I'm going to be a sophomore in college. I'm currently building my base for cross country in the fall, and I'm at about 60-65 mpw. I've been doing one longer run of about 12 miles and a tempo run every week, and all the other runs just easy mileage.
5k pr is 16:37 off of 50 mpw.
I've run a 4 mile tempo run with splits of: 6:07, 5:53, 5:31. 5:27 recently, but I haven't run a 5k so I'm not sure where I'm at.
Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone had any advice for a 15k road race I'm about to run. I've run it the last 3 years, but my pacing, and training for that matter, haven't been very good. Last year was my best time, and it was only a 57:40. I think I should be able to run it much faster than that. I went out at about 6:00 for the first mile and gradually slowed a few seconds each mile until I was running about 6:20 pace by the end.
I just wanted some advice for any runners who are more experienced at the distance about pacing and whatnot. My training has been a definete improvement, but mentally I'm not sure how to approach the race.
Thanks!