NRC 10K plan

[Gwenllian1]

I've decided to have a go at the new nrc 10k plan having read people's experiences here. Yesterday was the first run but today was the very short 555 secs. I wasn't sure about this one. Seemed like hardly worth putting my running kit on for! So because I'm also trying to do the January YWA I dressed in my gym kit when i got up and when I'd finished the yoga I went straight out. It wasn't raining! Coach Bennett was chatting away. I hardly felt warmed up but I really loved the sense of moving through the session at great speed and I always like coach Bennett's cheesy good cheer. So I'm feeling pretty pleased to have got started and definitely committed to sticking with it!

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10]

I know what you mean about the gym kit - I ran in trackie bottoms, hardly dressed for it at all 😁Never known a run go so quick!

[Gwenllian1 Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

I know! Still made me feel I'd achieved something!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

That's brilliant, I'm loving reading about people's progress with this. I can't wait to get started, I think beginning of February. You will all be half way through bu then

[Gwenllian1 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Well I might not be half way through! I've found in the past that it suits me best to do all the runs on the programme, so on this one five runs each week, but to take longer than a week to do it. This let's me always have a day between runs and sometimes two if I feel I need it. I like running pretty often but five times in seven days doesn't always work for me! Liking it very much so far. Seems quite varied and builds up reasonably slowly. Sometimes I might repeat a week as the distances get longer!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Gwenllian1]

That's what I have done, completed all the runs and taken longer than a week for each of their weeks, I'll start slowly but need at least 2 weeks off and after that will be running very slow for a couple of weeks, but it'll be a good plan to come back to

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to SueAppleRun]

Ooo maybe we can be virtual run buddies…I ran W8R2 this morning, so after a few 30 minute runs I’ll be ready to start!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to LottieMW]

That would be great, I'll need all the encouragement I can get, after the first eye I thought I'd be back into routine but was just getting there when I caught that pesky coughing thing. It would be nice to have someone doing similar runs. You've come back so well

[LottieMW Ambassador in reply to SueAppleRun]

👍🏼

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

That’s a great way to do that run! A winter plan I was due to follow (until I got flu and binned it for just minimal runs to keep ticking over) had short runs on gym days. Going after yoga when you’re already in kit and stretchy is a great plan!

Loads of us on Team NRC 10k at the moment. It’s great to see you on board too!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10]

Well done you... I was tempted, but as and when am sticking with Ju's Magic Plan again It will be a week or so, before I begin though x