How To Run A SUB 20 MINUTE 5K

Regardless of your regular race distance, 5k is a challenge familiar to beginner and experienced runners alike. From road to track or trail, parkrun, to sprint distance triathlons, if you’re taking on a 5k, you’ll likely have a target time in mind. A big milestone for many is an attempt at breaking 20 minutes, and in this video we look at how best to go about it, from the types of training sessions to do, the structure of your training week, and how to tackle the attempt itself. ↓↓ Are you trying to break 20 minutes for 5k? How close are you now? Where and when are you going to attempt it? Or maybe you have a question about training for a 5k that we didn’t cover? Let us know in the comments below ↓↓ Pace Breakdown ↓↓ For session 1: for the 3 minute efforts, these should be at target 5k pace, so 4:00/km. The 2 & 1 min efforts should be slightly quicker (eg 3:45/km for the 1 min). For sessions 2&4: 90s refers to the 400m time - ie run 40