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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am shorter (5'2 and 125 pounds) and have been running for a few years.  I'm trying to pick up my pace and keep my heart rate low.  I do intervals, I do tempos, long runs, and I strength train.  I am very consistent 3-4x a week.  I trained for a 10k this fall since 5-6k was my limit in the spring.  Wanted to benchmark myself so today I did a 5k in 34 minutes, but my heart rate was 165 average.  The terrain was flat.  In spring I did 5k similar terrain in 36 minutes but my heart rate was average 154.  So today was really hard and I only shaved 2 minutes off my time.  My PR is 32 minutes for 5k.

I feel like nothing I do will get me to be a faster runner.  I know I love the sport and have so much fun with it, but it feels like my hard work isn't paying off.

Any thoughts?  [/quote]

Like others have said, you need to do speedwork to get fast. On the heart rate, a 5km should be run at near maximal heart rate. It's an unpleasant distance to run fast. [/quote]

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