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Think of the 10K distance as a six mile run. In actual fact it is about 6.2 miles but for training I prefer to work in miles because 4 laps of a standard Olympic track is 1 mile.
Anyway.......you need to get an idea of how fast your current comfortable jogging/running pace is. Access to a track is really useful here. Try timing how fast it takes you to run 2 miles (eight laps of the track) at a comfortable pace. No sprint starts or finishes.
I tend to think of seven minute miles as being a good competent time but I am about 160Lbs (11.5 stone). So dont feel bad if you are much heavier and find seven minute miles difficult.
For training, try to do three or four decent running training days per week. Once you can run several 'seven' minute miles (perhaps 4 miles in 28 mins), then move onto speed work.
For speed work I do half mile reps (2 x laps of a track) and try to run them in under three minutes and then take one minute off, then try to run the next in under three minutes, then one minute off. This fits very well with boxing training and is actually making you run the equivalent of six minute miles pro rata.
After training like this for a few weeks, running consecutive 6.5 or 7 minute miles becomes much easier.
For what its worth I run a 10K in about 40 mins, with some good training this isn't too hard to achieve, most physically fit people around my weight could achieve a time like this within 10 weeks of passable training. The local elite run it in about 34 mins.
Anyway.......you need to get an idea of how fast your current comfortable jogging/running pace is. Access to a track is really useful here. Try timing how fast it takes you to run 2 miles (eight laps of the track) at a comfortable pace. No sprint starts or finishes.
I tend to think of seven minute miles as being a good competent time but I am about 160Lbs (11.5 stone). So dont feel bad if you are much heavier and find seven minute miles difficult.
For training, try to do three or four decent running training days per week. Once you can run several 'seven' minute miles (perhaps 4 miles in 28 mins), then move onto speed work.
For speed work I do half mile reps (2 x laps of a track) and try to run them in under three minutes and then take one minute off, then try to run the next in under three minutes, then one minute off. This fits very well with boxing training and is actually making you run the equivalent of six minute miles pro rata.
After training like this for a few weeks, running consecutive 6.5 or 7 minute miles becomes much easier.
For what its worth I run a 10K in about 40 mins, with some good training this isn't too hard to achieve, most physically fit people around my weight could achieve a time like this within 10 weeks of passable training. The local elite run it in about 34 mins.
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