First race in years
3 watchers
Sep 2021
12:29pm, 16 Sep 2021
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larkim
1 mile warm up, 3 miles of intervals (6x800m plus recoveries), 1 mile cool down - 5 miles done!
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Sep 2021
12:38pm, 16 Sep 2021
51,815 posts
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Derby Tup
Our Tuesday sessions are generally over five miles. Warm up and cool down very steady
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Sep 2021
1:05pm, 16 Sep 2021
26,480 posts
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fetcheveryone
Good luck BAWs.
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Sep 2021
2:30pm, 21 Sep 2021
10,828 posts
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jda
One interval session per week, and make one run gradually longer until you're up to 15 miles. Also, ditch the junk miles at 7:45, you should be running at a more comfortable pace than that when you're not doing intervals. Probably 8:30 at best, certainly no faster than 8. That's quicker than I do my easy running!
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Sep 2021
11:28am, 22 Sep 2021
12,629 posts
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chunkywizard
so BAW, have you hatched a plan?
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Nov 2021
10:50am, 25 Nov 2021
4,760 posts
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Big Al Widepants
Yes thanks. The first part of the plan is top stop this crazy 5 mile a day minimum (yesterday was 1 year so that's it). I'm still going to run every day but I want to spend December adding mileage so that I can comfortably run 10-12 miles by early Jan. Then I'll carry on with one long run a week and try to summon up the courage to join the interval session at the Meadows on a Tuesday night. That's 5 reps at 6 min intervals. I'm also planning to join Edinburgh Athletics endurance section which does a 7-8 miler on a Wednesday night at 8:30 pace. The rest of the week will be spent doing 3-6 milers at a slower pace and maybe do a Parkrun or two in Jan and Feb.
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Nov 2021
11:04am, 25 Nov 2021
12,992 posts
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chunkywizard
sounds good, hopefully the variation in pace/ distance will help a lot. Keep us updated on your progress (and congrats on 1year of 5milers - that an awesome achievement)
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