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Mon, Jun 19, 2006
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7.50
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7.50
Ran 7.5 miles today in decent conditions. Felt pretty good while running, even on hills and inclines. Overall, a good run.
Comments
From MikeBro on Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 08:37:10
Nick,
Wow, you're running a lot of threshhold miles in a row. Are these at your 10K pace or slower? BTW, for your 5K last week, unless you were running it easy, I'd count those as at least threshhold, if not VO2Max miles.
Nice 5K and 10K times. When I was your age, I was around those times too (36:06 10K but 17:50 5K [only ran one when I was in college and had no idea of pace]; running again about 30 years later, I'm at 41:40 and 18:58 but hope to get to my earlier times some day). With that 5K time, you should quickly approach your goal of sub-36:00 as you accumulate the miles.
Good luck,
Mike
From Nick on Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:12:50
Hey Mike,
Thanks for the cooments! Yes, I am running at about a 10k pace for most of my miles. I want to improve my 10k time, mainly because it seems like my 10k and 5k times dont really fit together. When I ran my first 10k (in 38.25) I had not done much extensive training. Now that I have some time away from school, it is training time! I hope to achieve sub 36 by the end of the summer, and by training at threshold pace, I think that will help the time. Thanks for the input!
Nick Miller
From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 14:04:05
Nick:
To answer your question. A proper balance of distance training can improve your times on all distances from 1 mile to the marathon and beyond. Generally, a good rule is when you feel extra energy go more before you go faster. I would say this rule applies until you reach about 100 miles a week.
You do need a certain amount of faster running in your routine, but I would say at your current training level you should probably run 70% easy miles (7:00 pace), and 30 % faster miles (6:00 pace or faster). If that feels too easy, then increase the distances until it does not.
I suspect you should be able to run a sub 36 right now in a 10 K already.
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