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sunflowershellyGraduate
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Hi all,

Today, was W7R3 for me and through lack of planning, no watch and a changed route, i somehow managed to run for 35 mins.

Although i am obviously chuffed that i ran for 35 instead of the intended 25, i am now in a quandery.... do i go back to the C25K plan and go back down to 28 mins and then 30 min runs for the next two weeks or do i now focus on the full 5k route and possibly bringing my time down ready for my chairty 5k run in August?

I'm confused as to what i should do.... help.

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I'd stick with the plan afterall it got you to where you are now. The danger of going off plan is that you might do too much too quickly and injure yourself or next time out you might not manage to do so well and be disappointed. If every run you manage a little bit extra then thats an added bonus. Well done though :)

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ktaylor217Graduate

Stick with the plan! Well done on your achievement though, it should give you confidence for your charity run!

Keep at it!

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DavDGraduate

I would stick to the plan to avoid any possible injury but you're not very far from graduation so it won't be very long until you run a full 30'! Well done though!

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sunflowershellyGraduate

thanks for the replies. Have decided that although i will ocntinue with the podcast plan i will use the full 5k route and if i feel i can continue running after Laura has told me i can stop then i will. Best of both worlds then: i get to graduate the plan but also get to continue the 5k distance training. :)

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