What next?

[Purplesparkle8]

Hi all!

After graduating on Wednesday (yay!) I'm feeling a bit lost! I'm not sure whether it's best to start building up to 10k or should I just be trying to increase my speed for 5k? Are there podcasts for going up to 10k? Feels like lots of options and not sure where to start!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Congratulations, again. Do both! Your 5k times will benefit from improving your endurance, so increase your distance or time on one run per week, run at a steady pace. The recommended weekly increase is 10%. If you do speed intervals for one of your other runs then your third run will be just for fun. This is the regime I used to build up to 10miles and it all happens surprisingly easily. Throw in a Parkrun every now and then to get an accurate measurement of your progress and the challenges and rewards keep coming.

Keep running, keep smiling.

[Becca66 Graduate]

Purplesparkle, thanks for the question and IannodaTruffe, thanks for the reply: I've been wondering about this and advice is always handy.

[Purplesparkle8 Graduate]

Thank you Ianodda, I'm excited about the next step! Though speed intervals sound scary! I've had a search for podcasts for 10k but didn't find anything good