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Permalink Reply by Shreyas Kumar M on March 12, 2010 at 5:36pm

I think I probably did 1hr 07 minutes in the Sunfeast 10k last year which was my logest run ever until then. Now after one Half Ultra and 5 Half Marathons later, I did 1 Hour (could have saved a few seconds less I think if not for the traffic) last sunday.

Also things that matter are body weight, muscle etc. You should try and go mid way between the world record and your last time and this might be more realistic and train really hard for it.

Go for it and give it your best and dont forget to post us on your achievement at the end of the ordeal.

All the best.
Shreyas

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Permalink Reply by ans on March 13, 2010 at 11:52am

Sorry for my earlier comment. I realize you are serious..
My advice is join some running club like Nike Running Club or Runners High who are training runners for Sunfeast 10k.
Try your best in the weeks remaining. Dont set any target and just enjoy and see how it goes. Based on the improvement you achieve, you will have a fair idea of what it takes. Use this input along with the time and effort you are willing to commit to set goals for the next year.
Good luck.

Kiran Joseph said:

Sunfeast 10k is on May 31st .. Only 10 weeks away !
All your suggestions are welcome ..

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Permalink Reply by Kiran Joseph on March 15, 2010 at 4:43pm

Hi Guys ,

Quite e enthused to see that this thread has generated so many replies !
Thanks a lot for the inspiring , educative and some sarcastic replies as well .
I aspire to do well this time around,n i really mean it ! Thanks for all those who helped and big thanks once
again for all those useful info .Its always good to hear from people who are better equipped than yours !
Good luck to all fellow participants !!

- Cheers & Best Regards , Kiran

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Permalink Reply by ashok on March 16, 2010 at 5:38pm

easy mate. set an agressive target but be realistic and dont break down.

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Permalink Reply by Hrishikesh Kumar on March 17, 2010 at 12:18am

Kiran, I wish you could be aware of enormity of 30 min time. I have a humble suggestion- try 3 minutes/k pace for 2 km..and then you will realize what pace you are talking about.

If your time is around 50 at present, 45 minutes will be realistic (still little ambitious) goal. Go for it!! And dont get yourself injured.

BW

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Permalink Reply by kiran H on June 4, 2010 at 4:01pm

Hi,
What was the actual time that you could achieve in sunfeast 10k -2010

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Permalink Reply by Kamal K. Sirra on June 9, 2010 at 2:04pm

Hi Kiran,
I do agree with everyone. It's impossible to do below 30min. with 10 weeks training. I saw Haile running 10k in Madrid in 28mnts without any effort. In Madrid in almost every 10k road race we see ahletes from African countries doing these times.

Let me tell you about my progress. 7 years ago (when I was 40 ) my first 10k timing was 52mnts. I only train 2-3 times a week when I can and so far my PB is 40:20mnts. I know if I train everyday I might do just below 40 but never less than 38mnt mark. As someone mentioned before there are lot of factors involved such as age, diet, life style and training (where you train). Recently I ran Prague Marathon (a month ago) and the other day I did a 10k in 45+. No where near to my usual timings which is normally between 41-42.

So the ideal situation is aim for a mnt to cut off, every now and then. I've posted a training plan, check on that and see if you can make use of it.

Best of luck
Kamal

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