Two goals!

[rustywheels]

A month after graduating C25K, I achieved my goal of running a sub 30 minute 5K at this weekends parkrun. Scraped in - but still achieved! It was tough, but a great feeling to get there.

Then today, I set out to run a 5 maybe 6K run, mainly to get rid of Saturday's Eurovision party overdose. But somehow, I made it to 7K and still felt good, so kept going to 8k, at which point I thought, "let's do this" and dragged myself to 10K! It wasn't planned. I'd intended a gradual build up over 6 weeks, adding 10% each week to get there. I have no idea what came over me, but I couldn't stop smiling at the end.

I promise to take it easy now, and maybe will hold off a run for a few days.

[Shakywakey Graduate10]

That’s a great run. Congrats 👏👏

And happy running 😁

[Runfatgirlrun71]

That’s impressive . Well done..huge congrats . I was delighted with a five minute I noticed to 33.50 but still almost dying, just don’t get injured ! I have started getting a sore knee think been trying to get near 30 too hard.

[jaybrass73]

That’s brilliant! Well done!!👏👏👏

[Windoze Graduate10]

Well done Rusty! Give those legs a little rest and a recovery run! Now for some of those 10k races huh.... 🙃🥇😎😎

[ArthurJG Graduate10]

Well done: Yes at least two days recovery is sensible now when you’re not used to that distance.

[rustywheels Graduate10 in reply to ArthurJG]

Yes, I'm definitely taking it easy and won't run again until later in the week and I won't be trying another 10k for a week or so.

[ArthurJG Graduate10 in reply to rustywheels]

That’s wise. You seem to know how to listen to your body and be sensible about it but overtraining is still the biggest injury risk especially early on.

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Well done rustywheels! That first 10k really feels special - but to also get a sub 30 parkrun is very impressive ! 🎉