#2867
When is your last 5K?
Run to Win25 Marathons, 17 Ultras, 16 States (Full List)
Future running partner.
Week 20 Goals: I have no goals this week, and I have no plans. My schedule is so messed up that I will take what I can get. Ran at lunch yesterday and after work today. I'll probably run at lunch tomorrow. Thursday I'm driving down to CT and as I plan to go into work early and want to spend as much time as possible with my nieces and nephews when I get down there, I doubt that I will have time to run. Friday and Saturday I'll be at fitness seminar. I imagine that I'll have time to run Saturday morning before it starts, but I have no idea if I'll be able to sneak a run in Friday. I'll have an hour drive to get there first thing in the morning and won't be able to check into my room until 3:00, so I might have time to run afterwards depending upon the schedule. There'll be a networking event in the evening so I may or may not have time. Saturday night I drive most of the way back to Maine to stay with friends in Massachusetts, but then Sunday morning I'm up at the crack of dawn to drive the rest of the way back so that I can cheer my wife on in her half marathon. It would have been nice to stay in CT and visit with family and friends, but hopefully I'll get a chance when I'm back down there in October. I think that my wife will be happy that I'm at her race. This is a women-only event, but they have an SO 5k that if I'm feeling up to it I might jump in, but at this point I tend to doubt it. If I do jump in, it'll be a workout and not a race.
I'm going to do a 2 week look back after the race since last week was a waste fitness wise and this week my goal is simple: sub-16.
So how did it go!
Marquess of Utopia
I still think you can do it. This workout is solid: http://www.runningahead.com/logs/debadab61b6945c1a0dce67881c49a98/workouts/56965f35bbe7452eab4aa182f225722c I wonder if you needed a few more workouts like that?
I was in good shape through about 3k, but somewhere between 3k and 4k I just fell apart and lost it. I went out a few seconds slower than I wanted to, but within range for the pace I wanted. My splits were 3:06, 3:07, 3:15, 3:29, 3:21 and 7 seconds for the extra bit over 5k from the watch. My mile splits were 4:59 (I should have been at 4:55-4:56), 10:22 (5:23), 15:58 (5:36).
"You NEED to do this" - Shara
It actually sounds like you went out to fast not to slow, slowing down that much is not a sign that you should've gone out faster.
I know you thought you were in sub-16 shape, but I just don't see it from your log. I've done a workout similar to the workout eispickel highlighted and was in low 16's shape at the time the difference was and I did 20x400 not just 12. I know you work (or volunteer) as a coach and are very knowledgeable about running in general, but perhaps (like many of us who know a lot about running) are not honest with yourself about what you can really do?
Even though you are thinking of this as a failure I don't think it is. Based on other times you have run this year your 5k is the best, which means even if you aren't where you want to be you're better than you were and that is an accomplishment, either that or you are just more suited to 5k which could also be true.