Trying to figure out what’s a realistic goal
I’m about 10 months into running. During my first XC season, I never really went to team practices, and my PR ended up being 20:50 for the 5K.
My track season was pretty similar, although I became a lot more consistent after getting a Garmin. Throughout track, I averaged about 12 miles per week each month from December - may probably simmilar throughout xc . By the end of the season, I ran 4:57 for the 1600m (coming off being sick) and 2:09 for the 800m.
This summer, I increased my mileage to about 25 mpw in June, and my plan is to gradually build up to around 40 mpw during XC season.
I’m wondering what a realistic range for my 5K could be with the higher mileage. If anyone has been in a similar situation, what do you think I should aim for? My ultimate goal is to break 17:00 eventually, but I’d like to know what would be a realistic expectation for this upcoming XC season. I wanna make varsity this year at the least which is a sub 19 5k
i have no basis for my fitness my Garmin predictor says I’m around 18:20 shape but I don’t trust it gets a good read on my hr cus it says my max is 220 and ion believe that