I amazed myself as I finished my 5k training. I quickly jumped to around 7 km and this is just my wall. I finish with 7 minutes and 5-13 seconds. This seems to be my wall I need to break through.
I got my siblings into running and now they speed past me, what am I doing wrong here ? I have once been under 7 minutes per km, but my brother who is both taller and heavier than I am is under 6 minutes.
If this is just my genetic wall, I will just have to suffer through the speed issue, but it seems impossible to increase my run length also.
I hope this is just some imposter syndrome, but it was just so amazing to just speed through 5k training, first blizz was when I managed to run 3 minutes, then 20 minutes, then 5 k all the way. Now I am not getting this good feeling
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It is said that we can't increase distance and pace at the same time - I accept this. To be able to run 10K at a "fast for you" pace , you firstly need to have the endurance to run it slowly and easily and at the drop of a hat. For you sounds like maybe 8:00 mins+ per k. After you can easily do that ( and even further) , then you can start to train to do it at a certain goal pace maybe 7:00 mins per k ( this is stamina training, not endurance training)
Second thing to do is to stop comparing yourself with anybody else - your brother?? - I guess you don't compare your pace with Mo Farrah?? , so why do you compare with what your brother does??
Agree with Bazza's posts above. I don't think you can work on both at the same time and probably better to slow down and work on endurance/distance for a bit. Important not to let it become a big issue in your head - so just do your own thing. Good luck.
Most people use the 10% rule to increase one run per week while the others stay at shorter duration. You should be doing 70-80% of your running at an easy conversational pace, with only the remainder pushing for pace.
I run 6.2 km - 6.5 km pretty much every run as there are quite steep hills on both ends. So just once a week to run faster, run at a slower pace rest of the runs. Got it. After the initial blizz of going through 5k with relative ease and surprising myself with every run, I just got hooked on the progress
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, so why do you compare with what your brother does?? 
5k thoughts
Walking during a run , good idea or not??
Finally ran 5K and other small miracles.
