#byobib

Howdy all!

On Sunday November 6th I threw together a BYOBib (Bring your own bib) 5k to see where I was at fitness wise and ended up surprising myself!

I invited everyone to show up but I was the only one that did and without competition I was able to pull down a 20:05! This surprised me a whole lot as I have not done any speed work since marathon training in June.

Going from here I will be doing a 12 week 5k training program based off my VDOT pacing and increasing the speed slightly every 4 weeks. I am hoping to really get my fitness level back up to where it was last year and I think I can do this quick, and most importantly, smart by utilizing VDOT.

If you’re not familiar with VDOT, please check out the link here. This uses your recent race times to put together pacing that you should run in order to keep increasing your speed and not causing injury due to running to fast.

Here is my schedule for the next 12 weeks, variable on Sunday runs as I know 60 min is a bit short for what I am at right now.

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Week Dates WEEK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 11/7-11/13 1 3 m run 5 x 400 Rest or easy run 30 min tempo Rest 4 m fast 60 min run 11/14-11/20 2 3 m run 8 x 200 Rest or easy run 30 min tempo Rest 4 m fast 65 min run 11/21-11/27 3 3 m run 6 x 400 Rest or easy run 35 min tempo Rest 5 m fast 70 min run 11/28-12/04 4 3 m run 9 x 200 Rest or easy run 35 min tempo Rest or easy run Rest 5-K Test 12/05-12/11 5 3 m run 6 x 400 Rest or easy run 30 min tempo Rest 5 m fast 60 min run 12/12-12/18 6 3 m run 9 x 200 Rest or easy run 30 min tempo Rest 5 m fast 65 min run 12/19-12/25 7 3 m run 7 x 400 Rest or easy run 35 min tempo Rest 6 m fast 70 min run 12/26-1/1 8 3 m run 10 x 200 Rest or easy run 35 min tempo Rest or easy run Rest 5-K Test 1/2-1/8 9 3 m run 7 x 400 Rest or easy run 40 min tempo Rest 6 m fast 75 min run 1/9-1/15 10 3 m run 10 x 200 Rest or easy run 40 min tempo Rest 7 m fast 85 min run 1/16/1/22 11 3 m run 8 x 400 Rest or easy run 45 min tempo Rest 7 m fast 90 min run 1/23-1/29 12 2 m run 6 x 200 30 min tempo Rest or easy run Rest Rest 5-K Race

I have week 1 in the books(will post that with week 2, so I don’t spam) and I felt relatively great during all my workouts. Hoping to really hit a good stride and start 2017 in fast note!

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What do you do when your training schedule calls for a test 5k but there isn’t one in a reasonable distance or price range? You put one on yourself!

1st Annual BYOBib 5k was a success! I was hoping to hit a 19:30 today and I knocked that one way out. My PR before today was 19:49, so hitting a 19:01 on a casual “race” has me excited for my training. I would have tried to push harder for sub 19 but since my goal was a round a 6:15 pace I had no idea how close I was.

Thanks to those who were crazy enough to come out and support the event.

And a big shout out to Honey Stinger,  without the boost from their gel, I don’t think I would have hit this today. This definitely wont be the last time I do this!