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NotThamesWater in reply to @Baerli_Baer

Nice work. What were your 5k splits in the 10k? Aiming for those, less 5%, seems doable.

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Baerli_Baer in reply to @NotThamesWater

5% faster you say....
Just checked my splits: 19:14 and 19:45
So by my dodgy maths, 5k race equivalent would be 18:16 (3:39min/k).
Mind blown. Well it's something to aim for. Will post how things go.

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duncs in reply to @Baerli_Baer

I wouldn't just take 5% off the quickest half of the 10k, since the assumption is you couldn't hold 19:14 for the 2nd half (as evidenced by the 19:45)
But 95% of the average 19:30 pace (so pretty much bang on 18:30) I think is definitely a reasonable goal...

I did similar earlier in the year. Haven't run under 18mins for 5k, then did a 36:45 10k including the 2nd half in 17:55 and a couple 3.5mi races that would have had a better split than my 'official' pb. Have since improved on my 10k and picked up a HM PB.
Still haven't tried a standalone 5k though... maybe I'll go for Dulwich too

Either way, very good work. a sub 18:30 beckons!
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NotThamesWater in reply to @Baerli_Baer

5% as a reasonable approximation, based on a load of race-pace calculators - Jack Daniels VDOT timings work out to around 5% increase in time for a doubling of distance, for example.

See how you fare at a 19:15 park run, and build from there.

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