Race Training Advice

BeccaKay96

Hello lovely runners!! So I have a 10k coming up in about a month! I ran 6 miles for the first time the other day and am excited I now know I can survive it but would like advice on training for the next month. What routine do you guys keep up with a month before a race? How do you improve your speed in a short amount of time? Any suggestions are much appreciated!!!

gdyment

A month out you run the risk of hurting yourself if you jump into track workouts/sprinting etc. Whatever you've been doing, keep doing it but add a bit more (10% or so) then back off the week before the race.

wolfgate

Pretty much as he says. You're new to running so you'll continue to get faster for quite a while just by building more of a mileage base. Speedwork not needed for a while to get faster. Keep running as you have with smart, conservative weekly miles increases, and drop back a bit in the days before the race.

glevinso

Nothing you can do in this short space of time to improve your speed in any meaningful way. But you certainly can get a *little* faster. Get that long run up to 7 or maybe even 8 miles before the race. Then on race day, push the pace *just a little* and you might find yourself running the 6.2 even faster than you thought possible.