People need to STOP doing easy runs at 50mpw

youre still a JV runner, thats nothing to brag about. maybe if you are a freshman in high school it is something but if your older than that i wouldnt be bragging about those shitty times

Ooh

Sub 7 pace even.

How did your body not fall apart?

Star wrote:

Ooh

Sub 7 pace even.

How did your body not fall apart?

Don't know how he survived. Sub 7 is just blistering.

Good for you, OP. Feel better, superior? You can now conquer the universe.

Maybe this is how you dropped so much time so fast, but that is also how you get injured just as fast.

longnhard wrote:

You're not running 100mpw, you're not running twice a day, stop being a p**sy and run faster.

I went from a 17:05 5k to 16:11 5k in 3 months after I stopped doing easy runs at 8 min mile pace and started doing them at 7min pace or even sub 7 on some runs, this was on top of 3 hard workouts a week.

Slow running makes slow runners.

Yes make sure that you tell the East Africans who do easy runs starting at 9 min pace or slower to stop doing them

Yes make sure that you tell the East Africans who do easy runs starting at 9 min pace or slower to stop doing them

The East Africans run less than 50 mpw?

distancerunner666 wrote:

Maybe this is how you dropped so much time so fast, but that is also how you get injured just as fast.

I did exactly what the OP said a few years back and did get faster and also got injured shortly after. This is not a good strategy,

For a moment there I thought you said sub 5 but then I realized it wasn't a typo and you meant 7. Guess what? You ARE running easy for your race time.

Next.

You do have a point about eliminating some junk miles. Slogging at 8min/mile pace does nothing useful.

Bravo.

A solid 6/10.

Pretty respectable.

Depends on the person's fitness. A 20min. 5ker's tempo pace is like 6:50, and a 16min. 5ker 5:30ish. I remember when I broke 20min. for 5k and my easy pace was still 9-10min miles. One day, it just went to 7:50-8:50miles. Easy is a feeling. Of course I get that 8min. pace if your a 16 5ker is laughably slow. Then again, wasn't George Malley or Bill Rodgers famous for doing/starting runs at 7min pace? It's all relative and depends on the individual.

I don't mean to brag, but I ran a 16:11 XC after 5 weeks of 30mpw at 7mins+

For someone who can run a 16:11 5k, 7 minute miles is an easy pace. Duhh

You are small n soft

You state that "people need to STOP doing easy runs at 50mpw." Then you go on to say that you "stopped doing easy runs at 8 min mile pace and started doing them at 7min pace or even sub 7 on some runs." So, you admit that you continued doing easy runs. Which is it then? Do easy runs or don't?

I'm guessing it's a click bait title. I think OP's point is that your easy pace should pick up as your fitness does. Makes sense. The 50mpw though, there are 6+hr 80yrold marathoners too.

Should we tell him that 7 minute mile pace is 'easy pace'?

Easy runs are a waste of time. They don't make you a better runner.

As Zatopek said," "Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast."

To improve, you must get out of your comfort zone; you must stretch your limits. That's the key.

(Have you ever heard of th concept of deliberate practice?)