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5K to 10K

ken_hogan
ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
edited January 28 in Fitness and Exercise
For those who run 10K's or longer, at what point did you start training for 10K's? Waist just when you felt ready or did you run 5K's for a period of time?

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  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
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  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    I was in the middle of training to officially run my first 5k when I decided to train for a half marathon. Keep in mind it wasn't completely out of the blue. I had only been running for a few months but my mileage was up to 20 a week with an 8 mile long run. I had to choose between a 10k and a half marathon (races were the same weekend so I couldn't do both) so I chose the half because I had friends doing it.

    Turns out half marathons are my favorite distance, I've done 2 so far with another planned in October. And I finally did my first 10k last week. I've been running since April of 2012 and the first half was 6 months later.
  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    I was in the middle of training to officially run my first 5k when I decided to train for a half marathon. Keep in mind it wasn't completely out of the blue. I had only been running for a few months but my mileage was up to 20 a week with an 8 mile long run. I had to choose between a 10k and a half marathon (races were the same weekend so I couldn't do both) so I chose the half because I had friends doing it.

    Turns out half marathons are my favorite distance, I've done 2 so far with another planned in October. And I finally did my first 10k last week. I've been running since April of 2012 and the first half was 6 months later.

    Thank you for sharing!!
  • mrpurdy
    mrpurdy Posts: 262 Member
    I never really trained for a 10K. I ran 5K's for about 7 months before I started training for my first half-marathon. During those 7 months, I ran a 5-mile race for Thanksgiving and ran a 10K race in May without training anything beyond 3 miles.

    Best of luck to you! :drinker:
  • jacobhyatt91
    jacobhyatt91 Posts: 120 Member
    i jumped to 10k after only doing 2 5ks...It's really all about finding the right pace and going up in distance gradually when you train. Wasnt half as difficult as i thought it would be. Best of luck
  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    Thanks! I've never done more than a 3 mile race 'back in the day' when I ran cross country in high school. Maybe I'll just start picking up the pace/distance of my runs and see what happens.
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