What is your 5k personal best?
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Not true any more .... my 5k PB is now 19:14.
Congratulations on the improvement, great time! :T
I'm still trying to go sub-20. My times stagnated badly over the winter, until I went for a mid-week run a couple of weeks back and unintentionally ran negative splits at a decent pace for just over 4 miles. I hadn't been getting close to my parkrun PB (running 21:30-22:00 with a PB of 21:09) at that point but decided that I could probably beat it, so I targeted a sub-21 pace at my next parkrun. I ended up running 20:36, and both my parkruns since then have been under 21:00.
To go back to Malthusian's point earlier, and the OP, that sub-21 pace had my lungs burning afterwards! I read recently that 5k is difficult because you're running as close as you can to flat out, and I guess that's why my times had suffered - I got into a mental rut of "that's about my pace", without realising that I was no longer pushing particularly hard to get a 21:30.
I now have a solid plan for running a sub-20 parkrun; when I'm able to run at 20:30 for a couple of weeks, I'm going to force myself to run with the 20 minute pacer and just hang on for as long as possible. I know that won't be an easy or comfortable pace - but it will be satisfying when I see 19:xx in my results text message. And of course, the faster you run, the less time you feel the pain!
FWIW, my first parkrun almost three years ago was a 26:03 and I've always been rubbish at sport. If you want to go faster, training works0 -
So I did my first Parkrun - took me 35 minutes*. A lot slower than I was a few years ago but I'm still pretty happy with it. I made it round in one peace and can start working my way back to where I was.
*Edit: I hadn't eaten anything beforehand which was a mistake. Must get up in time to have breakfast next time.0 -
Great to hear everyone is looking to go faster and faster. I was watching the London Marathon yesterday and just had to go for a run. Did a 10k in just over 50 minutes. No where near my best of just under 49 minutes! What is everyone like over 10k and do you prefer the 10k to a 5k?0
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I got into a mental rut of "that's about my pace", without realising that I was no longer pushing particularly hard to get a 21:30.
I was stuck like that for a bit. Then I ran with my mate a couple of weeks ago on a club run and was just talking to him .. when I got back home and looked at the data we did the last 5k in 19:44. (10 secs faster than my PB at the time) so i realised that I could go quicker. So ran on the sat after and did 19:26.
Then ran a 10k the other week and ended up running the last 5k in under 19:26 so realsied by accident that pace was possible. So went out and ran the 19:14 on the Sat.
I am fairly sure that I am capable of going faster as my heart rate wasn't above my threshold pace for more than about 30 secs.BrookesAndrew wrote: »What is everyone like over 10k and do you prefer the 10k to a 5k?
My current PB for 10k is 40:49 although that is on a mixed terrain course with over 500 feet of climbing. Hoping to go sub 40 in a couple of weeks on a road race that I am doing all being well.
I can't say that I really prefer either distance to be honest, I am not the best racer as I can't take the races seriously enough. For instance if someone goes past me I don't try and tag on with them I just let them go.“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
BrookesAndrew wrote: »Great to hear everyone is looking to go faster and faster.
I did a 19:40 parkrun last year when I was 58, but my best level 5k as part of a longer road run is 19:23. I cycle much more than run these days, so I can't see me improving on those times.Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.0 -
About a week :-)0
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Mine is 26:26. I took a whole 38 seconds off this week! I'm training for a half marathon and I can really feel the long runs raising my fitness levels. Previous PB was earnt in the throes of training for a 10k. I like 10ks (all three that I've done!), but I think I may like HM distance more. We'll see!
My first parkrun 18 months ago was 35:27 and it was one of the hardest runs I've ever done - 5k on literally no training - I totally understand why people give up after just 1 run and I'm so glad I stuck it out.
I'm not particularly interested in faster and faster; I like to be outside (and alone!) and running is a great excuse. I find a huge motivation in having a race - any race - to train for.0 -
fairy_lights wrote: »*Edit: I hadn't eaten anything beforehand which was a mistake. Must get up in time to have breakfast next time.
I usually run before breakfast, I find it agrees with me better and tastes a million times better when I get home!0 -
34:54 for 5k and 1:09.52 for 10k :-(0
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You might find an age graded running calculator of interest.
https://www.goodrunguide.co.uk/AgeGraded.asp?DistField=5&DistUnits=1.609344&Distance=3.1069&HHField=0&MMField=22&SSField=0&Secs=1320&Age=21&Sex=M&RunType=&RunID=0
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