PR 3200m during a 5k

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No one gives a sh-t about your 3200m time. Just race the damn 5k and improve your 5k time.

Sometimes there are information that can be USEFUL.

Speaker of hard truths (the real 1) wrote:

No one gives a sh-t about your 3200m time. Just race the damn 5k and improve your 5k time.

no one gives a sh-t about his 5000m time either

Well, I'm not sure if my post will help you, but it's a good example of what you are trying to do. For about 3 years, I couldn't break 60 minutes in a 10 mile run to save my life. The closest I came to it was a 60:11. Then I ran a half marathon and tucked in with the a group averaging 5:55-6:00 per mile. Keeping that pace with 6 other guys (and 1 female) felt so much easier and relaxed, I passed the 10 mile mark in 59:17. I ended up dying after the 11 mile mark, but it definitely worked for me.

Everyone here is confused about this. If you set a 3200 pr during a 5k, the 5k time will be much better than any splits so why would you diminish your ability by talking about the 3200 PR.

You're on a running website trying to validate your accomplishments. Run a 5k and run a 3200m. You don't need a race and officials to do that. What if I told you all high school "races" aren't even races to begin with.

Coincidentally enough... Katelyn Tuohy ran a 3200m PR in her 15:37 5000m...

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in 9:54 lol

Maybe you should ask her?

nv wrote:

Well, I'm not sure if my post will help you, but it's a good example of what you are trying to do. For about 3 years, I couldn't break 60 minutes in a 10 mile run to save my life. The closest I came to it was a 60:11. Then I ran a half marathon and tucked in with the a group averaging 5:55-6:00 per mile. Keeping that pace with 6 other guys (and 1 female) felt so much easier and relaxed, I passed the 10 mile mark in 59:17. I ended up dying after the 11 mile mark, but it definitely worked for me.

Yeah I’m trying to do that... except for the dying part.

Predictor wrote:

Everyone here is confused about this. If you set a 3200 pr during a 5k, the 5k time will be much better than any splits so why would you diminish your ability by talking about the 3200 PR.

I still think I can improve my 3200m/2 mile time, but there are no good opportunities to do it. I think the only way for me to improve my 3200 time while running a 5k. Yes, I would love to improve my 5k time.

Coincidence? wrote:

Coincidentally enough... Katelyn Tuohy ran a 3200m PR in her 15:37 5000m...

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in 9:54 lol

Maybe you should ask her?

I never knew that.

In case you really want to hit some standard then you need to enter a race that can time an en route 3000m/2 mile and run it like such distance.

In any other case you should distribute your efforts towards the actual race distance the 5000m. A 10:05 even split for a 15:40 is a bit better than a 9:53. anyway.

Do you see many guys trying to pr their 800m/1000m time during 1500m races?

Predictor wrote:

Everyone here is confused about this. If you set a 3200 pr during a 5k, the 5k time will be much better than any splits so why would you diminish your ability by talking about the 3200 PR.

Correct.

xperirunner wrote:

Predictor wrote:

Everyone here is confused about this. If you set a 3200 pr during a 5k, the 5k time will be much better than any splits so why would you diminish your ability by talking about the 3200 PR.

I still think I can improve my 3200m/2 mile time, but there are no good opportunities to do it. I think the only way for me to improve my 3200 time while running a 5k. Yes, I would love to improve my 5k time.

Drop the 3200 sh-t already. You don't run the 3200 anymore and no one cares about it. You're racing a 5k so focus on your 5k time.

Rockstar Games wrote:

In case you really want to hit some standard then you need to enter a race that can time an en route 3000m/2 mile and run it like such distance.

In any other case you should distribute your efforts towards the actual race distance the 5000m. A 10:05 even split for a 15:40 is a bit better than a 9:53. anyway.

Do you see many guys trying to pr their 800m/1000m time during 1500m races?

I see where you are coming from. I think I know what to do now.