The sub-20 5k dread-thread

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Shortcut Cam Jan 2016 2:23pm, 29 Jan 2016 439 posts	0 Shortcut Cam Sub-20 smashed. Just back from a 19:50 at the Serpentine RC last Friday 5K. That's 27 sec faster than 6 weeks ago which was a PB time! If this was a professional race I'd be blood tested right now . I'm still dumbfounded tbh. Maybe I'll write a blog later.
Huntsman Jan 2016 2:26pm, 29 Jan 2016 2,999 posts	0 Huntsman Doesn't it feel good Cam Well done.
Shortcut Cam Jan 2016 3:04pm, 29 Jan 2016 441 posts	0 Shortcut Cam Cheers. I'm glowing but that's probably from the effort involved. Adrenaline clearly kept me focussed and in a strange way floating along ignoring any negative thoughts and discomforts. If your comfortable you're not trying hard enough!
Curly45 Jan 2016 3:56pm, 29 Jan 2016 3,030 posts	0 Curly45 Well done Cam! Fantastic smashing
Dave D Mar 2016 2:56pm, 13 Mar 2016 430 posts	0 Dave D Afternoon all, I completed a marathon last weekend and am now going to start training for a sub 20 5k Maybe making the attempt in may / June although a family easter holiday will delay the start of the training So training session's - I was thinking regular intervals along the lines of 5 * 1k @ 6 20 dies that seem reasonable? Last year I managed a 20:16 5k do I hope I'm capable
Huntsman Mar 2016 3:18pm, 13 Mar 2016 3,275 posts	0 Huntsman Don't die Dave
Dave D Mar 2016 3:28pm, 13 Mar 2016 431 posts	0 Dave D Damm you predictive text ! But to be fair, most of my 5k involve dying in the last k so maybe it wasn't a typo
arbster Apr 2016 11:42am, 18 Apr 2016 1,283 posts	0 arbster A long, long time ago when I first found myself on this thread, a super chap called AlanR shared his training schedule. Following this, got me to sub-20, so I made a document: docs.google.com
Huntsman Apr 2016 12:11pm, 18 Apr 2016 3,531 posts	0 Huntsman I'm following the Pfizinger and Latter 10k 30-42mile schedule to go sub 40 in a 10k. Along the way I ran 19:12 at Poole parkrun last Saturday.
Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2016 12:12pm, 18 Apr 2016 32,114 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Is that available online HM ?