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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2001 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Hello there, this is my first time using this forum...actually my first time at any running forum ever.
Anyway, I have been running for the past 6 months, but only for my health. I lift weights 4 days a week and run the other three. I started with just a simple 2 mile run a day and that went on for the past 5 months because I had no desire to increase. But one day last month I decided to increase just to see if I could do it. I went from a 2 mile run to a 5 mile and it was a piece of cake. Then just recently I decided that I wanted to see how fast I could do it and I have been increasing every time I run. Here are the times:
3mi
27:50
25:45
24:30
23:20
22:45
5mi
45:45
44:32
43:47
43:02
42:30
*These times are from July 15th to August 6th
I know it's not a world record, but I think it's fairly good. But I have decided to run a 5k at the end of September and I was wondering how much of an increase I could make in that amount of time. I really want to take it to the max and see just how fast I could really go....and I don't want to be horribly embarrassed when I do the 5k. So any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Anonymously Posted by: 'Michael Baes'] |
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Dan Chief Pontificator
Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2001 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for stopping by.
Wow, I've never seen progressions that consistent and with that amount of time taken off with each chunk. Impressive.
The best I can figure is that you've barely scratched the surface and can probably get that 3 miler below 21 minutes by the end of the month, giving you a shot at a 20 to 21 minute 5k by late September.
As you get closer to the race, you'll want to back off the workouts a bit the last week or two. Testing your fitness is good, but you don't want to be fatigued when the gun goes off.
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