When should I start trying to increase my mile pae

gashinshotan
gashinshotan Posts: 749 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I am currently doing 4-5 mile jogs @ around 11 min overall pace.... the runs are almost entirely down hill and uphill with maybe .5 miles at most being relatively flat. My goal distance is 10 miles by the end of November.... however I am deciding if I should stop at that distance and try to increase my pace because 11 min/mile is so slow! How do you experienced runners balance speed and endurance training? I am training for a marathon but I want to get an ok time (<3:30).

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  • gashinshotan
    gashinshotan Posts: 749 Member
    No one?
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    In my experience, just keep running. Over time you will get faster. Once you've established a decent base, you can start doing tempo runs to help increase stamina(holding speed over distance). Warm up, run your tempo pace, then cool down. a 4 mi run would go 1 mile easy warm up, 2 miles at a "comfortably hard" pace, 1 mile easy cool down.
    I don't know how long you've been running, you may be able to do tempo runs now.
  • DonPendergraft
    DonPendergraft Posts: 520 Member
    In my experience, just keep running. Over time you will get faster. Once you've established a decent base, you can start doing tempo runs to help increase stamina(holding speed over distance). Warm up, run your tempo pace, then cool down. a 4 mi run would go 1 mile easy warm up, 2 miles at a "comfortably hard" pace, 1 mile easy cool down.
    I don't know how long you've been running, you may be able to do tempo runs now.

    This is good advice. I would also recommend working in some tempo runs. But at the same time since you are training for a marathon, you also need to keep increasing your long runs. You need to complete at least two 20 miles training runs before race day. Race day mojo will get you the final 6.2. That and a good taper!
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