5k pace vs half marathon pace

1:29. with 40-50mpw, you should be there with an 18minute 5000m time. Otherwise, you need to add some long runs.

1:35-1:40 is very very slow.

Ok how long should my long runs be? What pace during training would put me @ a 6:51 race pace comfortably? Thanks.

When I could run 18:40ish 5k I ran a 1:34 half but I went out at 6:30 pace for the first couple miles and died hard. Longest run was 7 miles before hand. Running 40-50 mpw I would recommend a long run of 9-11 miles.

Yea I'm really unsure of how to pace myself for this I'm thinkin of shootin for low 7's possibly for first few miles, see how long I can hold that for.. If i'm feelin good up the pace a little for the remainder.

A buddy of mine runs a 20min 5k and a 1:33 half makes no sense. I think, he thinks he can blow me away in a half. MAYBE he can, who knows.. We shall find out in Apr.

I was there once. 20 min 5k and 1:33 half. It was easy, but I was training for a marathon. Do some long runs (a bit longer than the half race distance), and add some tempo runs and you should easily hold 7min miles or faster.

Cool! Yea my original goal was to run a sub 20 5k and quit running haha! Well guess I caught the bug. Now i'm shooting for a sub 18 5k.

Started running w/ a group of runners who are mostly marathoners.

I usually shoot for 7 miles a day, sometimes I only get 6.. My long run is 10, gonna try to gradually increase that. Usually run around 7:47pace, this is however in my cold weather gear on slushy roads.. I'm also hoping this is going to be beneficial to me when I can hit the dry pavement in racing shorts!

Right now sub 7 pace for 13miles sounds outta my league.

Since you have until April, you should be able to give 1:30 a good run for its money... and definitely your 1:33 friend. IF you don't make a bunch of mistakes in training between now & then.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to try to repeatedly prove yourself, or test your fitness, in training. You will likely be tempted to do that... especially with that long run.

Follow a decent training plan... and don't race your workouts. Don't try to keep pushing that long run pace down in an effort to convince yourself that you can run sub 7 in a race... you'll leave your best effort in training. (Post back if you don't know what that looks like, and people can help you out).

See if you can find a good 10k in Feb or early March - that might give you an idea of how your fitness is progressing, and more confidence in a goal time for your half than you might get from a 5k.

FWIW, when I was flirting with breaking 18:00 (18:08 & 18:09), I ended up with a 1:27 half... that was on an average of about 38 mpw.

By the way - congrats on some awesome improvement in your first year of running! Glad to hear you have caught the bug - be smart & patient and you will be shocked at how much you can improve over several years. Enjoy it!

Dem- yea I haven't officially registered for this half marathon... I'm a little overwhelmed still about taking the plunge. Was half way through the registration and stopped hahaha.. I would be a little less apprehensive if I didn't have this one guy who runs in our running group trying to make a big competition outta everything if ya catch my drift.. He doesn't like that I can blow him away in a 5k lol!!

What do you think is a good training pace? Easy pace? How would you pace yourself on the actual race day? For half marathon that is? thanks for he help btw