Check-in

[yvi]

Hey runners! Here is your irregularly scheduled check-in. How have you been these past few weeks? Any races run? Any great or small accomplishments? Questions for the group?

Comments

[yvi]

I have continued my training and can now slowly run for 20 minutes. Also, can do 4 kilometers in 35 minutes run/walk. Not totally impressive, but one of those kilometers was actually under 8 minutes, yay!

I have a question for the group: I plan to run 2-3 times a week (I also do swimming, dancing and lifting) and will run my first race, a 6K at the end of June. Now there's another race I would like to run in October and I am stumped as to whether to go for the 5K one and try to run a good time or the 10K and just be happy about being able to run 10K.

Any opinions on this?

[shadowkitty]

I think it depends what training you do. Would you rather concentrate on speed or stamina? It'll be a long four months if you pick the one you like least.

[yvi]

If only I knew whether I like short distances at higher speed or longer distances better *sighs* I guess I still have some time to sign up, though.

[blnchflr]

Yay for progress!

I think it depends on which distance you like to run more and how non-worried you are about placing towards the back of the pack:

I'm a slow runner who prefer to run longer distances, even though my training doesn't really hold up to it - but a 5K, even a 10K, if I have a longer option now, is just over too soon! It may be more impressive to run a fast 5K than an endlessly slow 15K, but I like the running for a longer time and the challenges that brings.

And I'm never going to run a fast 5K, anyways :D

(When this ½-marathon idiocy thing is over, I do plan to running local 5Ks again, not least to see if my training pays off on that distance, too!)

[ilanarama]

I imagine you don't need to make a decision soon, so I'd just put it off. For me, I'd rather run a fast 5K than a 10K at the edge of my distance abilities - but I'd rather run a 10K than a 5K.