So close, yet so far! - I knocked a minute and a half off my 5K time at parkrun this morning. I seemed to have leveled out around 32 minutes - and I was thinking that I had reached my limit -- but it was much cooler this morning , only 20C with lower humidity. So I managed 30:34. This put me 85th out of 213 runners and 38th out of 213 on an age weighted basis. Not bad really for an old F*** like me who 15 months ago couldn't run to the other side of the road.
I am intending to do a few months of slow HR training now - and will be away from any "racing" opportunity until mid- June. Although - I have found a 5K race at the Palm Springs airport in mid-May which will be close to where I am at that time. Maybe!!!!
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Right Bazza. You have thrown down the gauntlet. My new goal is a sub thirty minute 5K. Forget 10ks and half marathons. This sounds a much more sensible ambition for us senior citizens. Can I beat you to it? (I have many more minutes to knock off than you but I love a challenge)
Well -- I guess it doesn't really matter whether we run a 5K in x minutes or x-1 minutes?? It does matter that we run though during the week - and I am getting the message loud and clear from other sources that to run faster we must run longer - not meaning long just on one day of the week but increase the overall volume of our runs ( done at an easy pace) . This can only come about by increasing the number of days that we run.
And ALL OUT attempts like I put in this morning should only be done about once per month !!
But it does matter to me Bazza as I need the motivation of training for something specific. Otherwise I find it just too easy to say 'Feel a a bit under the weather today - I'll run tomorrow'
That is why I always run to some kind of "plan" -- and if I don't have the time to run a longer plan put out for some distance, I make one up myself and commit it to my calendar. Once it is there , it forces me to cross it off as -- COMPLETED!!!
This last couple of weeks I have been 'upping' the mileage and have noticed a big difference in my pace and stamina. As a retiree it is easy for me to find the time. The other factor has been the running club I joined, lots of really good post C25K advice and it was great to have them cheering today at the parkrun!
Wow! That's brilliant!!! Of course it's possible! You're almost there now!!!! You will do it. Don't push too much too soon though. Don't want any injuries. But well done Bazza!!!!!
Nah!! It is lovely and cool for us -- especially considering that we have been labouring in 30C+ temps for the past 3-4 months - day after day!!! I will be back in 30C temps soon in the USA - but at least there, the humidity will be much lower
Yay - well done. You always say you're not one for speed !!!!!!!!!
I was going to run stepping stone yesterday but the mp3 failed on me so I just ran blind (or should that be deaf????)
. I also knocked 1 min 30 off my 5k pb to get to 30:24. Thus, I know how hard you must have worked your body. At one point I thought I was going to just collapse but I chanted juicy ju's "punish that body" to get myself smiling again.
I agree though - I won't be trying that again any time soon!!
Ps I have age somewhat on my side so I assume you ARP would smash my time out of the park
Well -- I really am not that interested in "speed" - I am a middle of the pack runner and there I will stay!! But that 30 minute 5K is definitely a goal - one that I had come to think was not possible for me - and I was happy with that idea. HOWEVER - it has raised itself back into my gun sights.
What I do really want to be able to do - and I AM achieving this slowly - is to be able to run easily.
That's great Bazza. I've always found that you can just sort of slog away for ages thinking you've found your limit, then all of a sudden a massive improvement takes you by surprise! You must be delighted x
Yes - basically that is what happened. IF I had known that I was going to be that close , I know that I could have found another 34 seconds over 5k!! I pushed hard - but was still quite conservative around the middle of the run (realising that I had gone out quite fast at the beginning)
But it doesn't matter - what does matter is that it looks like I've dropped another 2KG!! The highest I have ever seen on my scales was 83.4 Kg - after a 3 months cruise around the World !! - and yesterday the lowest ever seen was 71.2Kg. Mind you - that was early morning after a 7K run
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- I knocked a minute and a half off my 5K time at parkrun this morning. I seemed to have leveled out around 32 minutes - and I was thinking that I had reached my limit -- but it was much cooler this morning , only 20C with lower humidity. So I managed 30:34. This put me 85th out of 213 runners and 38th out of 213 on an age weighted basis. Not bad really for an old F*** like me who 15 months ago couldn't run to the other side of the road. 
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