25-30 mpw all summer (hardly ran last summer)
1.5 mile tempo in 10 min (felt uncomfortably hard)
5k PR 20:55
7 mile long runs @ 9 min pace
Last time trial 13:20 2 mile
MALE SOPHOMORE
CAN I BREAK 19 FOR THE 5k? I know that 2 mile time trial sounds slow but the 1.5 mile tempo was fast so does that indicate a sub 19?
sub 18 is really my goal is it possible??
Way too low of a mileage base and your tempos should be longer than 10 minutes. High 19s would be my guess. Good luck though
high 19s?? There are girls on my team faster than that!!
Your 1.5 and 2 mile times are consistent with each other and translate to a 5K just over 22 minutes. With your low mileage you'll be lucky to have the endurance you need to get that.
6:40 tempo pace for 1.5 tempo, so thats like a 19:20 5k. SO I CAN assume im faster now than last week, so i think sub 19 is realistic do you really think Ill be at 22?
kid from nowhere wrote:
6:40 tempo pace for 1.5 tempo, so thats like a 19:20 5k. SO I CAN assume im faster now than last week, so i think sub 19 is realistic do you really think Ill be at 22?
Math is hard bro. But 1.5 miles in 10 minutes is 3 miles in 20 minutes for the same pace. That ain't a 19:20 5k. Ghetto me out.
What are YOUR thoughts on this???
I'm going off the times you've posted, but other than that I don't know what you can do. You would need 6:07 pace for 3.1 to get 19:00 for 5K and the times you've posted don't show that capability.
You ran 6:40 pace for 1.5 miles. 6:40 x 3.1 gives you 20:40. You said that tempo was 'uncomfortably hard' (your words), which is more like a time trial than a tempo, and with the low mileage I suspect you won't hold that pace for 5K.
Run 5 straight 1ks at race pace with zero rest than post splits or just add them together and tell us what you did.
Only way to know
Just did a 2 mile tempo at 6:45 pace, again pretty darn hard, but again its a TEMPO run so thats not a race. I don't get why you guys dont get what a tempo is, its not as hard as a race, sure it might feel like a race but that doesnt make it one... ?
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kid from nowhere wrote:
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0/10. Just give up
1.) A tempo isn't supposed to be "pretty darn hard." It's supposed to be comfortable and controlled.
2.) Your "tempo" is too short. Try running 3 or 4 miles at 6:45 pace and get back to us.
3.) If 6:45 truly is your tempo pace, I would expect around 6:15-6:20 per mile for a 5K, so about 19:20-19:30.
That being said, when I broke 19, I was running 5 mile tempos at 6:30 pace and doing repeat 1000's at 3:45 or just under. Try doing 5x1000m with 1:30 rest and post back here with your splits. Good luck
interesting... i think sub 19 is good then
What did you end up running?
19 to 21 min.