5km to 15km in 3.5 months? Too ambitious?

[itshelsbels]

Just looking at enrolling for an event in March to keep motivation and training levels up through the winter. I am running between 3.5 and 5.5km 2-3 times a week (probably average 5 runs/ fortnight). The event I’ve seen has a 10km and a 15km option and is in mid March. I only started running in March this year (good old C25k!) - am I being too ambitious aiming for 15km?

[Irish-John Graduate10]

Only input I can offer is Hal Higdons plan for doing a Full Marathon - 42.16 km- as a beginning runner is 18 weeks.

Everyone is different, but my feeling is that if you are doing the above comfortably and feel you have more in you, it should be feasible with a sensible plan of action

[itshelsbels Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks. I’ll look up that training plan

[motherduckling Graduate10]

Hmm well Ju-ju's plan to get from 5 to 10k is 8 weeks, and then lets say you could then just add one km to your longest run each week, so another 5 weeks, that would get you to the end of February - so I think it should be quite doable!

Good luck!!

[itshelsbels Graduate10 in reply to motherduckling]

Sounds rather sensible, thank you.

[e-beanz Graduate10]

It's doable but to avoid the risk of injury I'd aim for the 10k race in March. I did JuJu's Bridge to 10K 8 week plan but I was already running a minimum of 5k each week (2-3 runs) If you achieve that comfortably you could see how you feel about adding a km onto your long run each week to get to 15K. Good luck with whatever you decide

[itshelsbels Graduate10 in reply to e-beanz]

Mmm. I started Ju Jus plan in June (no pun) but a close family bereavement knocked me off my perch. I kept running but decided that forcing a training structure in myself was, perhaps, not the kindest choice! I think my longest run then was about 6.5km.