5km Training Assistance

[TheEd]

Hi J.R, first off, nice going

sometimes it goes like that, and hence the reason another 5k run was called

you should not be hasty to read into things. As you get older it is harder to develop speed and easier to develop aerobic

your natural speed is there however you do seem to struggle over the last 1km, when this happens, it will depend a great deal on the mind, and how you able to combat things over the last 1km

because of the slow last 1km, it should mean that there is more to come

I do believe that you would benefit more from 2k and 1600m sessions as part of your program, as they more likely to develop speed endurance

rolling hills can easily be part of your training

I do however recommend that you do not read into everything, and that you work on maintaining a positive frame of mind and also lowering the things that are causing high levels of stress

take the positives from today's run and we can work to rectify the 2 blips in the 5k run, basically anything over 4 minutes per k must be eradicated, and your slowest km should be 3.55

what have you planned for next week?

TheEd