will use the warm up walk and the first 1.5k as warm up and the next 1k as my posted time , hopefully eye balls out, and the remainder as warm down approximately.
I did loads of speedwork last summer with my running club (on the track and at efforts sessions) and it really brought my times down - got to 26:28 at parkrun 4 months after starting couch25k which I was pretty pleased with π
Unfortunately my term time work means I can't make any of the sessions so I'm trying to incorporate some "efforts" during longer club runs. Once the speed challenge is over I'm going to try to replicate what they're doing on the track on the seafront.
You're absolutely right - speedwork makes a huge difference x
Having (finally) run 10K, Iβm now working on increasing my distance so I figured that using the first 10K of each run would be a good idea. However, Iβm aiming to do each long run at around 6:30/km which doesnβt fit very well with the speed challenge. Then I thought of the 12 minute speed test that I do occasionally but Iβm not doing those very often.
Iβve been trying to do the last K of my long runs at a faster pace so is that acceptable for the challenge? Might be a bit tricky, but Iβll try and arrange for each one to be in about the same place (as my runs get longer, Iβll have to move the start point back). One thingβs for sure: Iβll be well warmed up! I ran 11K on the 22nd with the final K in 6:03 so I guess thatβs my baseline. If things go to plan, my next one should be on Monday (6th).
For what itβs worth, I did a walk with a couple of mates across Kinder Scout on Saturday. We set off from Little Hayfield and walked to Edale & back covering about 19.5 miles. In some parts, the wind made it tricky to walk in a straight line and I found that my waterproofs arenβt 100%.
I have only been able to join one of the four previous speed challenges because they didn't fit in with my marathon training. Eventually I managed it by running 20 minute intervals - maybe you could give some shorter runs a go?
OK, had to rearrange my weekend a bit so I did my first run earlier than planned. I've realised that, since the plan is to increase my overall run each week, it's going to be interesting to keep the final k in the same place. Anyhow, by adding a short loop down a cul-de-sac, it worked OK this week. I did 12k with an average pace of around 6:10 and the final k (the one that counts) in 4:46. The workout graph looks a bit unbalanced! It's going to be fun trying to better that but I guess it's a case of "see what happens".
Thanks Floss, itβs all relative I guess. Off pace for me anyway..π. My first 5k was around 5:50 min/km 18months ago and I have gradually chipped it down to a best of 4:15 min/km for a 5km so would like to get back there.
First 1K yesterday... after not running for 12 days....I needed to see if the lungs and the legs worked... took it slower than slow... 8 min 11 seconds...
Run 2... 1K this morning... pulled back, because I felt it was too speedy and I needed to be sensible...... and ran it in 6 mins 45 seconds..!!!!
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