I stopped to see a friend mid-run the other day and persuaded her to start c25k but she didn't feel comfortable about running by herself so I offered to take her out. Run 1, for her, was tonight and she lives 2.5k from my house (uphill) so I set off for my warm up walk and then ran to her house. She was ready and waiting so we set off with Laura in one ear for the timings. I felt quite the professional coach telling her to slow her pace and then encouraging her. A successful w1r1 completed I left her at her house and then ran home by myself hence the three runs in one - next run is Saturday morning.
Three runs in one: I stopped to see a friend... - Bridge to 10K
Three runs in one
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Brilliant! I'm sure she felt so much better and confident with someone by her side to guide her - particularly guiding her on pace and giving encouragement. I'm sure she'll go from strength to strength now, and it will surely help that you're on hand for advice.
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You did a good thing. Only got going on C25K myself when my husband started running with me and I'm so glad he did! Good luck for Sat.
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That's brilliant!
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Yeay!!! Go you... Coach!!!
Well done you, I'm sure your friend will really appreciate it. I do something similar with friend, but I run with him on my rest days. I hadn't thought of running to his house first, then doing his run. Mind you he lives about 6km away (uphill) so I'd have to work out how I would get back after his run...
You've got me thinking now...
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What a great friend you are. Sounds like fun for both of you. 😊x