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I would love to be able to do Stevie. 

I already do around 60 miles a week... But thats just running. 

think i will leave it as a pipe dream.

I do perfer the halfs. I have been working on getingt it to 90 minutes. Just been stuck on 40-41 minutes for the last several 10Ks and would love to drop this time. 

The fact I can still drop my half is very encouraging. Maybe I should find a nice flat one for a change. 

cheers everyone.

I kind of knew I would be lucky to get an answer of how to do it . Just thought, that maybe (slim chance) that being I'd wipe double digits off my other times then it could have been possible. 

as for my 5K PB its 19:33. 

Oh well back to dreaming... and working on trying to wipe a minute off. 

thanks all again for waking me up from my fairytale land. 

Hello. 

I am in 3 weeks along with 40,000 others going to line the streets of Manchester for the Great Manchester run. I would really like to see me smash my PB of 40 minutes, and maybe get a Sub 35. I was just thinking if anyone thought this could be possible, or if they have any specific training that i should be doing. I know i should do some speed work etc, but should I just concentrate on this. 

My running background is that I started 3 years ago with the Manchester 10K and did it in 55 minutes. I have ran around 9 10K's now on hills, flat terrain. I have also ran several halfs and three marathons. I tend to do a speed session, hill session, long run and then other runs that are normally 5 - 10 miles in length. My speed and hill sessions tend to be 5 miles. 

I suppose my question is this... Being that I have the endurance, should I just focus on doing sprints and speed and if I do, what type of pace, distance should I do. 

I have also included my first and latest PBs

10K - 55 mins - 40 minutes

13.1 - 1:52 -  1:34

26.2 - 4:27 -  3:41

Any advice would be greatly recieved. I would love to smash another 5 minutes of my PB. 

Not sure if it's the weather or the gym but I have lost my passion, my love for running outside and running long. Not so good being that I have a marathon to train for and so far this year i have not ran longer than 10 miles.

It started when the weather was all icy and too grim even for me to man up to and so I headed for my gym to run there. I decided that I would do interval sessions and speed work... After two weeks I can't be bothered running outside and even when I do, I get bored and fed up after 4 miles and really have to push myself to run a 10K. (even thou thanks to only a couple of weeks of speed work I'm finding that my pace has picked up loads)

I think I have lost the passion and love for long distances? Maybe even running. I have not had a race for over four months and have got a half coming up in two weeks which I hope will get me back on track but the thought of it is not even exciting me... More stressing me out on having to wake at 6 to drive to wales in time to pick up my race number etc)

Has anyone else gone through this, got any solutions or guidance on how I can get back on track. I work odd hours working in theatre so just can't join a running club as I would never be around for the runs. Not of my friends do running and those who do are a lot slower than me and can;t go the distance as they don't train for races just do it for exercise.

It's killing me inside that the very effort and thought of lacing up sends a chill down me.

Any advice or even some bullying comments that will make me man up will be greatly received.

Thanks