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Yet 5km pace is often not even 95% of VO2max pace, let alone 98% For elite runners in the sub 14minute range perhaps, but for your 20minute target group, not at all.What's your point?
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......but I fail to see how having to walk a bit in a couple of intervals has any relevance to what happens after 40 weeks.Then clearly I have failed to convince you. You might try looking elsewhere as you are beyond anything that I am capable of providing here. I could elabroate, but it seems like it would be a waste of my time.
Edit: Sorry, I couldn't help myself. The results I provided you which you referred to as "extremely poor" had 20 minutes at 10th/213 which is upper 4.6%. The results you provided had 20 minutes at 37th/495 which is upper 7.4%. I could have easily picked a different race, like this one:
http://www.r2rresults.com/...php?rid=162&ss=0
where 20 min was 48th/327 which is upper 14.7% and then say something assinine like, "maybe running just really sucks in the UK."
It doesn't really matter if we are talking about 4% or 7% or 15%, 20 minutes is NOT average for a 40 year old man.........which whether it is or not, its a completely irrelavent point. You seem to have come here looking for an argument, and nothing more. This room is for abuse. Arguments are down the hall.
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