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I’m training to run an 18 min 5K

picheakasha262
picheakasha262 Posts: 10 Member
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Just as the title says. If you’d like to follow me on this journey, and be friends who support each other , go ahead and send a friend request. This win will be even sweeter if I can share it

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  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    What is your current 5K PR?
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,022 Member
    How's it going?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    How's it going?

    OP hasn't been on the forums since 29th November
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    I think I'm going to try this as well. I won't get to 18 minutes but I want to train for a 5k and see what I can do. I generally run a couple every year but my training is geared toward marathons (expect for a couple weeks when train for a mile race).
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,022 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    polskagirl01 wrote: »
    How's it going?

    OP hasn't been on the forums since 29th November

    I figured something like that. But I'll cheer on @dewd2 for sure!
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    An 18 minute 5K is beyond my capability. If I train well and everything lines up perfectly on race day, I might break under 19 minutes; so if 18:59 is an 18 minute 5K, I suppose it's possible.

    But I won't make it a major goal, and I won't be surprised if it never happens. The fastest 5K I ever ran, on a day when there was no logical reason I should have been able to run that fast, was 19:07 at age 60. The world class 65 year old runners don't need to worry about me aging up.
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,022 Member
    I should probably do more 5k training, since I do a lot of them. But really 25 minutes would be a major accomplishment for me, and I like being able to do longer distances. So I'm not sure how I'd balance it. Theoretically the speed work I do now should help.

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