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24 Comments

  1. If you're running a 5k, in the morning, I wouldn't eat at all, until after it. Nothing better than that light stomach feeling and no gastro issues. Plus you run faster in anticipation of breakfast when you get home 😂

  2. Sarah's 5k time is hugely impressive, even though she doesn't look like she has speed, a 21 minute 5k is really good. With all the running I do, and all my visible muscle, people would probably expect me to be faster than her but I'd be coming in more than a couple of minutes behind her if I was pushing myself… I really need to do more high-speed training, all the constant easy runs just enable me to keep going and going and going, but not get any faster.

  3. BEETROOT JUICE, 500 ml 2.5 hours before the race gave me a PB (and red coloured urine) each time I tried. Fake SMILE like Eliud does, it works beat the pain. Love HILLREPS – "speedwork in disguise." Uphill for a lovely improves kneelift/running form, downhill for faster than usual leg turnover. "I can do hard things. I can do hard things. I can do hard things…" DON'T EVER use "NSAID" painkillers like Ibuprofen before a race preemptively, google it, it can cause severe *kidney*, cardiac and gastrointestinale issues. Don't be that fool. You can do hard things.

  4. 5k sounds so easy and doable, until you realise what people mean by it is run it as fast as possible, sometimes in under 20… I need probably about 35 minutes and I am actually proud that I can do that.

  5. My mantra–"Crazy arms!" And I start really pumping my arms to make my legs move. The 5k doesn't get enough respect. It's my favorite distance because you can be competitive no matter the pace.

  6. Did my first 5k on Saturday and got 28:35, for a lazy 53yo who was on W6R3 of c25k and could barely do a minute 6 weeks ago. So today I set myself 8x400m intervals and got them all under 5min/km pace……….my stretch target is a 25min 5k in a few months, just working out how to get there whilst staying injury free. Don’t run before I can walk……..I think. 🤔🤣

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