You deserve to be very happy and proud of yourself CBDB, a 5K PB and 4 minutes 6 seconds quicker than your first 5k, well done, I notice also that ALL your 5K runs have been sub 40 minutes, congratulations for that as well 🏃🏾 👍.
Thank you! I fear it’s not a 5k route, it was just my old C25k route which is ca 4K. So I still have some way to go to get a 5k under 30min, possibly never. But I’m ok with that.
My two fastest 5K runs are 30.55 and 30.56 but most have averaged around 33/34 minutes apart from during the winter months when they were around 36/38 minutes, but a few were +40 minutes when I had that sore right leg I mentioned in February, perhaps I might be able to get a 29 minutes 5K if some expert on pacing helped me, that is a big might. 😊 🏃🏾
I know that should be the case, but it always amazes me that I can do 10 miles one day (or at least I could before my pesky injuries), and then a few days later I'd find a short 4k a real stroggle!
Yeah. With the longer runs, something else is at play as well. A sort of ‘finding your groove’ or ‘settling in’ that feels meditative and sections feel like you can joggle forever.
Definitely, I think that happens with me at around 4k. I also think the way I approach long runs mentally makes a difference. Basically, I think my toxic 10 is a toxic 25!
Any improvement is good; the important thing is to enjoy it. I can't see me knocking another 4 minutes off my time, so enjoy the fact that you've achieved what you have.
Congratulations 🎊! These are indeed a set of timings to be very proud of. It's interesting to see how many months in between it has taken you to progress, it confirms it's not instantaneous, but that it does happen if you keep at it.Thank you for sharing and confirming that speed can and does happen - on a slow, plod on a dark winter day when we ask ourselves why we are doing it, here's the answer!
Yeah, and I think it happens for most others much faster. I have my particular health challenges but this shows that improvement happens slowly but surely. One just has to have patience with oneself and enjoy the journey as much as one can. I do! 😄😃😃
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Last long run before my first 10k event🏃🏻🌤🙂
My second 10k, at last!
Probably not my best idea 
