Practice route for 10k

[Juliet202]

So today should have been my 9k run on the magic plan but somehow I didn’t quite feel strong enough - a little niggle in the inner right ankle and inner right knee made me think i should take it easy - so I decided to walk my 10K route ahead of the London vitality 10K I plan to do either 25th Oct or 1st nov depending how I feel ! After about 3km walking though I felt like a bit of a run - blimey walking fast can be pretty gruelling - easy on the heart but hard on the legs ! I though running would be a breeze - well - not really. Felt really heavy and only managed about 3k. Continued walking and made myself run the last 1k. Felt like in the first week of C25k - was pretty grim. I stopped the watch at 10K but actually kept on walking a bit - I guess around another 4K. I think moral of the story is..... I’ve done well on my long runs when I’ve put in less during the week - ie a longer break between runs. Last week I did two 6.5k runs (more than the magic plan recommends). Reckon this week I’ll take it easy - just one 6k run before attempting 10K next weekend.

Now for a piece of cake !🍰

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You will be ready!! Nice and steady and lots of confidence 👌

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Well done - it is good to recognise the need for a rest and to have extra rest days if you instinctively know you need them! I have now learnt not to be tough on myself if I need 3 or 4 days rest. You must walk fast, I take 1hr 19 mins to run a 10k!

[Juliet202 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

The ‘walk’ part of my walk was indeed about 6k per hour (ie 10mins) - not my normal stroll ! And the 4K I ran was about a 7min per k (or actually 8 mins for the last K which I omitted to say was actually uphill !). I reckon if I ran the whole thing it would be a slower pace of run so could well take me more than 80mins.... hmmm why run when you can walk fast ?!?!!!

[Jools2020 Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

So do I! 😂 I actually find walking fast really difficult.

[Couchphoenix Graduate10]

Don’t overdo it Juliet202, listen to your body and take as much rest as needed. I’m sure you’ll breeze 10k for Vitality Run no problem. I went to a car bootsale today and walked over 5k, so next run Tuesday 👍🏃‍♂️