5k - the no-man's land between 20min and 25min...

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mr d Sep 2024 9:53pm, 11 Sep 2024 6,750 posts	0 mr d Good luck CW, maybe next May I'll have another crack at ipswich twilight 5k. Flat fast and my PB of 20:21.
tipsku Sep 2024 2:32am, 12 Sep 2024 4,342 posts	0 tipsku Well done, Ally-C and good luck CW. I ran the Sportscheck run Leipzig in 24:45 last Sunday in 30°C. It felt much harder than that though. It was a tough day out there as the sub-25 pacer and we lost some people on the final km as they struggled with the heat.
Ally-C Sep 2024 8:52am, 13 Sep 2024 6,339 posts	0 Ally-C tipsku wrote:Well done, Ally-C and good luck CW. I ran the Sportscheck run Leipzig in 24:45 last Sunday in 30°C. It felt much harder than that though. It was a tough day out there as the sub-25 pacer and we lost some people on the final km as they struggled with the heat. I did the Budapest half last Sunday in the high 20s and just jogged after the 2 hour pacer for the first half then speeded up a tad thereafter. Our Summer has been so shit it’s the warmest conditions I’ve ran in since Berlin in the Spring, where folk were collapsing everywhere.
Sunbed Athlete Sep 2024 10:52am, 13 Sep 2024 406 posts	0 Sunbed Athlete Ally-C wrote:22:46 for me earlier on a course with a hill twice. Fastest Parkrun for about six months. Happy with that, was getting frustrated at being so slow. Probably never did a long enough warm up, yesterday I did a longer warm up than my 3k race. 15 mins warm-up and cool down, throwing in some strides on all distance(s) apart from the marathon upwards. The strides will give the old bones a heads up as to what’s about to happen 😱
tipsku Dec 2024 8:39pm, 31 Dec 2024 4,577 posts	0 tipsku I'm reviving this thread with a 22:15 5k benchmark in today's New Year's Eve run. I hope to get under 22 in more favourable conditions relatively soon. Today was really cold with a chilling breeze and some icy patches. I'm tentatively looking at the 5000 m city champs at the end of April to get to a low 21 time.
Derby Tup Dec 2024 8:45pm, 31 Dec 2024 69,843 posts	0 Derby Tup 24:25 for Lowestoft Parkrun on Saturday
Ally-C Dec 2024 8:53pm, 31 Dec 2024 13,333 posts	0 Ally-C Sunbed Athlete wrote:Ally-C wrote:22:46 for me earlier on a course with a hill twice. Fastest Parkrun for about six months. Happy with that, was getting frustrated at being so slow. Probably never did a long enough warm up, yesterday I did a longer warm up than my 3k race. 15 mins warm-up and cool down, throwing in some strides on all distance(s) apart from the marathon upwards. The strides will give the old bones a heads up as to what’s about to happen 😱 Just seen this, ta.
njosmith Dec 2024 10:57pm, 31 Dec 2024 986 posts	0 njosmith First parkrun of the year done and dusted and under 25 minutes for the first time since my hernia operation in October. Hope to improve on this throughout the year.
God Rest Ye Merry Pothunter 1 Jan 7:20am, 1 Jan 2025 9,884 posts	0 God Rest Ye Merry Pothunter Nice! Well done njo
WayOfTheDodo 1 Jan 10:43am, 1 Jan 2025 4,927 posts	0 WayOfTheDodo Well done @njosmith! Great start to the year 😀