5k in Sub 25 minutes

[Sal]

Hi The Ed

Was race day today.

The event was very hilly so no PB today. The first 2k went well and I was pretty much spot on my target pace....and then the hills came. It wasn't until I got to 8k that it all flatten out again. I tried to make up some time on the last 2k, but had too much to do. I was pleased that I was able to run the last 2k close to 5mins each. My splits were as follows:

5:13
5:13
6:15
5:35
5:44
5:26
5:33
6:09
5:05
5:02

Overall I'm not disappointed with this. Taking into account the hills and the head cold over the last 3 weeks I'm actually quite happy with the way I was able to finish at the end of the race.

Going forward I don't have any other 10k's planned for 2012. I do have a 10 mile race that I am thinking of doing on the 7th October. It is a race that my club run at so would like to do it, but as it is the furthest by far that I have run, I'm not looking to run a fast time, but just to finish it I would also like to do a fast 5k before the end of the year, ideally also in October.

I'm wondering whether to use the 10 mile race as longest run in the cycle working towards a fast 5k (two weeks later)?

Kind regards

Sal