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cougie wrote (see)

Fast all the way. There's no time for slow sections.

The race should be the easy part. It's the training that's hard.

What he said

I've also heard from an olympic athlete inteview something like; break it into 3 approx mile sections

1 go out hard

2 hold the pace

3 finish fast

you need to warm up properly before the off too

agree with post above, you seem to be fitter than whomever the plan is aimed at. Try timing youself over a fastish 5k and then try somthing like the mcmillan calculator to predict your 10k time and get appropriate training paces.

Lou Diamonds wrote (see)

It's a lot easier to run further than it is to run faster.

it's a lot lot harder to run a faster marathon

But in general yes I agree. Tho who cares as long as it floats your boat.

Rachel, first ask yourself why do I want to join a club? Then narrow down to the ones that look like they will address that need and just go along and see if they fit. For some it's social for others it's structured training, similar ability groups etc.