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Thanks Bob S. and hjs. I'm going to start adding in sessions of short intervals 1x/wk and long intervals 1x/wk, with longer steady-state distances in between. I think the short interval work, in particular, is going to kick my butt (which is a good thing!). I'll do this for a few weeks before I test...

Thanks for the responses! Here are some more details: I have been following the UK training program at http://concept2.co.uk/training/interactive (athlete level 4, 5 workouts per week, arbitrarily chose 16 weeks to race). I'm at about 5 weeks on the course. I sometimes miss a workout to get on the w...

On some of the other threads, folks are talking about trying to break 7 minutes or even 6 minutes for a 2K. Those are just not realisitic for me (female, mid 30s, 5'5" first thing in the morning, lightweight-ish). I've been following the UK training plan and managed to pull 7:53.5 (although my split...