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Sub 20 in 2020

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njosmith Oct 2020 11:08am, 6 Oct 2020 615 posts	Quote Pin njosmith A sub 20 min 5km has been a long standing goal of mine. How I missed that this is the perfect year to really go for it I am not sure. With a quarter of the year to go I think it is just about possible.
njosmith Oct 2020 11:09am, 6 Oct 2020 616 posts	Quote Pin njosmith I have created a plan for the next 7 weeks up to the Brisbane Road Runners 5km championship. Any feedback?
njosmith Oct 2020 11:10am, 6 Oct 2020 617 posts	Quote Pin njosmith 6 weeks, hmmmm. Hope my running is better than my counting.
fetcheveryone Oct 2020 11:54am, 6 Oct 2020 24,819 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone No clue on the plan, but I just wanted to say good luck What would be useful, I guess, is to know where you are at the moment. What's your recent best 5k time?
SPR Oct 2020 12:01pm, 6 Oct 2020 31,864 posts	Quote Pin SPR There's a sub 20 thread I believe. Might be better off posting there. Given you've run a sub 90 HM, I guess you've been in sub 20 shape before? What's the plan based on? Do you need more speed or endurance for this goal?
SPR Oct 2020 12:04pm, 6 Oct 2020 31,865 posts	Quote Pin SPR fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-sub-20-5k-dread-thread-8810/
njosmith Oct 2020 10:50pm, 6 Oct 2020 618 posts	Quote Pin njosmith Best ever is 20 08 and best this year (about a month ago) 21 08.
njosmith Oct 2020 10:52pm, 6 Oct 2020 619 posts	Quote Pin njosmith I should have the endurance (half marathon at the weekend) so I guess speed is the thing I need to work on most. Just completed 8*400m reasonably successfully given the recent HM.