Is there ever a reason to run slower than 10s? I'm by no means a good runner, 48 min 10k etc but what I'm getting at, is as a jogger is there ever a reaon I should go slower than 10s? Things start to feel uncomfortably slow above that but it's hard not to get sucked into the whole MAF thing etc
If you fall on a run, get lost and break your legs.
Running pace is completely arbitrary and dependent on your talent and fitness.
If running faster than 10 minute miles gets your HR above your MAF zone then yes, potentially you should be running slower than 10 minute miles, at least for recovery days.
Sometimes I walk during interval workouts. I definitely go slower than 10:00/mile then.
Do 4x400m at 800 meter pace with a 10:00 min/mile pace jog recovery for one lap. After the second or third one I’d bet you’d be wishing that the recovery lap were slower.
dazthemook wrote:
Is there ever a reason to run slower than 10s? I'm by no means a good runner, 48 min 10k etc but what I'm getting at, is as a jogger is there ever a reaon I should go slower than 10s? Things start to feel uncomfortably slow above that but it's hard not to get sucked into the whole MAF thing etc
Do you never run anywhere hilly? Because with a 10k PR as slow as yours, you should definitely be running 10 minute pace up a long moderately steep hill in training. Your 10k is slower than my training pace on flat ground, and I have lots of runs near my house where I slow to 11 or 12 minutes per mile on some of the uphills.
As a data point...the Jack Daniel's VDOT easy pace for a 48min 10K is 9:28-10:24. So yes, you should be doing some runs slower than 10:00 m/m pace.
Record pace for the uphill first half of Mount Marathon is 21:00 pace. If you could run that pace, you’d be world class, and its more than twice as slow as 10:00 pace.