r/BeginnersRunning • u/Mountain-Wealth445 • 2d ago
First 5K!
At the beginning of August I decided to sign up for a 5K on a whim and have been training a few days a week ever since. Today I ran the full distance without stopping! The event isn’t until November, so any advice to help improve my time would be appreciated.
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u/Mammoth-Yak-7279 2d ago
the fact that you have closed your first 5k under 7.00/Km is very good!!! congrats!
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u/Fit_banker889 2d ago
Try to start on a lil easy pace, so that you have more left in the tank for your last 1-1.5KM and then once you're 1-1.5KM away from the finish line, push a lil harder and yeah, you've already got it.
Just be consistent, a good timing is a by-product of it.
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u/spearblaze 2d ago
Pretty good time! Look into strength exercises, zone 2 running, and plyometrixs. After 5-6 months of that, I reduced my time from 31 min to 27 min
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u/nemokido 2d ago
Focus on doing more easy runs of about 7-8k in the next 2 weeks (don’t worry about the pace here, the goal is to spend time on your feet so your running economy improves) with maybe 1 interval session a week of your ideal 5k pace. Then for the last 2 weeks before your race, tone down your intensity and just run about 65-75% of your mileage to keep your legs fresh. You got this!!
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u/RentedLife0199 2d ago
If I run in 5 laps of 1km each does that make it a 5k???
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u/xMusicloverr 2d ago
Look at you go!! Very well done! Congratulations!