Just thought I'd share that with you, hope no one minds :-)
For me this is a major milestone. I spent many years as a recreational runner going in the occasional fun run and the rest of the time just plodding over whatever distance I could drag my butt over.
In the 24 months up until January this year I suffered a major and prolonged bout of Achilles Tendinitis (I wouldn't wish this on my arch nemesis) and wondered if I'd ever be able to run freely again. I decided to concentrate on cross training and moved towards triathlon. A change of shoes and some rest sorted out my tendinitis (so far, touch wood). I joined the local tri club and started to compete, something I had never really done before. Anyway, I realised just *plodding* would not cut it anymore so for the last couple of months I've concentrated on building an aerobic base AND on speed. I'm stoked to break the 5min/km barrier and now I can start working towards sub fours!
Brad Hubbard <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Just thought I'd share that with you, hope no one minds :-)
For me this is a major milestone. I spent many years as a recreational runner going in the occasional fun run and the rest of the time just plodding over whatever distance I could drag my butt over.
In the 24 months up until January this year I suffered a major and prolonged bout of Achilles Tendinitis (I wouldn't wish this on my arch nemesis) and wondered if I'd ever be able to run freely again. I decided to concentrate on cross training and moved towards triathlon. A change of shoes and some rest sorted out my tendinitis (so far, touch wood). I joined the local tri club and started to compete, something I had never really done before. Anyway, I realised just *plodding* would not cut it anymore so for the last couple of months I've concentrated on building an aerobic base AND on speed. I'm stoked to break the 5min/km barrier and now I can start working towards sub fours!
Cheers, Brad
Thats pretty good, better than mine right now. What kind of 5k time did you have before? Van
Thats pretty good, better than mine right now. What kind of 5k time did you have before? Van
Hi Van,
I've never really gone to the trouble of measuring my performances over known distances before and never concentrated on speed but I know I've never felt this *fast* before and I'm fairly certain I've never been able to run 5k at better than 5min/k pace. I'd say before I would have been lingering between 5:30 and 6:00.
