17-09-2015, 12:26 PM
Hi,
I could not do the race as other things took priority, so settled for a 5k park run the day before. I ran it pretty evenly in 18.36, but could not have gone faster in the end, perhaps earlier on but after 3k the pace was my maximum. Splits were 3.40 or just under, gps clocked 5.12, so although I thought I was on for 18.10 ish, it was more like 18.30 so i guess each split was 4-5 seconds slower in reality, quite annoying I may have to look at a new one as 4-5 seconds mounts up when hunting for pbs!
New cycle started this week, after 3 days off. What pace would you recommend the 2k session based on the 5k and previous training, i was thinking to keep at 3.50 and try and keep the whole session at this pace, but still feels like it should be faster to improve, more like 3.40 pace which I know wouldn't be able to keep it up for the full 5. Any advice on this session it feels so hard and the thought of going quicker but with no rest in a race really seems unachievable. All the other sessions are perfect, if anything ahead of where they need to be, the 2k session is killer.
Thanks.
I could not do the race as other things took priority, so settled for a 5k park run the day before. I ran it pretty evenly in 18.36, but could not have gone faster in the end, perhaps earlier on but after 3k the pace was my maximum. Splits were 3.40 or just under, gps clocked 5.12, so although I thought I was on for 18.10 ish, it was more like 18.30 so i guess each split was 4-5 seconds slower in reality, quite annoying I may have to look at a new one as 4-5 seconds mounts up when hunting for pbs!
New cycle started this week, after 3 days off. What pace would you recommend the 2k session based on the 5k and previous training, i was thinking to keep at 3.50 and try and keep the whole session at this pace, but still feels like it should be faster to improve, more like 3.40 pace which I know wouldn't be able to keep it up for the full 5. Any advice on this session it feels so hard and the thought of going quicker but with no rest in a race really seems unachievable. All the other sessions are perfect, if anything ahead of where they need to be, the 2k session is killer.
Thanks.