HOW TO RUN A FASTER 5K: 5 TIPS!! 

The MEGA VLOG will be coming tomorrow morning!! It's going to be super long, so it was taking a bit too long to edit :)

My two-step program GUARANTEED to make you faster: 1. Run a lot 2. Don't get injured

I pole vault why am I watching this

I started this season with a 29:59 5k with my best time ever being 27:43. This season I just reached 23:23.

When 14.46 is your 2 mile time 😂

You know theyre a legitimate runner when you can see their GARMIN WATCH TAN on their arm.

Enjoy running. Summary: 1. Run more volumes (expand aerobic capacity) 2. Write down your goals and have it everywhere to remind you when you go for a run (purpose) 3. Have a coach and have a weekly training plan (framework) 4. Find balance between intensity and quantity (experiment) 5. Be honest with yourself Enjoy!

I started this season with a 24 minute 5k and I’ve dropped to a 20:03

Hopefully I can break 18 this sophomore season!!(5k) update: i actually did!!! i got 17:36 and going for sub 17 junior year!!

Summer is where u improve Watches video in September

I'm a sprinter and I've never ran a race over 400m, yet I still love these types of videos

This video is currently at 221 views, bold prediction, it will break 250,000

Just personal recorded last weekend with a time of around 33:00. Trying my best out here in Virginia

Last cross country season I started at 32:30, during that season I got my time down to 24:21. So far this season we have had one meet, and I got a PR of 23:26. It just show's that if I keep grinding I can get under 20 minutes! That has been my goal from the start.

This is probably one of the best and most straightforward videos I’ve seen. How you build your week was really helpful and I’ve never thought of the long run as a workout which is probably why I’ve injured myself loads of times! Thanks!

Ok, I swear this is the only video on RU-vid that actually explains how to make a running schedule

I’m watching this praying that XC is not cancelled for COVID 19

Bro I got a 5k this weekend and then one on the 4th of July. Senior season is upon me so I’m soaking up all the info. Thank you so much Zach!

Your videos are so inspiring! My running career began this year as a Freshman in high school! I was trying out for the soccer team and had played the sport every year of my life anddd then I got cut. I had nothing to do and I didn’t want to run XCountry because I thought it was a stupid boring sport. I went to the first practice and was like.... eh this is ok. I had such a fun season. I worked super hard and got my PR down to 18:06 and was really happy with year one. Then the next half of the year came and I could decide between the sport lacrosse I always played or Track. Track was the one and now I’m the best distance runner on the team with a 10:45 2 mile and a 4:58 mile! The seasons ends tomorrow with a Freshman Sophomore Race! Your videos have always inspired me to keep moving forward and I want to be able to run like you one day. Thanks Zach! ❤️

Thank you soooo much for this video!!!!! I am 14 and have been running for so long and my PR is only a 21:14. I love watching your videos and they have inspired me so much to run more. This track season I have improved so much from taking in all you say and do. Please keep up the good work and keep making videos because they inspire me so much!

Amen. Cross Country is where it's at. So excited for September :)))))

Yesss this is exactly what I need!!! AMAZING AS USUAL!

Thanks for the advice, I’m a freshman and I didn’t go to any practice this summer coming into my freshman season, I wish I could of been running with my team and help myself improve. But this summer is going to be different and state next year is in are home town. I’m excited and ready for my future and hopefully make state. Not by myself but with my team.

in the future, could you do a video on specific 5K workouts? thanks for all the work you do, i love listening to your podcasts on runs!!

Also, once you reach closer to XC season, I tend to incorporate an interval workout and move “workout Wednesday” to Tuesday in order to get some speed/kick training in. For example: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday are the most important days. Tuesday would be a tempo run, Thursday is an interval workout and Sunday is long run day. The rest of the days are for base training 👍🏻

The making a goal tip is very true... sat down with my coach and he asked me for a 5k goal, and I said 2 minute improvement off of my old pr (19:36). I kept that in my mind and at our first 5k ran 2 minutes and 3 seconds faster (17:33) so it definitely gave me something to train for and work for

thanks, i needed this! i had surgery about a month ago on my ankle because i broke it last season and didn’t even know! it stopped me from running fast so i’m happy to have found this video to help me even more :)

Your videos are awesome! I am so excited for this cross country season! Thanks for all of the tips Zach!!

