Hi everybody, this is my first post in here though I’ve been lurking for a few weeks now. I graduated C25k in March and after a fe weeks of consolidation, extending a few runs and running/walking 50 miles for Miles for Mind last month, I decided to give Ju-Ju’s magic plan a go
When I graduated C25k I was running a little over 2k in 30 minutes (FYI I’m 52, I was almost 14 stone when I started n was pretty unfit) so I’m following the plan with the aim of reaching 5k, hopefully by the end of it but if not that’s fine, I’ll get there when I get there. After my few weeks of consolidation n extending by 5 minutes every 2 weeks I decided perhaps Ju-Ju’s plan would give me a bit more structure so here I am having just completed Week 1
Not sure what happened on R1 but my legs decided to run at a faster pace than ever before so I was definitely glad it was only 15 minutes! 🥵😂 Run 2 was a bit more like my usual slow n steady, as was today, and when I compared with the last time I ran 35 minutes about a month ago I was definitely a bit faster n went a teeny bit further so I’m happy with that
But oh my, I do not like planks! But I’m doing them all the same n have managed to go from 30 to 40 seconds. Haven’t looked at the variations yet, I’m a bit scared to 😂😂 Not looking forward to next week’s squats at all either 😩
So my question is this. Should I be doing each run at the same pace, or should I be doing some slow n steady n others a bit faster? N if I’m doing some faster than others, which run should I do what on?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated! 😊
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Do whatever you need to do to complete them. Some people do the short runs faster paced. I didn’t bother. But do the longer runs slower for sure. Your natural pace will naturally start to increase as you run further anyway 👍🏽
Thanks, that was pretty much what I was thinking and my legs definitely wanted to go faster on the short run. I have noticed that my pace has slowly increased over the past few weeks too 😁
I’ve pretty much just gone with how my legs feel so the short one was faster than usual and the other 2 were my usual pace. I think I’m going to try n keep doing them like that n stick with the planks too 😩😂
That’s great, we can keep each other company again 😀
I’ve only been doing one plank, after each run. I’m only doing a kneeling one though, not tried a full one yet so you’re doing better than me if you’re doing a full one
I’ve only looked at the week 1 post so not sure about the other exercises yet
Hi SJR! Welcome to the Bridge and huge well done on your achievements to date! There’s some great progress there. 👏👏👏👏
You’ll love the Magic 10 plan. Slow and steady will get you there (I’m a slow and steady kind of runner and it suits me perfectly) 👍 You can incorporate some ‘speed’ work too if you like though. Lots of us do intervals, even me 😳 There’s a great app called JogRunSprint. It’s basically 30/20/10 seconds of each and you can customise the number of intervals/sets. I do it on my short run day (not every time, I’m ashamed to admit!) 😅
Most of all, have fun, and run at your pace. You’ll love it all the more. 😀🏃♀️😀
You’re doing well to go to B10K so quickly. I consolidated for weeks before starting, then all of a sudden I ran 7.5k without planning it and thought maybe I should join in! My main aim was to do have done 5k in under 30 mins before joining but I did that and then dragged it out a bit longer. As with all these things, it’s whatever you feel comfortable doing.
Thanks! I’m using the plan more as a bridge to 5k at the moment but I figured as I’m using it then in here was the place to post about it. Once I get to the end of it, I’ll probably consolidate then start it again to get to 10k
That’s a really good idea. It’s difficult at the end of C25k isn’t it, it’s like driving a car the day after you’ve passed and there’s no one in the passenger seat helping you along.
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