of the best ways to become a faster and fitter runner.A former professor of mine used to say the most specific training you can do to race a 10K is to race a 10K. When you race a given distance you strengthen the specific physiological energy systems necessary

than 80 miles a week, even though that's a modest total for an elite 10K runner. But when he capped his mileage just below 80 miles, he was able to complete the season healthy and win a national championship. High mileage totals do you no good

create just the right balance of fitness and rest for an extended season of excellence. Reload Two to 12 days after a race...1 Return to regular training mileage2 Do a long run of at least 90 minutes every week3 Resume long intervals, 5 x 1,000m at 10K

’s somewhat inconvenient, here is an easy way to make a reasonably close guess: add 35-40 seconds per mile to your 5K race pace, or 15-25 seconds per mile to your 10K race pace.Then you need to train to raise your threshold. Try the following two training

seconds per mile slower than your 10K pace.2 Long intervals Warm up, then run four x one mile at 5K pace with three-four minute recovery jogs between. 3 Hill repeats Warm up, then run two sets of six-eight x 150m hill repeats. Sprint up, walk back down.4