Nice new community

[Coddfish]

Just found this with lots of familiar posters. Hello! Maybe this will help me crack getting beyond my current 8k max.

[susie_bourne Graduate10]

Hi, welcome. I'm relatively new here too, and am trying to week on week do a little bit more to get to 10K. Do you have an event booked yet ?

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to susie_bourne]

No, I don't think I want to do events - at least not yet.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10]

What is it that you "think" is limiting you to 8K??

Your mind?

Your leg muscles?

Your lungs?

Your overall energy during a run (losing it) ??

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

Energy / stamina. I am quite a slow runner (speeding up gradually, but as an older runner, the step changes are not going to be dramatic), so 8k is getting on for an hour's running for me.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Yes - I am in the same boat as you. So - do we really need to run longer than an hour???? What is our purpose in doing so?? If you pull a rubber band hard enough and for long enough - it WILL snap!!

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

For me it's a method of improving my pace over shorter distances.

[Hidden]

Drop your pace and I think you will go further than 8K it is my opinion that pace and distance are directly related.

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I quite agree - 8k is my stretch distance when I go slow!