First race in years

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larkim Sep 2021 12:29pm, 16 Sep 2021 15,402 posts	0 larkim 1 mile warm up, 3 miles of intervals (6x800m plus recoveries), 1 mile cool down - 5 miles done!
Derby Tup Sep 2021 12:38pm, 16 Sep 2021 51,815 posts	0 Derby Tup Our Tuesday sessions are generally over five miles. Warm up and cool down very steady
fetcheveryone Sep 2021 1:05pm, 16 Sep 2021 26,480 posts	0 fetcheveryone Good luck BAWs.
jda Sep 2021 2:30pm, 21 Sep 2021 10,828 posts	0 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!
chunkywizard Sep 2021 11:28am, 22 Sep 2021 12,629 posts	0 chunkywizard so BAW, have you hatched a plan?
Big Al Widepants Nov 2021 10:50am, 25 Nov 2021 4,760 posts	0 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.
chunkywizard Nov 2021 11:04am, 25 Nov 2021 12,992 posts	0 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)