any 5k racers here?

[RachelEFC]

I am discouraged

I have never really done cardio before in my life - a few pathetic attempts here and there and I managed to do 3.5km (3500metres) today in 30 minutes and I was so over the moon. Now I hear women and men are running almost double the distance in half the time

Don't focus on the distance, focus on the fact that you were doing cardio for 30 minutes! Yay congrats on keeping moving for that long.

 

[holzy3]

try this webpage www.runnersworld.com. it provides training programs for 1.6km, 5km, 10km, half marathon and full marathon. on the opening page it has a place to enter a recent time you have ran over the distance your after, distance your training for, how many kms you do a week and how hard you want to train. it will then give you a 16 week training block on what to do a each day and exactly what time you should run each session in etc. its an excellent source and should provide you with exactly what your after.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I did the 3k race professionally till I was 15.

Tips? Run....a lot. lol. The lighter you are, the better. Work on getting a longer stride. Work on your breathing.

 

[heavy_duty]

https://www.trainingpeaks.com/

 

[the_alcatraz]

heavy_duty you strike me as the fuckin awesome type....just sayin

 

[~IVY~]

How is your training going??

 

[heavy_duty]

mine is going great.
had a good 40 minute run today.
sunday is rest day.

 

[~IVY~]

That is awesome....How do you think you will do for you race time wise that is?

 

[heavy_duty]

That is awesome....How do you think you will do for you race time wise that is?

I'll take anything under 00:23:59

 

[~IVY~]

Awesome.......Keep it up...You'll be on to a 10K soon