10k in 10 weeks- Training plan required

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Son of a Pronator Man Jun 2012 2:40pm, 1 Jun 2012 6,454 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man No, not for me but I have offered to provide a training plan for a group of runners towards the Glasgow 10k on 2nd September 2012. Could someone point me in the direction of a training plan that will take a non runner ( with no underlying health issues) to the start line in 10 weeks? Would completion of the 10k in an hour be a reasonable aim for someone like that ?
DeeGee Jun 2012 2:44pm, 1 Jun 2012 12,060 posts	0 DeeGee You know what? From what I remember five years ago, that's a pretty tight timetable for such a big ask...
PQ Jun 2012 2:46pm, 1 Jun 2012 4,813 posts	0 PQ I did my first 10k in under an hour as a new runner so yes I think it's reasonable. I know nothing about plans however, I just did my own thing.
Kimbles67 Jun 2012 2:49pm, 1 Jun 2012 1,798 posts	0 Kimbles67 Try this site. Its the Jogscotland site. The plan is 16 weeks but you could adapt it. Plans on right of page for download. jogscotland.org.uk
sheri3004 Jun 2012 2:51pm, 1 Jun 2012 12,200 posts	0 sheri3004 I think an hour might be too ambitious for some people... depends what sort of fitness level they are starting from. For others it will be perfectly achievable though. It took me four attempts to run under an hour for 10k!
DeeGee Jun 2012 3:32pm, 1 Jun 2012 12,062 posts	0 DeeGee How long did it take you to get up to 10k PQ, and what base were you starting from?
daviec Jun 2012 3:36pm, 1 Jun 2012 2,570 posts	0 daviec It completely depends on the individual. I took up running from doing sweet fanny adams for 9 years after school, and was doing sub 50 min 10ks in training 3 times a week after a couple of weeks. It wasn't good training, as I just went out as hard as I could those 3 times, and did nothing else. 10k in an hour is not an unreasonable target.
plodding hippo Jun 2012 3:40pm, 1 Jun 2012 42,599 posts	0 plodding hippo an hour is too ambitious for qutie a few people, esp newbies If it wasnt , there would not be a sub 60 minute 10k thread on here youll start to exclude people if you put that sort of time on it Im assuming your merry band is all shapes and sizes??
plodding hippo Jun 2012 3:40pm, 1 Jun 2012 42,600 posts	0 plodding hippo (took me about 5 years to break the hour)
PQ Jun 2012 3:44pm, 1 Jun 2012 4,814 posts	0 PQ I started with 5k DeeGee, did a race for life then stepped up to 10k. I had a base of nothing i.e. never did any running before. I suppose it took about 3 months to get to 10k distance.