Slow down you move too fast ....🎶 (mmhh ?!?!)

[Fit4life]

Hi guys !! Well , I couldn,t resist any longer I just had to give it a whirl and go for my first head to head with a full on 5K effort today .Nothing remarkable here but I managed to finish in a time of 33 minutes 43 seconds(age 61) .Im quite p!eased really as I just didn,t know what to expect on this initial effort . One of my main goals ,in time, is to run a sub 30 minute 5K , so Im now up to speed (huh ?!?!) with where I stand relative to achieving this. I enjoyed the experience but felt the energy was in the bank whilst feeling the oxygen had gone Awol !! I ran the first kilometre in 7minutes 4 secs and the 4th in 6 minutes 3 seconds so I must have tapped in to hidden reserves of air supply somewhere mid run . Shall concentrate on the longer slower 10K for now and perhaps after B,ham 10K will take another,'reading'

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Well done! Continuing to run longer distances e.g. 10k, should help you with your 5k times - worked for me.

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

If you haven’t tried it already, parkrun is a great incentive to improve pace on 5ks. It’s my favourite run of the week, and my fastest..

And congratulations on your 10k graduation- I think I missed it.