Needs to be a pace you can run, so not 4:00 for everything.
Answer; 8:30 pace.
Why?
Slow enough to warm up on cold days, injury free.
Slow enough to do multiple days in a row.
Good training effect.
Can still do an enjoyable 1:50 half 3:40 full.
Needs to be a pace you can run, so not 4:00 for everything.
Answer; 8:30 pace.
Why?
Slow enough to warm up on cold days, injury free.
Slow enough to do multiple days in a row.
Good training effect.
Can still do an enjoyable 1:50 half 3:40 full.
Assuming you’re planning on quitting by your late 60s or cutting to 2 runs (tempo runs) per week then?
8x 1 KM @ threshold with 1:00-1:30 recovery in between.
Note: I am not claiming that this is the best threshold workout. But as a sub 2:30 marathoner, I found this one to be solid without feeling too easy nor leaving me exhausted
This is a strange question because there is nothing stopping you from just going out and running that pace every day. It's already a pace you can run, so go do it.
Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:
This is a strange question because there is nothing stopping you from just going out and running that pace every day. It's already a pace you can run, so go do it.
No. The point was you can only choose to run one hypothetical pace for the rest of your running life.
A 6 minute mile now could cause warm up injury and could be unsustainable at a relatively young age.
Just running at 6 min pace would likely injure most people.
An 11 minute mile pace may be sustainable to old age, and daily, but you'd be running 68 min 10ks for your running life.
Pacer chaser wrote:
Needs to be a pace you can run, so not 4:00 for everything.
Answer; 8:30 pace.
Why?
Slow enough to warm up on cold days, injury free.
Slow enough to do multiple days in a row.
Good training effect.
Can still do an enjoyable 1:50 half 3:40 full.
7:00 pace.
I am 61 and a pure hobby jogger for 30 years , 9 min per mile is the number at 30 mph, fell out of bed and ran a 1:55 half by myself for my long run on Saturday
7:17/mile. Great 10 miler with the boys banter pace.
8:00 per mile. I have always loved running this pace. A little more, a tad less. Its perfect.
10k
Nothing like a crisp 6:45
Easy pace - whatever that equates to. I can enjoy running as long as I’m able to run.
BobPaulson wrote:
7:17/mile. Great 10 miler with the boys banter pace.
I like the pace selection okay but I think the trick in this question is weighing what’s enjoyable now vs. what’s going to be enjoyable in 10 years, 25 years, and the faster you choose the earlier you’ll have to hang ‘em up completely. That’s why on balance I’ll go 7:47. Somewhat annoyingly slow at times now, probably perfect in 10 years, and hopefully slow enough that I could still be training (strangely) in my sixties.
This speculative, imaginary question is both absurd and stupid. I would obviously pick a 9.4 second 100m pace and carry that through to the marathon so I would have every world record and be the first to break 1 hr in the marathon! D’uh.
PeskyDetails wrote:
This speculative, imaginary question is both absurd and stupid. I would obviously pick a 9.4 second 100m pace and carry that through to the marathon so I would have every world record and be the first to break 1 hr in the marathon! D’uh.
I’m impressed you managed to read the thread’s title before your attention waned
easy pace.
True easy/recovery pace is around 9 min/mi, which I hate. It is so slow that everything hurts so I would say:
In regular shoes...8 min/mi. Nice decent going, refreshing.
In super shoes, low 7, maybe 7:30 min/mi. Goes a little faster, but nearly effortless.
(I'm a "just under 3" marathon runner)
the crazy thing is that 9.4s per 100m would not even break the 1 hour mark for the marathon!
tempo pace
6:00 works for me.