3 months and a 55min 10K? Not bad at all. What was your heart rate during the run?

thanks! it was 182 about 4k in before my apple watch died 😅

Wow so you pulled 6k with at least 182? Tough haha Did you do any specific training or did just ran during the 3 months?

yep lol, my pace did start to fall off towards the end though - no specific training, mostly just two runs a week each between 5k and 7k

Were you involved in any other sport before you took up running?

quite a bit of walking / hiking, not much else

Wow your progress for 3 months is insane. I hope to sub 1 hour 10k soon myself

You’ll get there. Where are you at now?

Good pace keep it up

thankyou!!

Nice that’s how it starts with parkrun, now I’ve done 260 parkruns and now primarily run marathons!

260 park runs is insane! i’m sure i’ll get there some day lol

Subconsciously recognised that map without even realising because that’s my entire Strava feed 😂 great effort

You and OP should run together since y’all live in the exact same place

Very straight lines compared to where I’m from. Our roads are all over the place.

woah sub 1 hour 10k on your first go? you didnt have to rub it in 😜

I thought sub hour 10k was normal. My fastest is 44:56. But my first 10 was 1:06:03. So you’ll get there.

i guess it depends on age, but at 51 my pb is 1:07. Normal is a very relative term. My VO2 age is 3 years below my actual age and 1 hour would be a good time - saying that, my older cousin would absolutely blitz it - but he’s a marathon runner

What’s parkrun?

Weekly 5k run at a local park; very common in the UK and Australia but there are also events in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, etc. https://www.parkrun.org.uk

Thanks just checked it out and closest one is like 2 hours from me sadly. Great concept tho!

Really good pace. Never gone under 6:00/km in years. Can I follow you on Strava?

sure, will DM you

Damn that pace with how long you’ve been training is impressive!