Haven't been running all that much, but Im trying to get back into it.
All the miles felt easy except the last. MAYBE could have done one more mile at 6:20-30.
Anyway, what do you think I could run for 5k?
Haven't been running all that much, but Im trying to get back into it.
All the miles felt easy except the last. MAYBE could have done one more mile at 6:20-30.
Anyway, what do you think I could run for 5k?
19:30-19:40
Macdaddy wrote:
Haven't been running all that much, but Im trying to get back into it.
All the miles felt easy except the last. MAYBE could have done one more mile at 6:20-30.
Anyway, what do you think I could run for 5k?
Not great maybe 19:15
Nah I think sub 18:30.
Under 19, but just under...
lucky to break 19
more likely 19:10-19:20
Solid! Would have been happy to hear anything under 20... Thanks for the responses
The important thing here is the way you did that workout. That's a big span of time for your splits. Next time try your first one at 6:25 and go from there. Speedwork should be fast!
"Great" is relative OP. I'm sure some people here think their 15 minute 5k's are "great."
I feel that when getting back into running, tempo runs are more beneficial. Doing 4 miles at 6:30-6:40 would probably benefit you more.
"The important thing here is the way you did that workout. That's a big span of time for your splits. Next time try your first one at 6:25 and go from there. Speedwork should be fast!"
The span may make it difficult to use the workout to predict your 5k.
The control to run those times in that order indicates you got all the benefit you could from this workout.
Speedwork should be fast but repeat miles ARE NOT speedwork.
My team mate ran 4xmile in 6:10, 6:04, 6:07, and 6:31 w/ equal rest recently then yesterday at our meet ran about 19:15 for 3 miles, so that's a rough guess. He also did say he had a lot left during the race.
I do a similar workout over an 8mi course with over 900' of elevation gain/loss
My mile splits are usually around 6:40 range and my 5k is in the low 19s.
If this workout was on a track then I would expect high 19s. for a flat 5k. If your workout was over hilly terrain then you might be able to slip under 19-
I can agree with your third point about control, but I beg to differ with your last point.
There may be a time and place for controlling your pace so that you can negative split every interval, but I'd hold that a range of 10 seconds between the miles would be a better workout and yield greater benefits.
All this being said, yea, this workout isn't the best 5k predictor.
Macdaddy wrote:
Haven't been running all that much, but Im trying to get back into it.
All the miles felt easy except the last. MAYBE could have done one more mile at 6:20-30.
Anyway, what do you think I could run for 5k?
Macdaddy wrote:
Haven't been running all that much, but Im trying to get back into it.
All the miles felt easy except the last. MAYBE could have done one more mile at 6:20-30.
Anyway, what do you think I could run for 5k?
Slow... Very slow...
kjas089w45 wrote:
Speedwork should be fast but repeat miles ARE NOT speedwork.
Thank you for bringing some sanity to this discussion.
OP: maybe you will come close to 19 flat.
19:19ish, depending on your mileage. I assumed you're running 45 per week.
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I was doing mile repeats last year at 6:10-6:30 x 5 and my 5K was 20:00. So i'll guess 20:00.
20:00 or so.
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