how to break 17 min 5k

What times are you hitting in your workouts as of recent?

5krunner12 wrote:

im running a 17:40 5k right now and its my firs cc season. is it possible to break 17 in 3-4 weeks. and how should i do it. what kind of training and workouts

What training experience do you have? How is your coach? Maybe listen to him or her?

Bigtime maybe. All you can do in 3-4 weeks is keep doing what you've been doing and taper so that you're fresh on race day. Maybe you can break 17 in 3-4 weeks if you're already on a good progressive path in your first season, but there is nothing more you can do in 3-4 weeks.

Long term (if your race was further in the future), you can run more. That will get you under 17 eventually no matter what.

55YO wrote:

5krunner12 wrote:

im running a 17:40 5k right now and its my firs cc season. is it possible to break 17 in 3-4 weeks. and how should i do it. what kind of training and workouts

What training experience do you have? How is your coach? Maybe listen to him or her?

well ive been training for cross country with my team for a bout 3 months now. my first meet i think i ran around 19 minutes and i broke 18 minutes 3 weeks after my first meet.

i have a race coming up on october 15th. on a friday and ill let yall know what i run.

5krunner12 wrote:

55YO wrote:

What training experience do you have? How is your coach? Maybe listen to him or her?

well ive been training for cross country with my team for a bout 3 months now. my first meet i think i ran around 19 minutes and i broke 18 minutes 3 weeks after my first meet.

i have a race coming up on october 15th. on a friday and ill let yall know what i run.

Looks like your time has dropped as you have become more comfortable with the distance. You should get faster at it quickly. Keep it up. Good luck tomorrow.