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At the start of a running race it's easy to get caught up in the excitement, and overdo things on the early pacing. Make sure to stay within your limits and find a steady pace that you feel comfortable at. Once you have that, the distance should be ok.
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I'd say it doesn't shake out evenly as 4 x 2.5km. sometimes that last 2.5km can feel like forever. Keep plenty of spare energy for it!
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You’ll be fine and you have the right attitude - get round and enjoy the ride rather than focussing on the time. Break it down however makes sense for you but likely each block will get harder than the next so be sure to account for that. If you could do a training run which has you on your feet for the time you expect to be running for is always what I find helpful. Don’t have to do the distance but just so you know what the time on feet feels like
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Not starting too quickly is key and it's not easy when the adrenaline kicks in and everyone seems to be overtaking you. Keep at conversational pace and steadily tick the k markers off. If you're feeling okay with 2k to go up the pace a bit and you will probably find you start passing some of the runners that have blown up- it's a great motivation taking people in the last 200m, and 1hr 15 should be very realistic. Main thing is enjoy it (and don't set off too fast!)
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Have my first 10k at the end of May and will only have completed Couch to 5k about 3 weeks before. Will the 10k kill me?
Currently thinking that if I take it slow and break it down into 4x 2.5ks, then that'll help with the mental aspect as I realise I've left it too late to get up to 8-10k levels in advance.
Goal is to complete the 10k rather than specific time (a slow and steady 1hr 15mins feels feasible)