What next

[LJAR]

I ran my first 10K back in December (still amazed, thank you Juju for your plan, it really is magic!) and although I’m keeping up with running 3x a week, I haven’t run anything longer than 6K since then (usually a couple of 3ks before work in the week and then a 5 or 6 at the weekend).

Part of me feels like now I’ve done 10K once that’s that, but then part of me would quite like to give it another go. Seeing as it’s been a while, would I need to do a gradual increase of distance again or should I just trust my legs to manage a 10K again? Or maybe I should be concentrating on increasing my 5K pace? Unsure! Thanks!

[nowster Graduate10]

I'd suggest working up to it. I've done 10k twice, then 12k, then 13.2km yesterday. I'm planning to have an easy week this week: 8km max.

My legs are OK but felt like they were made of jelly when I stopped running after the longest run.

Go for a 7km one week, then 8k the next week, then 9, then 10. Do a mix of shorter runs in between.

[Beatlesforever Graduate10 in reply to nowster]

This ^ Absolutely, spot on from nowster 👏👏👏 LJAR, if you feel like working on distance, maybe consider jumping back onto the magic plan at whatever point your longest run is at the moment? If you do interval training during the shorter runs that might also help your 5k pace 😃

[LJAR Graduate10]

Thanks both! Sorry for my late reply I forget to check this app sometimes! Wow 13.2K @nowster – amazing! Maybe I will use the Magic Plan as a guide again. I also think I’ll give some interval training a go, thanks @beatlesforever 😊 need to be brave and push myself a bit to keep things interesting

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to LJAR]

I didn't work exactly to the Magic Plan but I did take some ideas from it.

My next planned long run is going to be about 14½km next weekend... if I'm up to it. But I'm capping it at 8km on Sunday.