Improving 5K time "just a little bit"

Tacklewasher

Thanks. I'm really happy I hit this goal in 2017.

Tacklewasher

Even backed it up with another sub 30 (29:54) this morning.

Yay for me.

fitoverfortymom

Way to go! Pooping always helps!

Vladimirnapkin

stanmann571 wrote: »

Absolutely no reason to do any more than 20 MPW on a 5K program.

What? Depends on what you want. If you want to go faster, you have to put in the miles. High school XC programs have freshman runners at over 20.

stanmann571

Vladimirnapkin wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Absolutely no reason to do any more than 20 MPW on a 5K program.

What? Depends on what you want. If you want to go faster, you have to put in the miles. High school XC programs have freshman runners at over 20.

SOME, might. When I went out as a freshman(didn't stick with it, because XC wasn't for me) we were doing less than 10 MPW. Some of the sophmores and juniors were doing 20 MPW, but the team plan was 9-12.

rybo

stanmann571 wrote: »

Vladimirnapkin wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Absolutely no reason to do any more than 20 MPW on a 5K program.

What? Depends on what you want. If you want to go faster, you have to put in the miles. High school XC programs have freshman runners at over 20.

SOME, might. When I went out as a freshman(didn't stick with it, because XC wasn't for me) we were doing less than 10 MPW. Some of the sophmores and juniors were doing 20 MPW, but the team plan was 9-12.

That's a pretty pathetic running plan for HS XC.
If you truly want to run a fast 5k, and maximize your abilities, you're going to need to run more than 10-20 mpw.

stanmann571

rybo wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Vladimirnapkin wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Absolutely no reason to do any more than 20 MPW on a 5K program.

What? Depends on what you want. If you want to go faster, you have to put in the miles. High school XC programs have freshman runners at over 20.

SOME, might. When I went out as a freshman(didn't stick with it, because XC wasn't for me) we were doing less than 10 MPW. Some of the sophmores and juniors were doing 20 MPW, but the team plan was 9-12.

That's a pretty pathetic running plan for HS XC.
If you truly want to run a fast 5k, and maximize your abilities, you're going to need to run more than 10-20 mpw.

That may be so, but we're talking about someone who' wants to run a 29 minute 5K. Not a truly fast one.

And that's certainly doable on 15-20 MPW.

Tacklewasher

stanmann571 wrote: »

rybo wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Vladimirnapkin wrote: »

stanmann571 wrote: »

Absolutely no reason to do any more than 20 MPW on a 5K program.

What? Depends on what you want. If you want to go faster, you have to put in the miles. High school XC programs have freshman runners at over 20.

SOME, might. When I went out as a freshman(didn't stick with it, because XC wasn't for me) we were doing less than 10 MPW. Some of the sophmores and juniors were doing 20 MPW, but the team plan was 9-12.

That's a pretty pathetic running plan for HS XC.
If you truly want to run a fast 5k, and maximize your abilities, you're going to need to run more than 10-20 mpw.

That may be so, but we're talking about someone who' wants to run a 29 minute 5K. Not a truly fast one.

And that's certainly doable on 15-20 MPW.

Oh, I think this thread stopped being about me a while back.

Vladimirnapkin

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Oh, I think this thread stopped being about me a while back.

You made me LOL with this! Yes, people have strong opinions about mileage.