Anyone else have a "problem" distance?

[al320]

So i pr'ed at my 10k this morning, by about 40 seconds. The heat and humidity were awful and i shouldve done better, but im still happy with my time (its a course pr by nearly 3 minutes). I LoVE 10k, but i never do as well as i should...theyre either super hilly, or the weather sucks...theres always something. My fastest 10k pace is slower than my fastest HM time (by 13 seconds) and Only a few seconds faster than my fastest 15k pace (a distance i do about once a year, it should be faster too).

I need a 10k in better conditions lol. Im runnng a flat one next week, fingers crossed for better weather.

Anyway, anyone else have a weird anomoly distance?

[Brie]

10Ks suck. Too long to race super hard, too short to ease off on pace.

Congrats on the PR, anyway!

[stingsharkruns]

10ks are my worst as well; the distance is so awkward.

Congrats on your PR!

[Wines Not Whines]

5ks have always been my worst races, comparatively speaking. I rarely run them. I think I need to get better about warming up, because usually the first 3 miles of any distance feel hard to me, so by the time I get into a groove with a 5k, the race is over. If I ran them more often, I'd probably improve, but I usually only run one a year.

[joenali]

You are right, there is always something! The weather, lack of training, lack of sleep, life getting in the way, ya know?

I DO NOT like 5ks! By the time I'm done I'm finally warmed up! I guess that means I should probably warm up a bit with 2-3 miles before the 5k. I can't seem to get my time down to a fast speed. I do however like 10ks!

[taratru]

I decided today that I LOVE the 10K. I'm not speedy enough to excel at 5Ks and the 10K is still fast enough to be a challenge.

I think the marathon is going to be my "icky" distance, but it's not going to stop me from trying to kick its ass.

[gt7301b]

I also hate 10Ks. I don't know how to race them, so I don't. I really prefer to do 5Ks when there is a 5K/10K cause it seems the fast runners run the 10K and I can get an age group award in a 5K.

[cinco]

My half marathon PR pace is faster than my 10k PR pace, but only because I haven't run one in forever. I consider the half my cursed distance, b/c it's the only distance I've completely fucked up multiple times. I have missed the starts at 2 b/c of traffic/parking issues. I've puked during one, cried during one (it was hilly and 90 at the start!), and missed the turn around during one. That one I missed the turn around cost me third place and 50 bucks! I've only run about 10 halves, so you can see my batting average sucks.

[psyri]

My half marathon and marathon PR paces are way faster than my 10K PR pace. I've only done 2 10Ks, and both were ridiculously hot and humid. My mid-distance PRs are generally not in line with the rest of my PRs, in part because those PRs were from the summer. Summertime is not my friend.

[runblondie26]

The 5k is my most hated distance. It doesn't keep me from running a lot of them since that's the most common type of road race, but they're definitely my least favorite.

My 5k and 10k race paces are almost identical. I know I've maxed out my potential at the 5k. I don't have the speed. My 5k times are still the same as what I was running when I was 15......not sure if that's a good or bad thing, depends on how you look at it I guess I'd consider myself better at outlasting than outpacing.

[artgirl823]

May 28, 2012 17:41:47 GMT -5 Brie said:

10Ks suck. Too long to race super hard, too short to ease off on pace.

Congrats on the PR, anyway!

:Y:

To be fair, the only 10k I've raced was basically up and down a small mountain, but it was brutal enough that I haven't attempted the distance since.

[artgirl823]

To the pp who said that they feel like a 5K is over before they're warmed up, try jogging the course beforehand. I've done that recently, and my 5K times have gotten much faster. It also helps to mentally know that you've run the course before and are aware of anything it has in store.

[gumi]

i used to love marathons. now i hope to never one again!

i used to hate 5Ks. now i love them.

but of course you have to warm up! not warming up and then trying to run fast is silly talk. i warm up for 10ks too. and half marathons, and triathlons.

[agrippa]

Despite being a distance runner for over 10 years, I haven't really expanded beyond the 5k until recently. That felt far enough for me. :-P So, I don't really have a problem race distance yet. In training, mile five always seems randomly hard, even If I am doing many more miles than that.

I was on the track team in high school and my problem distance then was the 400. Too long for me to sustain a full on sprint, but definitely too short to slow down. My little teenager self would laugh hysterically at what I now consider to be a good 400 sprint during interval training though.

[shorty20]

Yup, 10ks are my nemesis too. I always, always go out too fast, then crash and burn around mile 4. I hate them.

[sadlebred]

Centuries (100 miles). I used to do them and now don't want to. I can't get past it mentally. Physically, sure I could do one today. The first 70 miles are fine; the last 30 are horrible.

[jillybean222]

I think my problem distance is anything over 8 miles! I have a hard time finding more than an hour to 1 hr, 15 min b/c of the kids schedules and my DH's work schedule so I never seem to run more than 8 miles on a regular basis. I have been making more of an effort to do a weekly long run of 9+ miles though. It should (theoretically) get easier once my oldest gets out of school and I wean my infant daughter b/c I will have my mornings back.

[jgleespen]

5k is the worst distance for me, I feel like I am fighting with my pace the entire time. I love 10k's though