Run 10K in under 48 minutes.

This challenge is going to have to wait for 2010. I’m focusing on strength training for now. That said, my knee is completely healed. Saving it for the Half.

Assuming my knee problems are under control, I’m starting 9 weeks of easy base training next week. No specific pace, just getting my mileage back up so I can take on a 10K training program. Once those 9 weeks are done, I’ll start the FIRST 10K program, but with less aggressive paces than I was using prior to my knee injury. It’s a safe bet that my aggressive pacing was a contributing factor. In theory, I should have no problem beating 48 minutes.

I modified this goal to reflect my recent new PR in the 5K. I’m now shooting for <48 minutes. One more 5K PR run at the end of April, a few weeks of management running, and then I start training for a 10K PR run in the fall.

I’m wrapping up my 5K intermediate program which segues into the full 5K program. I’m planning a few weeks of easy maintenance training after the Tropical 5K, followed by the full 5K program leading up to another 5K later in the year. I might start the 10K program in the fall/winter. Sub-52 minutes in 2010?

I recently ran 5K in 26:25 (gun time, 25:45 according to my Garmin). I’m doing 5K training for the rest of the year, leading up to the Tropical 5K in Miami next January. Then I start 10K training. I think there is a good chance I can break 50 minutes on the 10K in 2009.

This is going to be way out there. Probably not going to happen until after I manage my 5K in under 25 minutes and that is probably 2-3 years out.

I don’t plan to break 52 minutes this year, but I am looking at two 10 races for 2007:

• Hotel Dieu 10K in September
• Anniversary 10K in November

I’d like to get to a point where I can actually start the year with a 10K. I’ll probably make the Physio run (April) an annual event so I’d like to be able to do the 10K there instead of the 5K.

Running 10K in 52-ish minutes or less is the equivalent of running 5K in 25 minutes or less. So if I can manage 5K in under 25 minutes, then I should be able to manage 10K in 52 minutes. If so, then I will be running a full 10K with the same level of effort as a typical mile and a half from my college days. That’s a challenge!