I have been training really hard over the last 7 weeks since my last 10k. My time was 46.00 over a very hilly course on a hot day. The thing is I have never done a 5 mile race and am unsure as how to approach it. The weather is perfect it is known as a pb course and I really want to do well.Do i just run it at the speed of a 10k or try to go a bit faster from the start. Am looking at under 36 minutes is this realistic?? Any thoughts very welcome - thanks.
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Some of my best races though have been when i have thrown caution to the wind and then just gone for it..some times you suffer,but thats running.
Target time sounds quite sensible to me.
Sure enuf, 46min 10k = 36'41" 5M
Go for it! If it's a flatter course, try 1 or 2% quicker even!
I was thinking of just going for it from the very start, but I think that 5 miles is just long enough that it could go badly downhill in the last mile.
Maybe I'll just go for a hard 10k pace...
Right, sounds like a plan to me :-)