Running

[cousteau]

This is a question for you runners/RTC grads:

What is a good pace and distance that one should be able to do comfortably before going to RTC? Ex: 2 miles in X mins or 3 miles in Y mins... Or just pace would be a great help too. Thanks!

[mike]

Originally Posted by cousteau

This is a question for you runners/RTC grads:

What is a good pace and distance that one should be able to do comfortably before going to RTC? Ex: 2 miles in X mins or 3 miles in Y mins... Or just pace would be a great help too. Thanks!

Your long runs you should work up to going at a 10:00 pace easy for 5 + miles easily as a goal. When you start out running don't worry about pace though, time and effort are what's important. If you really want to get technical you could buy a heart rate monitor to make sure that you are not over exerting yourself on your runs. You get better just from building mileage.

I do 12 miles at an 8:50 to 9:00 pace once a week and my 5k time is 19:48 and I'm not even very fast. Speed comes from smart training and a good diet, lots of resources online too.

God bless