Originally posted by Taka
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lol, did I mention I wasn't going to aim for anything spectacular? You have a lot more faith in my abilities than me! :-) 44:11 is my current (and very recent) best on 10k, and that was with almost perfect conditions (cool, flat, not too many other racers). On another equally good day I might be able to manage between 43-44, but sub 42....no way! I don't trust those race prediction calculators, I think they assume a certain amount of endurance training in order to achieve those times.
The course for sunday is multi terrain. Weirdly the website says fast and flat, but I had an email from the organisers to say there are various trip hazards such as tree routes within a forest area, so who knows! I quite like the idea of sticking around 4:35/km then trying to speed up in the second half, but as for pulling off a 21min 5k for the second half, all I can say is I wish that were possible. Especially with heat....ugh! This is where endurance training (or lack of) comes into play. I can see myself managing a couple of km at 4:15/km (in the second half), then dropping off massively. I don't think it's just mind over matter here either. Certainly, when I did 44:11 my pace at around the km 7-9 was near to 4:30/km and there was nothing I could have done about that. My HR was approaching max. and I was putting everything in.
I definitely aim to follow up on Charles' suggestion and start doing threshold sections in my long weekend runs, as well as extending those runs to give myself better endurance capabilities. So I'm not forced to slow down after 30 mins at a given pace.
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