Running Clique

[baggy1]

Good going Beijing - that's pretty impressive mate having an average of over 3.5k a day.

I managed a 27:21 5k at lunchtime and am working back to last summers runs of sub 25 mins and that will do me. When you get that headwind and a few spots of rain it does play with your head.

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Improving (albeit slightly) all the time. 2.5 miles in 25 mins (OK, some may scoff at that, but I'm pleased!).

My issue is that I'm upping the pace to try and get sub 8 min miles in, but it's back firing when I get 2 or 3 mins into the second mile.

My immediate short term goal is to run for 30 mins and 3 miles, in relative comfort. I'm not sure about the right way to go about this, so wonder if the experienced runners here would recommend the best way to achieve this? Should I just run for 30 mins at a comfortable pace, then once comfortable at that pace, up it at the next run?

That seems logical in my mind, but I'm worried that I'd do less than what I'm doing now, in terms of distance, but running for a longer time, if that makes sense? It'd almost feel like a backwards step.

I can't imagine anyone scoffing Kratos, there's not many Mo Farrah's on here I reckon. 

What i did to start was have a short loop to complete, I found an 2.5k circuit around my area door to door, so I would run and if I felt ok after one lap I would go again and then I'd see how far round I got, obviously aiming to get all the way round on the 2nd lap for 5k. If I didn't feel ok at the end of the 1st lap I'd call it in and didn't have to limp home (a lot of the time it was my calf that would tell me to stop being a stupid fekker).

Try not to over analyse it, just stick your headphones in and go for a run, don't worry about anyone else.