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    osiechri

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    6 years ago 04/17/2018 9:11am EDT

    The question is; what is the most efficient use of my time/volume to get there? Should I be focusing on running the majority of workout mileage at marathon pace to make current marathon pace (5:40/mile) feel more comfortable or should I be running more threshold and/or mile repeats at 5:17 and just work on slowly extending that pace? I'm assuming as long as total weekly volume is high enough, either method would produce results but I'm just wondering what everyone thinks would produce results faster..

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    Smoove

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    6 years ago 04/17/2018 9:40am EDT
    re: osiechri

    I wouldn't spend much, if any, time at current marathon pace if you don't have a marathon pending in the near future. Even then, I'd keep the mileage at current marathon pace limited.

    I'd alternate between cycles focusing on 5k/10k training and on half marathon training (emphasizing threshold pace). You're ultimately trying to turn your current threshold pace into your marathon pace. You need to spend some time at paced faste than that and being those paced down. You need your 5k pace down to under or at least around 4:50 so that 5:00 threshold pace (likely near your current 5k pace) is manageable.

    Two years is a tight window to make this happen, if it is possible.

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