Yes I actually ran 10k this week, in 1hr 17 minutes, as I remembered to keep it slow and steady. I was somewhat surprised to find my splits fairly consistent. Apart from the last one, which was quickest of all. Obviously I had the end in sight!
Not sure what to do next, as I don’t think I could manage a 10k every week, but I realise we tell all the C25K graduates to consolidate for a few weeks before moving on, so is that the same now? Do I now have to run for an hour and a quarter three times a week? Please say no!
I think I’d actually like now to revert to my New Year’s resolution of getting my parkrun time below 35 minutes, so I guess I need to do some shorter but faster runs to get there.
And I may even have the confidence now to try out some new routes, maybe even going off the roads onto proper footpaths!
I shall be 64 in a few weeks and have been running for a year. I feel incredibly proud of myself!
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Wayhay Barbie, brilliant! 👏👏👏 You know you have 10k in your legs now, so it’s up to you what you do next! Maybe a race, maybe just continue pootling. That’s the beauty of running, it’s all up to you! 😀🏃♀️👍
Congratulations 🍾🥂🎓Well done Barbie, the magic 77 minutes 10k. That was my 10k graduation time and for Oldfloss. No doing 3 x 10ks a week; it’s best to keep a 4K, a 5k and a long run if you want to. Some of us repeated the magic plan just to build up strength and keep a focus.
As cheeky says, it’s nice to sign up for a race , now you know you can run 10k
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I smashed it!!!
10K in the sunshine ☀️
10k ✔ 😆
Back in the game with a 10k
10k
