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This is a thread I'm starting up partly for myself and to keep my own motivation up, but also for anyone else who may be looking to break through this barrier - be it in the next few months, or the next few years.
Hopefully everyone can have a natter about how their trainings going, what times they're hoping to reach in their races whilst working towards their goal, and even just chatting about anything else related to the subject.
From a personal point of view, a sub 36:00 10k race time has been my goal for 2008. Having started the year with a 10k PB of 40:53 (set in Oct 2007) I was able to knock this down to 37:18 in April - I then took 2 weeks of complete rest following and operation on my nose, and a further week and a half of near total rest whilst on holiday (simply too hot to run, and nowhere illuminated enough for night running), this saw a noticeable drop in my fitness levels, confirmed by 38:58 effort in late June.
So now I feel I'm back to a level where I'm training hard, and the goal looks like a possibility if everything goes to plan. I've ran a few club races well, and despite still being some way off my goal pace, I feel I'm improving well.
Last night I achieved my 10k goal... well, that's a half truth. I completed 10k in 35:39 - but it was a track session. 4 sets of 1.5miles with a bit of a rest between, and then a 0.21mile sprint at the end. Now I know I can cover the distance within the goal time, and I even felt like I could've managed another rep. HOWEVER, there were of course rests between the efforts (guessing up to 90secs), and this was on a perfectly flat track... so still a LOT of work to do to manage a sub 36 10k road race.
The EAS Castle Combe 10k (aka Runners Forum Winter Social) will be my final chance to attempt this in 2008. The course is fast and flat, and occurs late into November... I'm nervous already!
Hopefully everyone can have a natter about how their trainings going, what times they're hoping to reach in their races whilst working towards their goal, and even just chatting about anything else related to the subject.
From a personal point of view, a sub 36:00 10k race time has been my goal for 2008. Having started the year with a 10k PB of 40:53 (set in Oct 2007) I was able to knock this down to 37:18 in April - I then took 2 weeks of complete rest following and operation on my nose, and a further week and a half of near total rest whilst on holiday (simply too hot to run, and nowhere illuminated enough for night running), this saw a noticeable drop in my fitness levels, confirmed by 38:58 effort in late June.
So now I feel I'm back to a level where I'm training hard, and the goal looks like a possibility if everything goes to plan. I've ran a few club races well, and despite still being some way off my goal pace, I feel I'm improving well.
Last night I achieved my 10k goal... well, that's a half truth. I completed 10k in 35:39 - but it was a track session. 4 sets of 1.5miles with a bit of a rest between, and then a 0.21mile sprint at the end. Now I know I can cover the distance within the goal time, and I even felt like I could've managed another rep. HOWEVER, there were of course rests between the efforts (guessing up to 90secs), and this was on a perfectly flat track... so still a LOT of work to do to manage a sub 36 10k road race.
The EAS Castle Combe 10k (aka Runners Forum Winter Social) will be my final chance to attempt this in 2008. The course is fast and flat, and occurs late into November... I'm nervous already!