welcome back to running!

PR: 23:17 Goal: Sub 20? Is that too lofty of a goal for my second year of running? I've run three 5K's, 29:57 (August), 26:09 (September), 23:17 (October). Best of luck to everyone.

My current PR which was about 5 months ago is just over 21. I have been doing Low HR training, and now I can do easy miles under 8 min mile pace using my heart rate monitor, so I am thinking that this should translate into a sub 20 min 5k. I will have to wait and see as I will be doing more base building until I reach a plateau. Anyone else feel free to post their easy pace and their 5k pr so we can see the relationship. Remember easy is strictly 100% aerobic.

PR: 16:23.9 (set in 1989 at a road race when I was a high school senior) Current time: 19:30~20:00 (I haven't raced so this is based on workouts) Goal (for first half of 2008) : Sub 18:00 My PR is ancient, so I'm simply trying to get back into things and gradually get faster (just re-started running seriously about 1 year ago after several years of not much).

I'm similar to a couple of people here: All-Time PR: 14:40 when I was in college in 1986. I'm 43 now. For the last 10 years, I've continued to run but not race or train hard due to my kids' activities. It's hard to run a race when they have soccer games at the same time. My recent best is 20:09. I'd like to be under 18 by the end of 2008. With the time now to increase my mileage and race more often, I think it's doable.

Current PR is 19:09 set on Nov 19th 2007. I'd like to go sub 15:00 by the end of the year, I think I can do it, but it'll be tough. My all time PR is 14:08 set back in my college years. If I can go sub 13 by the end of 2009 I'll be one extremely happy dude! I probably won't attempt another 5k PR until March, but I think I'm probably in 17:30ish shape right now, in March when I go for the PR, I'm shooting for sub 16, sub 15 will be nice, but I'll be happy with something in the 16 range. EDIT: To add a bit of history for those who don't already know, I pretty much totally stopped running when I was 22. I got a little chunky but not overweight by any means, my heaviest was 165 lbs, but I looked really skinny. I was so angry with myself for letting myself go, pudgy stomach, no muscle definition anymore, not even a single ab was visible. All throughout my youth athletic career, coaches (soccer, baseball) always told me I was one of, if not the, most talented runner they'd ever seen. In middle school one of them encouraged me to reach my full potential so I tried but it was hard and I didn't like really hard things back then. I ran passively for about 4 years, then really got into it competitively with friends in high school at around the age of 16, so I have a competitive history of running spanning about 6 years before the lapse that started when I was 22. I need to start now more than ever if I am to reach my true potential, before my 'golden years' have passed. Honestly, I'm hoping my dedication and smart training and final potential plateau point will secure me a spot in the 2012 summer Olympics, but we shall see! At least if I don't make it that far I can take comfort in the fact that I tried and determined where the performance road truly ends for me.

Wow, you really nailed that one.

Agreed, you were perfect right! My new goal for the year is sub 18, probably sub 17, by one thing at a time.

Current 5k PR- 21:34 2008 Goal- 19:30 Probably aiming for July 4th.