5k in 30 minutes!

[Crolla]

AT LAST!

Okay, so I have done it twice before but in recent months I've been averaging 5k in 32 minutes, which is fine. I know I'm not that fast and that pace suits me. However on Monday, I decided to try for the magical time.

For the past two months, I've been running a different route, involving a steep hill at the start and a trail rather than the laps of the park. On Monday, I thought I'd try the park again as it's half term so I'm not dodging the school run. And I did it! When Runmaker announced the time at 30 minutes, it told me I'd run exactly 5k. YIPPPEEE

Thursday, I went back to the harder route and equalled my best time on it, so was chuffed at that.

And Saturday ... it's raining hard, but I also had a pfizer jab on Thursday afternoon and am SUFFERING, so I'm going to rest up until I feel fully recovered,

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done.

have you read this FAQ post about getting faster? healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Perhaps you are spending too much time at a middling pace and just need to slow down for the majority of your running.

[Crolla in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you! I believe I read that last year, or I've certainly heard of fartlek as a runner I know was practising it in the park and using trees as markers. I tend to run to music and there's one particular part of a song that I always ensure I speed up to (it was a nightmare the time my music decided to only play the same three songs on repeat - lol)

On the whole, I'm not too bothered on speed (like you say at the end, 'speed is overrated') but it did feel good to crack the magical 30 minutes. I do find that when I look at my splits, the midway point is where I slacken off - maybe I set off too quickly at the beginning?

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Crolla]

Have you tried putting your 5k pb into the runnersworld training pace calculator, linked to in that post? I think you will be surprised how slow it recommends you should be doing most of your training.

[Crolla in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I'll check that out. Thank you!

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Well done on your 30 minute 5k 👍And I remember feeling exhausted for about 5 or 6 days after my 2nd Pfizer jab !

And remember , you wil benefit by doing most of your runs at a conversational pace .

Running slowly makes faster runners 😁

[Crolla in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you. What's odd is that I was a triallist for a different vaccine and was back to running two days after, yet this one rather knocked me for six. I've been out this morning though (five days later) and feel okay.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Crolla]

😁👍