Run 'em around mp? Between hmp and mp? Slower than mp?
Run 'em around mp? Between hmp and mp? Slower than mp?
faster than MP, slower than HMP, 5:23s average.
I run my 10 milers at 5:20 pace. Not super fast but not slow either.
I try to keep them right around 5:17 pace. Where I'm getting into a good rhythm but not pushing too hard.
MP or slightly faster. They should be done by feel though. I've done 12 milers at a faster pace than 8 milers in the same week just because of weather and how I felt on the given days. You should never feel like you're straining, never like you couldn't drop the pace significantly if you had to.
42:30
I do 5:16s just to bust the rust out.
I run them at what I would call "magic-pretend" marathon pace. Basically, what I feel I "should" be able to run for a marathon.
This usually means about 10seconds/mile faster than my PR.
Everybody says 5:20ish for the same reason that every other guy in the bar used to say that he played minor league baseball: good enough to be impressive, but not too good to be implausible; too obscure to challenge and check; yet all done with the requisite dash of false modesty. It worked before the internet era.
I routinely did 4:58 in my dreams.
W. Mitty wrote:
Everybody says 5:20ish for the same reason that every other guy in the bar used to say that he played minor league baseball: good enough to be impressive, but not too good to be implausible; too obscure to challenge and check; yet all done with the requisite dash of false modesty. It worked before the internet era.
I routinely did 4:58 in my dreams.
You realize this isn't a random bar, right? This is different than some guy at TGIFriday's telling you he ran a 4 minute mile in gym class. Like it or not, some fast folks frequent letsrun. There are lots of guys out there training for the trials. And it's about 5:20 pace to get in. It's not out of the realm of possibility that some 2:25 guys (who might do their 10 milers at 5:20 pace) post on this forum.
Don't take it personally, kid -- it was a joke.
W. Mitty wrote:
Don't take it personally, kid -- it was a joke.
Blech.
I was pretty sure people were just joking on each other since the first guy said 5:20, then someone one-upped him with 5:16, then the next guy did the same with 5:15. Actual pace per mile is irrelevant to this thread though as it doesn't tell us anything about effort, which is what the original question was about.
Guppy wrote:
Actual pace per mile is irrelevant to this thread though as it doesn't tell us anything about effort, which is what the original question was about.
^^^^
Precisely.
J.McDougal wrote:
42:30
21:48 out
20:42 back (a little downhill)
I rode the bike beside him wrote:
J.McDougal wrote:42:30
21:48 out
20:42 back (a little downhill)
OP said MILES, not KMs, geniuses.
Guppy wrote:
I was pretty sure people were just joking on each other since the first guy said 5:20, then someone one-upped him with 5:16, then the next guy did the same with 5:15.
You might have a point if we were talking about 10 milers at 4:45. But we're not. I was addressing someone who likened mentioning 5:20 pace on a niche running board to bragging about playing minor league baseball in a bar. They're not even close to being equivalent.
Guppy wrote:
Actual pace per mile is irrelevant to this thread though as it doesn't tell us anything about effort
Agreed.
Do mine in 75 minutes, it always felt hard enough for a 10 miler. Then I ran a half, and crossed the 10mi under 65, so I guess I don't do hard 10 milers.
I run my 10 milers at 5:40 pace.
Age 45 years old.
this has turned into one giant pissing contest.
did you bozos not read the the OP?