Finally! Sub-30

[Thecko]

I finally pushed through the 30 minute barrier at my local parkrun yesterday, after a couple of months of specifically training to do it with the help of the Garmin Coach 5k feature on my watch 😂

I'd had a couple of knee injuries during c>5k, and after I graduated that, I ran a parkrun in September last year I ended up with an extreme tightness in the arch of my right foot which took a good few weeks to ease off, so I ended up resting all the way through until December - so far that approach seems to have worked as a good couple of months of running 4 times a week has now gone and I feel fine 🤞🏻

All in this is actually only my 7th parkrun to date. That number should star to rise steadily now!

Next on my list now is to find a few local 10km races (I know I can cover the distance, just no confidence of a particular time) to enter to help me get ready for the English Half Marathon in Warrington this September 🙈

[Sadie-runs Graduate10]

Amazing! Well done 👏👏👏 So nice to achieve a goal! And a sub-30 min 5k on only your 7th park run is fab. Took me 18 months to get that time myself! 😂 Happy running, Thecko. 👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Well done to you Thecko on achieving your goal of a sub 30 minute 5K and at your 7th Parkrun, no particular time for a 10K but deep inside you will be wanting to achieve a sub 60 minute run for that, good luck for your training for the English Half Marathon in September.

[Wimborne]

That’s Brilliant !!!!! Sub 30 👍👍👍👏👏👏. And HM plans for September too. That’s such a great goal. Happy running 😀😀😀😀

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

Fab time! Congratulations and well done to you 👏👏💪

[Bridget007]

Sub 30 👍🏻 that’s brilliant! Well done!

[Motiv8me1978]

Sub 30 for a 5k is my dream....had this talk with a fellow runner friend today as we were running a 10k. I want sub 30 for the end of the year and to have completed at least 3, 10K races (first one next week) so only 2 more after that!!

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Fantastic Thecko - well done. And 27.21 is definitely sub-30! 😀 All the best for achieving your future running goals.

[damienair Administrator]

Congratulations and great sub 30 min time. I’ve been working hard like you to go sub 30 since the start of January. My Parkrun PB was done yesterday at 28:25. I’m going to work on a sub 28 now.

27:21 is great and a super effort. Very well done again.

Damien