If I were to stay healthy and run many, many miles and stay consistant with the running.. would it be possible to drop from a 19:00 5k-->33:00 10k in one year? I was thinking about this looking at the local Turkey Trot winners and was wondering if anyone here thought it was possible..
Also, has anyone made improvements like this before? I dropped from a 28:00 5k from last year being out of shape, but I understand that\'s much different than what i\'m asking for.
Thanks,
going from 28min to 19min is basically going from a walk to a jog so forget about that.
You first need to take your 5km down to sub 17 then you have a chance at a 35min 10km, that might be possible in a year of good focused training - 33 in another year or two.
You need lots of consistent training with a good mix of hill running and strength work to build an endurance base then a bit of track work to learn pacing. You need to get a good feel for how fast you are running so you can race even splits or even negative split.
Good luck. The above worked for me, once you get to about 35min the gains get smaller and you need to work harder for them but I've got down under 34 for the 10 with out doing silly milage. (i.e I've got a job and family and am happy with that level)
u have no chance.. just quit
I'm at around 18 minutes. I harbour a dream of getting down to 31-32 minutes someday, though I'm only 20. I wouldn't rush it. If you could go from a 19-minute 5k to a 33-minute 10k in a year, it would only be if you've never really trained.
I went from an 18:53 5k to a 34:50 10k in one year but I was only 15 years old.
I don't think that is possible. It may be possible in 2 years or so if you put work really hard. It would be hard enough to bring your time down to 16:30 for the 5K, but then you would still have to run that back to back. Just keep working hard and your times will drop.
That sounds great. I'd love to even break 16:30 next fall as a senior..
general rule of thumb is take your 5k PR from the year before, and double it, and that's what you should be able to do for a 10k off of half a year of increased quality (i.e. better) training.
That's general rule (I've found) for going from a decent training plan to a great training plan. if you're going from out of shape to a not-so-great training plan, obviously more improvement. same from not-so-great to decent.
neway wrote:
That's general rule (I've found) for going from a decent training plan to a great training plan.
Can you give some examples of decent vs. great? What type of training would be optimal?