The Get Faster at 5K Challenge
THE CHALLENGE HAS CONCLUDED!
THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!
This is an 8 to 9 week challenge
to do what it takes to improve your 5K time.
To participate:
Email to nancytoby@comcast.net
your current 5K time before Sunday, November 7, 2004
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 8PM EST NOVEMBER 8 2004.
DEADLINE HAS PASSED!!!!!!!!!!! 25 PEOPLE HAVE
STARTED!
You
must submit a current 5K time - run between October 24, 2004 and November
8, 2004.
(NOT your 5K PR - this is a test of 5K form RIGHT
NOW, not when you did your PR.)
If you don't have a current 5K time, get out there
and do your own time trial on a track or treadmill.
(Do
13 laps of a quarter-mile track and multiply your time by 0.956 to get
a 5K time.)
You can run or racewalk or swim or cycle or whatever you like,
just do the same thing for your
second 5K.
Do what you need to do for 8 weeks to get faster. Train. Diet. Do
speedwork. Whatever.
Here are some ideas:
Repeat the 5K between December 19, 2004 and
January 2, 2005.
Email your second 5K time to nancytoby@comcast.net
no later than January 2, 2005.
(Please use the subject line "5K CHALLENGE".)
(If we don't hear from you on or before January 2nd, you'll be
down as a DNF).
Some may also wish to repeat their 5K
at the Penguin Winter Carnival in Tampa the first weekend of February
after another 4 weeks of training. If so, we'll add them below. :)
| Name |
First
5K Time
run between
October 24, 2004 -
November 8, 2004 |
Second
5K Time
run between
December 19, 2004 - January 2, 2005 |
Change in 5K time
(min:sec) |
Change in 5K time
(%) |
Ranking |
| Nancy Toby |
34:03 |
31:30 |
-2:33 |
-7.4% |
4 |
| Beth Terry |
37:45 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Dudley Stadler |
1:01:29 |
49:21 |
-12:08 |
-19.7% |
1 |
| Louise RDH |
43:50 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Tory Klementson |
30:15 |
26:40 |
|
|
unranked
late finisher 1/6 |
| Becky Ryder |
27:55 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Una Beaudry |
33:30 |
35:03 |
+1:33 |
+4.6% |
10 |
| Steve Mahood |
27:30 |
25:52 |
-1:38 |
-5.9% |
5 |
| Leslie Ryan |
25:39 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Shawn Walke |
40:50 |
37:48 |
-3:02 |
-7.4% |
3 |
| TXSkatemom |
29:40 |
29:40 |
-0 |
-0% |
8 |
| Dawn in Calgary |
47:15 |
46:25 |
-0:50 |
-1.7% |
7 |
| Joe |
31:58 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Johanna |
31:26 |
~38:21 |
|
|
unranked
late finisher 1/3 |
| Ron Steve |
24:48 |
23:57 |
|
|
unranked
late finisher 1/3 |
| Glynis |
34:20 |
39:07 |
+4:47 |
+13.9% |
12 |
| Dave in NZ |
31:10 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Karen Getzinger |
43:05 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Maureen N |
35:42 |
32:57 |
-2:45 |
-7.7% |
2 |
| Colin Weir |
29:00 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Karen C. |
30:23 |
33:04 |
+2:41 |
+8.8% |
11 |
| Ellie Hamilton |
29:48 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Jane Fraytet |
34:18 |
35:20 |
+1:02 |
+2.9% |
9 |
| Judi in JAX |
36:22 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Gina M |
28:44 |
DNF |
|
|
DNF |
| Mike Warner |
34:12 |
32:20 |
-1:52 |
-4.9% |
6 |
