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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re focusing too much on the heart rate.  I’m about the same height and weight as you and at my fastest could run a 5k at about a 7mm pace.  What got me faster was training with people who were faster than me and doing speed work on a treadmill.  And also just doing probably way more mileage than you’re doing.  How old are you?[/quote]

I am focusing on effort/zone training.  Why is that wrong?

I do a lot of speed work - one of my runs a week is speed intervals, usually on the treadmill.  I have Peloton and they will say "go to your 6-9 MPH!" and I'm at 5 mph.  I was hoping that training for a 10k (increasing endurance) would make my 5k faster.  I did not necessarily get 2 minutes off my speed in 6 months if my PR was 4 minutes faster last year.

I am 37.  -op[/quote]

OK, I commented earlier, and I'm in the camp that thinks you're doing fine. But now that I read your update, I think you might be mushing together a few different philosophies and overcomplicating things.

Unless you have a heart issue, I'd ditch your heart rate monitor. Keep it simple. Learn to run by feel. I agree with PP: speed work ONE DAY a week, but a little faster than you think you can go.

10Ks are great -- a wonderful goal -- but if you're a semi-beginner, what you probably did was teach yourself how to run a long, slow distance run. [/quote]

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