Right now I'm about 152 lbs, 10 lbs heavier than what I consider to be "peak" and I could maybe even get into the 130s. Anyways, last week I ran 5x 1 mile with 4.5 mins walk/jog (at 5000' elevation). 4:56, 4:45, 4:43, 4:40, 4:37. What sorta fitness yall think I would be in for 5k if I can cut the extra crap? And also just 5k fitness right now? Just curious and in bad need of motivation. Thanks.
Height? What’s your diet like? Would cutting weight actually make you faster or do you just think it helps? You have experience racing at multiple weights?
alexmegoscarrots wrote:
Right now I'm about 152 lbs, 10 lbs heavier than what I consider to be "peak" and I could maybe even get into the 130s. Anyways, last week I ran 5x 1 mile with 4.5 mins walk/jog (at 5000' elevation). 4:56, 4:45, 4:43, 4:40, 4:37. What sorta fitness yall think I would be in for 5k if I can cut the extra crap? And also just 5k fitness right now? Just curious and in bad need of motivation. Thanks.
I've seen elsewhere on this forum that iron level is most important
If you lose weight too fast, you are likely to shed muscle. Runners like to believe if they have ten extra pounds of fat if one loses 10 pounds one will automatically shed 10 pounds of muscle. It does not work like that necessarily.
True, although I'm pretty built. There is easily 10 pounds of gross fat for me to lose though if not 15+. And yeah I need to start taking iron and vit D again. I'm 5'10
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alexmegoscarrots wrote:
Right now I'm about 152 lbs, 10 lbs heavier than what I consider to be "peak" and I could maybe even get into the 130s. Anyways, last week I ran 5x 1 mile with 4.5 mins walk/jog (at 5000' elevation). 4:56, 4:45, 4:43, 4:40, 4:37. What sorta fitness yall think I would be in for 5k if I can cut the extra crap? And also just 5k fitness right now? Just curious and in bad need of motivation. Thanks.
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One number I've heard tossed around is 2 seconds per pound per mile. I don't have any references for that though.
14:45 currently; down to 14:30s if you cut the extra fat without losing any muscle.
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