early spring and late fall - April sounds perfect.
Here's hoping! I'm on Pfitzinger's 18/85 plan for marathon training, so the mileage will be ratcheting onward and upward!
Maybe we'll keep having this unseasonably warm weather--then you can have early spring weather for a prolonged racing season .
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I am in.
Last year was a bust due to injury. It feels like I am starting over (very slowly), but I am taking that as a good thing. Starting from scratch I can work on running smart and using good form. This will be a good goal for the year.
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