10km training goal times

[TheEd]

when working with the programs in a squad format, the athletes were able to run up to 15km as their paced runs during certain events

they would use the events as a training race

however, the athletes were not biting off more than they could chew but instead were running at a pace they were capable of

I am not sure you understand, so I shall try to elaborate, there is no gain in running at an anticipated pace if you are not capable of doing it. So, if your training is going well and you are handling the pace of the quality sessions you should be able to maybe take the 10k session overall pace x 2 and 10 minutes for a half marathon target.

then from that equation run 15k at that pace

however, if the 15km is a PB then you are in fact racing and should first establish a 15k PB before going for a 21k PB which may be out of one's reach

please let me know if this all makes sense?

Thanks

TheEd
ps.. there are a lot more to the 10k training programs and until one achieves race results and target times, they shouldn't in truth try new things if the simple things are not being achieved yet.