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Some of that performance can definitely be attributed to speedwork, but a lot was just a huge increase in fitness. Speedwork won't turn a 10:00 easy pace person into a 7:30 easy pace person overnight. It takes years of base miles.

Correct. But speedwork will help your overall fitness moreso than just the same tempo runs. Speedwork works different muscles.

It took me a solid year to bring my 5k time down from 21 minutes to 19 minutes.

But I attribute that to speedwork. I wasn't getting faster just running the same distance at the same speed every day.

Plus speedwork is just plain fun

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Posted by tke_swamprat

Houma, LA

Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 7/18/18 at 11:06 am to Salmon

My best 5k & 10k Times came after I did a Hr training plan for NYC marathon. Ironically my worst marathon time. Mainly bc I had a bug a still ran.

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Posted by 3nOut

Central Texas, TX

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 7/18/18 at 3:06 pm to Salmon

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Plus speedwork is just plain fun

I used to would have not agreed with that but I’ve gotten to where I like it. And it’s a good evening catchup if I missed a normal run. I have a park with a track around behind my house that is exactly .24 so it’s perfect

Last week I had some free time and decided to do a 5k progression (200m walk between miles)

Last mile was 6:45 pace and I think I could have done the next mile under 6:30. It’s good to break up the monotony of tempo runs.

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