I have a 5K coming up this weekend.  My current PR (set two weeks ago) is 21:48.  The race I'm doing this weekend is where I set a PR a couple years ago so I know it's pretty fast.  I'm not going to be shooting for sub-20 this time around because I haven't had enough time to do speedwork.  But I'm hoping to keep shaving seconds here and there at the next couple races.  Maybe in the fall I'll make an attempt at 19:59.

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Thanks for firing up a new thread, Maine.  !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!

And of course best of luck to you folks on the edge! As for me...now I have to prove (to myself) that I can do it again, if not consistently. I have a 4 miler in a few weeks so we'll see how that goes.

I posted late in the old sub 20 5k thread.  I made my first attempt at the distance on 6/23.  It didn't go well.  I was 6:33 through 1 mile, 13:14 through 2 miles, and wound up with an almost shamefull blow up - 21:12. 

I could tell 1 mile in that there was no way it was gonna happen. Still, I was close to a friend who I thought I had a shot at through 2 miles. When he left me during the 3rd mile I lost focus and slowed significantly.

Oh well, next shot will be 7/22. I hope to break 20:30 that day. I may take another shot at it late fall.

Good luck all

I ran two 5k races in May a week a part and both at 21:24 PR.  In June I ran a tough hilly and humid 22: 20 5k and a 10k trail race at an 8:08 pace.  My last race on June 13th was 2.5 miles in 16:36, which is equivalent to a 21:04 5k.  If I would have maintained the pace for another half mile I would have ran a 20:37 5k.  The temperature for the 2.5 mile race was 95f and my weight was 210 lbs.

My mileage for the year has been 30-40 Miles per week. My weekly mileage since June 10th has dropped to 27, 20 and last week 10 miles. I did not run Sunday, Monday or today and have a 5k race tomorrow July 4th. My mileage drop is due to seasonal work demands which really takes a toll on me physically. Luckily I have a break until the end of July so I can increase my mileage again. I will also probably lose the first two weeks in August.

My question is what can I expect from my race on the 4th? I have only ran 7 days in the last 3 weeks and did not run in the 5 days before the race. My weight has not change significantly and is around 208 lbs


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I'm at week 7 on the advanced 5k program from this site.

Today I ran a 5K. 20:04. Bummed. Completely bummed.

I was way over-trained last week (snuck in an extra 13 miles / 5,500 vertical ft. of mountain hiking).

Anyhow, I was cruising ahead of pace just fine. To discover that my GPS go optimistic by about 1/10th of a mile and I couldn't make it up at the end after discovering it.

Grrr.

Anyhow, I think I'll get it.

I have a 5k Saturday morning July 7 at 8:30 am.

I haven't raced since June 1st when I ran under the weather and notched a time of 20:56. Though I have run 2 test runs alone with times of 20:48 and 20:27. I am running about 33 miles per week since my last race.

My PR is 20:22 set in early May. I am planning to take today off and run 4 miles or so tomorrow nice and easy. But I might decide to run a few miles today anyhow as tapering doesnt seem to help 5k times that much for me.

I am gunning for a PR (20:21 or better Saturday). I have yet to see the course.

I did a last second 2 mile Fun Run in 12:37, McMillan projects a 20:29 5k. I ended up 3rd overall. I was about 1 minute behind 2nd place and 1 minute in front of 4th place, so it felt like I was running by myself almost the whole way. There was a ginormous 3/4 mile hill half way through that seriously slowed the pace.  The unfortunate thing is I tweaked my Achilles (I hope it's not tendinitis/tendinosis), so I will be roller skiing until I'm back at 100%.  Good luck to everyone.