Just found this with lots of familiar posters. Hello! Maybe this will help me crack getting beyond my current 8k max.
Nice new community: Just found this with lots... - Bridge to 10K
Nice new community
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 ?
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) ??
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.
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!!
Drop your pace and I think you will go further than 8K it is my opinion that pace and distance are directly related.