boc47 wrote:
I also find the 10K to be awkward for me. My theoretical pace relative to what I can run for a 5K is hard to lock into and maintain for twice the distance of a 5K. I can run half marathon pace so easily, something about that in between that is hard for me. I probably haven't figured out how to train for it.
+1
Easy then run faster wrote:
If any distance is 'easy' you're not running it fast enough.
I've never run a marathon that didnt feel easy-- until the point that it became extremely difficult
10k is the last half of a marathon. Not in distance of course, but of effort both mentally and physically.
No, 10K is not short. 10 K is a race, I do a couple of 10K races every year although my primary focus is marathon. I don't like half marathons for multiple reasons: it's an awkward kind of effort when you're in for 7X minutes - just a little too long to sustain at LT pace. Most of the races are not serious, every village runs a half marathon where half of the field hardly even train and RDs often do half-assed mistakes like mis-measured courses. It's not even an event in the Olympics.
10K s are almost always real races with serious runners and hobbyjoggers unless they are 'companion events' to a city marathon.
Now 5Ks are short and fast. I just can't run that fast when I'm training for a marathon (which is, almost always). I do 1-2 minute intervals at 5K pace as my speedwork and such sessions have me trashed.
Internetsherlock wrote:
doesn't matter how fast or slow you urn . Once you move up to the marathon would you consider the 10k as a long distance running event ?
I have yet to really nail a 10k race, I always go 5k pace too early on and blow up by 4.5, my goal this year is to finally race a solid 10k.
I always feel great after a general 10k run, before work, after work, whenever, 6-8 mile runs are fantastic base builders, for me at least.