Pacing a 5k (Page 2)

Ok, I finished the race.  It went pretty well, except I am disappointed with my own heart rate effort.

I felt like I didn't push my heart/lungs as hard as I could have.  My legs (calves and achilles) were my limiting factor in "pushing it"...not my heart.

Anyways, here are my results:

Mile 1 - 9:35 min/mile    (148 HR avg)  (starting with 9,000 other people leads to a slow start)

Mile 2 - 8:48  (159 HR avg)

Mile 3 - 8:38  (162 HR avg)

My overall time for the 5k was 27:52 with a ~8:58 min/mile, and a 156 avg HR.

I'm happy with my time, since it's my first race, and it's much faster than I have been practicing, but like I said, I'm not happy/confident that my avg HR was truly my Lactate Threshold.  That means I'll probably need to go out and do another test to find that sometime.  Bummer.  My legs need to HTFU.

Nice work - this week - later in the week, you could try 4x5' at 160 HR w/1 minute rest - see if you can maintain the pace and HR throughout.

haha thats what im planning on my bike tomorro in the triathlon....see how i can run on fatiqued legs. Should be fun!!!

I would say never let the burn in your legs go away on 5k and sta relaxed and efficeint as possible.

Got a few more planned this fall, with a potential quarter marathon in late November.  Definitely enjoying it and plan to keep up the training.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words, support and advice through this thread.

-Todd

Great job; you are already faster than me!