Hi Guys,
Doing the Shef Half tomorrow and optimistically going for a sub 1:30. What sort of 5k, 10k PB do you think you need to make this possible?
Obviously this varies depending on the type of runner you are - I'm more of an 800m runner so the further the distance generally the worse I do relatively
How much faster would you go off at the start relative to your overall pace - I generally never negative split in a race. Always bolt out of the race trap
Some sound advice would be appreciated!
Comments
I'd say you want to have been running recent 5ks in close to 19 minutes, 10k close to 40 minutes. When I last ran a race close to 1:30 (1:31 and a bit) I had ran an 18:07 3 miler (4.8k) and 66 minute 10 miler 6 and 3 weeks before.
I would try to avoid going off too fast (I did this myself in the half mentioned above by doing first mile in 6 mins), but if you can't help it try to keep to about 6.45 miling maybe so you bank a little time and hopefully don't push yourself into bad oxygen debt too soon.
Good luck for tomorrow