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12th Jul 08, 08:51 PM
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Age: 34
Gender: Male
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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If I go flat out over 60 metres I feel no pain at all. It's only at about the 70-80m mark that it begins to hurt. In fact, When I go for a short 4 mile run, I try and do a flat out 100m sprint halfway through. It really feels good. I love the feeling of speed  |
12th Jul 08, 09:01 PM
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Real Name: Scott
Age: 28
Gender: Male
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Location: Aberdeenshire
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After 7 seconds flat out effort I normally roll over and fall asleep so never feel the pain!
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12th Jul 08, 09:57 PM
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Real Name: Lizzie
Age: 29
Gender: Female
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Location: Dorset
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5KM? running less than 1 at the moment is painful for me!
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13th Jul 08, 09:12 AM
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Real Name: Steve....honest guv!
Age: 45
Gender: Male
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Location: Lowestoft.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Squint
After 7 seconds flat out effort I normally roll over and fall asleep so never feel the pain!
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That long? 
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13th Jul 08, 09:13 AM
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Real Name: Steve....honest guv!
Age: 45
Gender: Male
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Location: Lowestoft.
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I'm expecting nothing but 5k pain later today!!
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13th Jul 08, 09:59 AM
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Real Name: Trinity
Age: 45
Gender: Female
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Location: south west
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Originally Posted by Steve
I'm expecting nothing but 5k pain later today!!
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does the reason for this belong in the confession thread by any chance |
13th Jul 08, 10:01 AM
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Real Name: Steve....honest guv!
Age: 45
Gender: Male
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Location: Lowestoft.
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No...not really..not this time...unless I let the team down..........
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27th Aug 08, 06:15 AM
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Age: 38
Gender: Male
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Location: London
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I run 5k every morning Its a good wake up distance, Its means I get into work switched on and full of energy
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27th Aug 08, 02:49 PM
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Age: 24
Gender: Male
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Location: Warwickshire
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I suppose there's running 5k, and there's racing 5k... immensely different in terms of pain/discomfort endured.
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27th Aug 08, 03:25 PM
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Real Name: Erm, Rob
Age: 38
Gender: Male
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Location: Manchester
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I find 5k's very hard to pace right - I ran my weekly 5k personal time trial today and thought I would try limiting my pace for the first 3k, with the intention of speeding up considerably in the last 2k. The end result was feeling totally knackered with a time a whole minute slower than last week's effort and I had nothing to give in the last 2k 
Normally I think I cock it up by going off too quick and starting off at 4:55/k pace, which gets me home in about 24:40 - but maybe this is the best strategy afterall as I have been consistently improving with this strategy. Starting off slowly today, I felt I was playing catchup all the time because of the slower early pace - not sure why it took so much out of me though, although I did have my most mile-intensive week to date last week, so maybe that was still lingering around the legs  |
27th Aug 08, 03:57 PM
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Age: 34
Gender: Male
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roadrunnerrob
I find 5k's very hard to pace right - I ran my weekly 5k personal time trial today and thought I would try limiting my pace for the first 3k, with the intention of speeding up considerably in the last 2k. The end result was feeling totally knackered with a time a whole minute slower than last week's effort and I had nothing to give in the last 2k
Normally I think I cock it up by going off too quick and starting off at 4:55/k pace, which gets me home in about 24:40 - but maybe this is the best strategy after all as I have been consistently improving with this strategy. Starting off slowly today, I felt I was playing catchup all the time because of the slower early pace - not sure why it took so much out of me though, although I did have my most mile-intensive week to date last week, so maybe that was still lingering around the legs |
I am totally with you on this one. For whatever distance I run, if I go out slow I am never able to make it up at the end. My fastest times for 5k, 10k, 10 mile and half marathon have come from going out hard, easing off a little somewhere in the middle, and trying to hold it together at the end. I just find this works best for me.
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15th Sep 08, 01:43 PM
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Real Name: Lizzie
Age: 29
Gender: Female
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Location: Dorset
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I did my first 5km yesterday, actually it was slightly more but I wouldnt say it hurt. I didnt push too hard but today I'm aching good and proper and still feel a bit sleepy!
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15th Sep 08, 03:48 PM
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Real Name: Pete
Gender: Male
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Squint
After 7 seconds flat out effort I normally roll over and fall asleep so never feel the pain!
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Are we still talking about running? |
15th Sep 08, 03:56 PM
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Age: 24
Gender: Male
Co-admin
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Location: Warwickshire
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It's Squint... what do you think  |
15th Sep 08, 04:30 PM
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Real Name: Steve....honest guv!
Age: 45
Gender: Male
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Location: Lowestoft.
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Er............somehow I doubt it!
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