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I won't be running another 5k until 2015, so I'm out too. I did run a 1:22:19 half marathon in October, which is the equivalent of a 17:55 5k. But of course that is not official until I actually race it. On on to 2015!
2016 Goals:
Looks like we only got 4 people going sub 18 on our list. This thread has a lower success rate than the old sub 3 thread.
Anyone else? Still some races left in the year but little/no time to get in shape.
some call me Tim
hahaha, awesome... and succinct. 'ran long instead'.
"come run long instead, it's great out here-
oh wait, where are we?"
ME WEBLARG
Well... that didn't go quite as planned.
Turns out that doing 480 185 (see below) feet of climb and fall in a 5k is tough. I'm used to pulling about half that in a similar length run; Lynchburg, Virginia isn't called the City of Seven Hills for nothing, I discovered. I hit my target pace on the first two miles, which was great… except that I had a nasty positive split on the last 1 and .1. Given I still finished at 18:45, I've no doubt I could hit it on a flatter course. Might keep an eye out for something late in December just to hit the mark this year; more likely, I'll just hit it in the spring. So it goes sometimes!
Edit: The course map had a 485 foot elevation change each direction… I suspect it had some problems with not compensating for a river and bridge correctly. Runkeeper tells me it was 185 each way. Still harder than I'm used to over that distance.
Mmmmm...beer
I'm in for '15.
Current PR is 18:54, and that was the first half of a 10K. I've never done speedwork, so after I recover from my upcoming 50k, I'm going to start some speedwork and spend the first half of '15 seeing how fast I can get at the 5k/10k/13.1, then it's back to longer stuff.
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
It looks like just 4 out of 36 got their sub 18 last year. (Did I miss anyone?) Most of us had already run sub 18 too. That's a lousy 11% which makes this one of the worst goal threads in RA history.
I was fortune to barely go sub 18 twice, once in the spring and fall, due to running my highest mileage year ever. That's what it takes if you are on the bubble.
If you are a glutton for failure check out the 2015 thread.
Name Age Been sub-18 Date Race Result Notes Aged Trackrat 56 Yes (July 2013) 5/3/14 Random Race 17:56 official AmoresPerros M Yes alizuk Yes (2011) austin18 18 Yes blargendarg 38 Yes (Sept 2013) Ran Long instead captainsaver 29 No chriskrycho 26 No ctingyu08 28 No Runner's Knee Diamond J 36 Oh yeah. flatfooter 40 No gitgantraining 31 No Hipfan 40 No huskerrunner 38 Yes (Oct 2012) 9/13 17:31 Josh Sutcliffe 38 Yes (June 2012) jEfFgObLuE 43 'No' JWhit 39 No Kcoates1223 26 No kencamet 52 Yes (Aug 2012) kmark 30 No Lagwagen 42 No Mendeldave 37 No michaelmarty 9/20 17:46 Wants to go faster montag 27 No mnyce 32 No Mpls Laker 41 No NaderAlfie 36 No PotemkinDogs 21 Kinda, but not really Quint 45 No Ran out of time Rick_Stone 43 No roots 42 Yes (2011) setantae 37 No stadjak 41 No Tweeeked 26 No Ran out of time vercingetorix 33 No wheatfeet 38 No xhristopher 40 Yes (Mar 2011) 3/30/14 An Ras Mor (Cambridge, MA) 17:49.06 USATF NE GP Race = Fast Field People who should run some track workouts until they can string three 5:48 miles together. bhearn - Ran longer stuff instead jpdeaux - Audited the class then asked for a refund
People who should run some track workouts until they can string three 5:48 miles together.
bhearn - Ran longer stuff instead
jpdeaux - Audited the class then asked for a refund
I spent what felt like the entire year injured, so never really had a go at this. Will try again in 2015, good luck all!
Do what you want, just how you like. Nobody has to know.
Northstar Running
I didn't even come close despite a solid mileage year. Sub 18 is a pretty lofty goal for me and the 5k races I ran this year all ended up on warm days. If I stand a chance of doing this, I will have to set a specific timeframe in the fall and do a buildup and taper, and hope for cool weather.