Week 5 Run 3

[ksed]

Feel abit disappointed, just went for my run and could only do 19mins. It was horrible! thought i was going to be sick. Now im sat here typing this thinking why didnt i just carry on. I have managed all the other runs but this just seemed too much. So i will have to go out Monday and try again!

[Plinth Graduate]

But you did 19 mins! That's amazing! Think of a few weeks ago when 60 s was too hard!

[ksed Graduate in reply to Plinth]

Yes your right! Three months ago i used to say ' wish i could run'

thanks for the encouragement

[Ally-d Graduate]

Disappointed?? 19 mins is a fantastic achievement, so you didn't quite do what you wanted to, never mind, roll on Monday good luck, Ally x

[ksed Graduate in reply to Ally-d]

Thank you Ally, i know its a great achievement. I will do it Monday x

[lycranotlikely Graduate]

So wow! I guess you did 19 at an incredible speed compared with my snail-like progress over the same time. Lots of people on here (including Laura on the podcast) say slow and steady is the way to go. It's NOT a race _Remember this!_

[Wheatls Graduate]

You did 19 mins, so don't be too hard on yourself. I found that run really hard going and slowed down at one point to something like walking (probably about 30-45 secs) but wiggled my bottom enough to convince myself that it was running really!! I dragged myself into a run to "finish" so that I could feel like I had finished properly . : } Suppose it was sort of cheating, but didnt re-do the run. I found the following week much easier and thought the long run at the end would be as difficult as the week 5 one, but it wasn't.

You probably want to do it again so that you feel you've beaten it properly, which is understandable, but I'm now on week 8, so don't let "that run" be a barrier to moving on!

[ksed Graduate in reply to Wheatls]

Thanks Wheatis for your kind comments. Yes i am going to try again so i know i can do it. It does seem a massive jump but i believe in the programme and i know its possible.

Thanks again and good luck with your progress, not far to go now! x

[PamJK Graduate]

Hey, don't knock 19 minutes. That's a fantastic achievement in itself. You will blast this run easily on Monday. x

[ksed Graduate in reply to PamJK]

Thank you x

[gdeann Graduate]

Only 1 minute away from the 20 minutes! You are doing great! Go out the next run KNOWING you can do 19 minutes and you only need to add 1 more. Sometimes the gremlin gets pretty heavy on our back. Kick him to the curb and Carry on. As already mentioned, slow and steady! Gayle

[ksed Graduate in reply to gdeann]

Thanks for the encouragement. Thats what i'm going to do. I know i can do it! x

[greenlegs Graduate]

Yay! 19 minutes is brilliant - you probably just started off too fast. Slow and steady, slow and steady - if you can do 19, you can definitely to 20.

[ksed Graduate in reply to greenlegs]

Thanks greenlegs. Think i may have started too fast.

Cheers!!!

[greenlegs Graduate]

*to* - meant 'do' (Mmm, wine's lovely! )

[xxcazaxx]

I ran this today and it was not easy (felt like it was going on forever). The whole time that I was doing it though I was reminding myself that only a few weeks ago I was running for only 1 minute and have improved my fitness so much in such a short space of time. You should give yourself a pat on the back for being able to run for 19 minutes! You will definantely manage 20 minutes next time!

[ksed Graduate in reply to xxcazaxx]

Thank you

I just ran it, i am so pleased with myself. You are right 1minute did seem alot at the beginning

[xxcazaxx]

Fantastic - well done!