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Lose Weight & Get Faster »

There was a nice little table in Runner’s World this month that illustrates how much faster you could be if you lost weight. Of course, this would not take into account speed increases due to training.

Pounds Lost

5k

10k

1/2 Marathon

Marathon

2

:12.4

:25

:52

1:45

5

31

1:02

2:11

4:22

10

1:02

2:04

4:22

8:44

20

2:04

4:08

8:44

17:28

According to RW author Amby Burfoot, the table is based on research that runners, on average [...]

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