Thank you for so many different ways to run helped me soooooo much!

you’re honestly so inspirational and i love how enthusiastic you are. i can really tell that you love running and that you want to spread that love. i’m trying to break 21 min for the 5k this xc season. it’s not even close to running a 15 min 5k like you but, hey i’m improving. (last xc season i ran a 23:10 5k, and i’m a freshman girl going into sophomore year)

After this summer will be my first time running the 5k for XC. Exactly the type of video I need thank you.

Coming back from an injury at am going to start training for cross country soon,thank you for this Zach!

Yo Zach My Pr is 20 minutes. I believe I can break 18 if I keep working hard by running more being consistent and training the right way

A timely video. THANK YOU!

I love this, today was my first day of summer training and I'm so hyped for it.

Great advice for everyone out there who is trying to improve! I used to run competitively. Around a minute slower than your 5k on grass. But I've been dealing with stress fractures for years. So enjoying from the sidelines!

I ran a 19:37 5k my freshman year and hoping to break 19 or further this year. Hopefully have a good season with this COVID stuff goin around 🤞👌

I really like that! “All of my achievements are in my past.”

46 year-old here going for sub 17 in 7 weeks.

With XC starting I can finally enter my sophomore year of high school and break my 19:57 pr!

i've never really liked xc and i'm going to be a freshman but i really want a good season so that i can have a great track season. so in conclusion THIS WAS A GREAT VIDEO, i really found it entertaining and informational because i never had a strong xc season due to injuries. thank you zach!

I was just watching ur podcast w Emma Abrahamson lmao Thank you for this tho!!

Awesome advice thanks for posting this Zach !

Just started summer running this week. Good timing on this video!

I really enjoy your videos keep up the great content🙌🏻

Yo, love your videos. They remind me of just how much I love the sport.

Thanks zach this answered some of my questions ! :)

zach your channel deserves to grow. you out in so much work into your videos, and it is truly evident!

You should teach Logan Paul that he's not the fastest youtuber

Could you give some advice on what strength/conditioning work is helpful for runners. Tips to mitigate injuries and building strength to improve running?

This year or sophomore year was my first year running XC. I ran a 22 min 5k in my first race and went down to 19:23 by the end of the season. With indoor and outdoor training, I ran an 18:32 5k at 2 road races. By next year I’m hoping to run sub 18 or possibly sub 17 with proper summer mileage. Your 5k videos really helped me a lot and you are truly a huge inspiration to me. Thank you so much for making another 5k video Zach!

You are such a great motivator, love when you post !

I went from 30 minute 5k to 18:30 (unofficially, officially is 19:30ish) in my first season in freshman year. You know how? Just run a lot more, long runs are extremely helpful! Run at like a comfortably uncomfortable pace. But only run this like twice a week at most because you can get easily injured with this. Also do a lot of speed drills too because they help with cadence and how to maintain a proper running form. Believe it or not, the form in which you run in is soooo important!

Could you do video on an ab workout you do? Thanks for the awesome video my xc training is starting soon :)

Im a senior in hs running for the first time ever. Im so excited!

Thanks so much for this awesome video! Very helpful!

Here before he beats Ryan trahan's video on the 5k

Can you do a video on strength training. I had a coach for strength training last summer but I don't for this one. I sort of know the things I should be doing, but I don't know a good routine or how often to be lifting, and I want to make sure that my true focus is on my running, but I also think the lifting definitely helped last summer

Thanks for the great vid Zach!

God bless I was just looking for a video like this. I’m not running in college but I’m still trying to get my 5k time down.

this is a good video been here since day one I love you

As an 8th grader I run with the higjschool at my school and this is my first season. I started with 21:30 to my best time being 18:34. Next season I’m gonna try to break 17:00 mins so hopefully I can reach my goal

Great videos so far Zach! Keep on getting better man!

Love this video I’m a new subscriber and thank you for helping me !!👍😃

When you run a 13 min mile in PE and you are looking to improve

Was going to go to party.... then he uploaded

I really appreciate this video, this will help a lot! I was wondering if you had a video or any tips on how to go about recovery. This is only my first year of xc and I haven't really talked to the coach about stuff.

