@Bandage how long is it since you started your offical training program/me to go sub 25?
Tip of iceberg stuff. Serious effort on your own. You will obliterate that time by end of marathon plan.
He is still well handicapped @TreatyStones
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My advice is probably useless but my feeling with 5k is that you go out very very fast and hold on, in your case that would be about 7:20 for the first 2k,
Like there’s only so fast you can run, and you’re never gonna do a 3:30 in the past kilometre no matter how much is in the tank.
Under 19 by the end of summer is a certainty for you though , incredible arc
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I think I tried and failed to go sub 25 in last February’s challenge, but dipped under it last March.
Fenway’s training programme for the half marathon last November started in September, if I recall correctly, and within that there was an aim to go sub 22 for 5km. I achieved that during October at Parkrun.
Ive been edging closer to sub 20 pace since the turn of the year during internal club races and at the Raheny 5 Mile at the end of January.
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Amazing. Just don’t let the Raheny cunts take all the credit for @fenwaypark’s work.
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Here’s my effort. Happy to go under 25 mins and it was two laps so any downhills were more than compensated with the uphill drag by the recycling centre 
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Brilliant running
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That’s a sensational time. You wouldn’t look out of place in an inter-county pre-season 5km run with a time like that.
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Great running boss 
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Just a bump on this.
Hoping to do a parkrun Saturday. I’m well back on where I was last year, but I’ll give it a lash and see where I’m at.
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Good man . There’s a 5km race here at end of month that I was eyeing up but the Mrs is working that Saturday so I can’t get out. I’ll have to fit in some kind of solo effort
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I think it will be a good boost for this prestigious competition when tomorrow’s parkrunners toe the line. Hopefully there’ll be a bunch of times posted over the weekend.
@Bandage you’ll need to get the patented raheeny adjustment calculator out for this one.
Happy-ish with the run, thought I might be able to hold 4:20 a bit better but apparently it’s generally a very slow course as a lot of sharp turns (excuses out of the way).
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Well done pal.
https://myrunningpace.com/long-short/
The link is good for all distances long and short!
If it’s a parkrun then I’d say your time is good. The GPS for laps can be all over the place so just take your official parkrun finishing time if that’s ok with @caulifloweredneanderthal
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Official time exact same as above. 21:26
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Can we do a 5k walk?
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You can indeed. You can crawl it if you wish.
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Did this route again this evening as part of the local night run. Course clocks a bit shorter but using the Raheny calculator yoke my 5km time would be around 21:25 which I think puts me ahead of @TreatyStones by a second 
Kilometre 2 and 3 were all uphill with a freezing gale in our faces so I’m quietly smug about the time. Not a 5km PB but only about 10 seconds off it. If the legs are recovered I might do a parkrun on Saturday but I’d say it’s unlikely.
Cmon out and run lads, only a few days left and money will go to a good cause for another of our departed friends
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You’re some prick. I’d a long run planned for the weekend but I dunno can I let that lie.
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