Good luck!
Cool thing about 5Ks is that you can do one now and another one 2 weeks later.
Still worth investing in a good 5K season though (I e. you do a lot more sprint intervals and threshold runs). I prefer long distances but spent the past 5 months or so solely focused on improving my 5K times and it's making me a much better runner, including for long distances.
I find Garmin's data and charts very useful. I've never been an "instinctive" runner: I don't know what I'm capable of, and I don't exactly know how I'm feeling past the basic post-running feeling... strange, I know. So I need to see the data to get a clear picture. Using the device's data has taught me a lot, and has made me connect the dots between my training and my performance. I fully credit my improvement in running (pace, economy, endurance, etc) for the past few years to Garmin's metrics help.
That said, it takes a while getting used to them. Personally, I use the data as a guide, but I never take predictions and such at face value. They can be a bit off, either positive or negative; I've seen both. For example, I think it tends to overvalue long distance training runs for performance prediction.
But I think I'm at a point that I can understand what it's trying to tell me, and find some correlation with how I actually am. I think that's the way to go with Garmin.
Still going for my personal 5K season. Have a race tomorrow. Lowkey expecting a PB (under 21m:18s) but not ready for my ultimate goal yet (under 20m). Will be a good benchmark though, learned (and hopefully improved) a few things after the last race.
Good for them. Respect++.
Oh he did way more than that, and faster than walking. Come on, he did run.
It's been all over the place, but his typical run the past month or so was 75km at 7m:30s/km pace (8km/h). In the beginning he was doing ~50km runs at 5m/km pace (12km/h). I think the slowest I've seen him doing is 9m:15s/km pace (6.4 km/h).
He absolutely did run, but usually at an endurance pace, not at a race pace.
He had struggles in the beginning, but his aerobic fitness is probably astronomical by now.
Wow, he's living in 2012 or whatever. A true time traveler.
I started using them mostly for the cold weather (Janjis). It's been a revelation. Previously, I'd wear "normal" pants and would always feel somewhat cold at around 0C. Janjis have been perfect for that and lower. They're light compression, for warmth.
I also like how they feel. They're less distracting than normal pants.
As for recovery, I do wear them (or other more recovery-oriented leggings) after hard runs. I think they help; I haven't felt sore on my legs in a while. But it's hard to say if it's just because of the pants; I might just be used to it.
Finally, I haven't felt a difference in performance with performance oriented leggings (2XU). I know they're supposed to work, but I haven't proven that yet. Haven't ran a long (half+) race with them yet to be fair.
I have been running for a while. I talk so often about how much I like running that I think that prompted my coworkers to start running as well. They're now running regularly and getting into some races.
I am pretty well trained, so I can go faster and longer than any of them. But they're all about 20 years younger than me. I am very conflicted about the fact that in just 6 months or so they'll be passing me - running faster and likely longer. I'm happy/proud for them, for sure, but also a bit hurt if I'm being honest.
I'm not competitive against other people so I don't care in that sense, it's just that improving is so hard for me at this level. It's hard to reach one's limits I suppose.
But also this for balance:
A Generation Lost In The Bazaar https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2349257
I honestly read this every year. There are some deep lessons there that are so important for software and product development in general. It gets better every time I read it.
In this thread: people bending over backwards to defend their insane, non-logical unit of measurement
Can we just celebrate good apps instead of go all out "too indie for you"?
I think it's just for the cheap version of Windows, like "Home" or whatever.