That's really impressive...great job on training and keep up the good work.

999 views when I clicked on it. Guess that means I’m number 1k.

BEST TIPS From a good runner 1 Always run Atleast 4 mile a day For example alot of people are lazy to run in summer nor Give effort. Set pace times. Never give up you will get tired wanting to stop but keep going slow but keep going.

Anyone else just absolutely love the energy he has? He seems like such a sweet person

Ahh just in time! Conditioning started a couple weeks ago and in just a few workouts I've learned so much about myself and how much I've improved from when I first started running. I'm going into my freshman year of high school and currently my pr is 18:12. I'm hoping to break 17 minutes this year and keep improving from there. Your videos are perfect to watch before a race, thank you !!

If only this came out before I graduated 😂

Imma be working a 9am-5:30pm job during the summer and taking 2 online summer classes, so I either have to run in the morning if it’s too hot, or run at 6pm. So my summer is gonna be a big grind, but I’ll get through it

I’m a rising freshman considering cross country and my current 5k PR is 23 minutes. I’ll consider these tips and update in about 3 months

I have been waiting for you to make a video about this

Big Z, will you be picking up the Peg36? If so, can you please drop a long run review? Keep kicking brother.

Great tips! Run 100 miles per week and you’ll improve.

I really needed this video. Thanks. Summer training for xc star has officially started and I want to break 22 for the 3 mile. I also want to be invited to CIF again. And maybe get initiated to the mammoth trip in July

Thanks Zach! Helpful! Looks like this blog is going to get a lot of views! Best, Adam

GOODLUCK TO EVERYONE THIS SEASON 🙌🏼🙌🏼

ive improved by almost 3 minutes so far in my freshman year☺️

This vid is good for me because my cross country season is starting in a week thank you so much.

Always great to come back from a long run to a Zach Levet video

Currently my pr is from a practice run where I happened to go 3.2 miles and ran a 19:30 so i think I can go a lot faster Wow a lot has changed since this jeez I’m going for 16:30 now this year

This video is getting me sooo excited cause tomorrow is my cross country meet and I’m trying to get first Does anyone else do this or just me 💀

Hey everyone in primary school I was a very successful runner, running 1st in grade 5 and 6 making it to state both times. Then when high school hit I came 14th in year 7 and 6th in year 8. I decided to change and got motivated and went to park run. My parkrun pb is 20.59 (5k). After watching Zach Levets guide on running a faster 5k I had the confidence and ran a 19.15 5k. You just have to belbe be in yourself and be motivated to succeed! 🏃💓j

Literally have a 5k coming up in 2 weeks so this is perfect

Zach levet's gonna win me states this year

What pace do you plan on running your 20 mile long runs? How about the 13.3 easy days?

Super good content! Thanks Zach!

Zach this video is perfectly timed thank you for being that big brother material for this sport . 😼👍🏻

So you won state races in two different states

I was a new runner last XC season and my best 5k time that year was 23:23 but I decided to stick with it and my fitness has gotten better in track. Since the summer is coming, I need to know what my training is going to look like. I want to be around 18:30-19:00 by the end of the season next year. My current mileage is around 25 miles a week but I am increasing it each week. My current long run is 8 miles. How many miles a week should I be doing this summer? I am going to be a sophomore in high school next year.

He really does listen to his fans because I’ve seen all the comments asking for this , great job Zach

I love how your running bibs are on the bulletin board in the background!!! :))

That’s funny because I was leaving to go on a run with all of my friends

Districts this week... hoping to go to regionals!!!

I’m a sprinter at heart 100-800m 100m-10.9, 200m-21.34, 400m-48 high, 800m- 2:02 and 4:50- miler but I actually loved cross country excluding the shin splits and rolling my ankles on the rocky trails. But my fastest time was a 19:00.01 literally I was extremely pist off because I wanted to run an 18 so bad lol but looking at your tips and watching your videos reminded me why I miss running so much. I’m 60lbs over weight compared to my “glory track days” but I plan to get back out and really try and hit some of those times again! Good stuff!

I hope to shave down my time to break 19! I’m training a lot this summer and I’m using your videos as motivation and education.