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In <1993Jan8.151429.1364@linus.mitre.org> dhartge@mitre.org (Duane Hartge) writes:

>Don't put too much stock in the "required" times in this book.  I've always
>found them to be much to conservative (i.e. you can run much better 5 and 10K
>races than the book says based upon the shorter interval times).  For example,
>I was under 43 minutes (10K) well before I could run a 6:15 mile.  I also know
>several people who easily did my training pace at the time, who couldn't get
>under 48 minutes.  The real problem is mental (at least at those kind of
>times).

The real problem may be mental, but it's also very likely due to differences
between people.  People who are naturally better at shorter distances are
going to find a 6:15 mile much easier than a 43-minute 10K, and people
naturally better at longer distances are going to find the 43-minute 10K
easier.  As far as training pace is concerned, some people train much
closer to race pace than others.  I'm not sure what the reason is, but
one reason could be those individual differences, or it could be based
on the rest of their training schedule -- you and your friends may be able
to do the same training run at the same pace, but you may be doing more
distance work or speedwork outside of those runs.

-- Rick Schubert (rick.schubert@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM)