W7R1

[vickyb5277]

Morning all, completed W7R1 last night with my friend although I didn't do it as per Laura & the app. I actually ran form 40 mins non stop & finally hit 3 mile with a 13.06 minute mile in there. I started at 18.9 minute miles so I'm over the moon with that although obviously that included walking.

It was a completely different route to usual, one which requires someone to collect you afterwards (at this stage anyway) as you're 3 miles from home with a huuuuuge uphill to get you back. I ran this route just before starting C25K with my friend & it was really bad & took a good hour+ with lots of walking so we both wanted to see how far I've come in 7 weeks & I was absolutely amazed, as was she

The first 20 mins are downhill so it was pretty easy then as I got onto the straight it's mostly small uphills, flats, uphills again with a small downhill toward the end giving just enough time to get your breath back ready for the final flat.

My legs were like jelly after but I felt absolutely amazing & really enjoyed the run. 

Back to 25 minutes tomorrow & normal route I think as I'll be out on my own again.

Good luck all running this week xx

[diamondgirl902 Graduate]

Not long now Vicky until you graduate. You are doing amazingly well xx

[vickyb5277 in reply to diamondgirl902]

Thank youuuuu xx

[Hidden]

Hey well done, that's awesome. I modified W7R1 a bit too this morning and set a 4.5km route around a farm that I normally do, but instead of stopping after 25mins I ran the whole thing which took about 30 mins, so I was fairly pleased with that, although a year ago I used to be able to do the whole route in 24 mins, so hopefully I'll get back to that. I'm still feeling mega exhausted and got a bit of a stitch today, but I'm hoping it will pass.

[vickyb5277 in reply to Hidden]

That's great well done you

I do Miles rather than km but maybe I should as it sounds longer so I ran 4.8km hahahaha Makes me feel better lol. 

My next goal is 3.10 miles (5km), I'm not bothered about my times I just want to be able to keep going if that makes sense although it's such a buzz knowing you've got faster. 

You set a great time at 4.5km in 30 mins, brilliant  

Hope the stitch passes, I just have a bit of tightness behind my knee, hoping it will be all good for tomorrows run x

[barmybint Graduate]

That's just showing off  Well done, sounds like an amazing run x

[vickyb5277 in reply to barmybint]

Hahaha this fat bird is running!! Well actually I'm doing a really slow jog where my whole body wobbles but hey ho xx

[barmybint Graduate in reply to vickyb5277]

We could be twins LOL!  That sounds exactly like me!  I've decided to brave W7R1 tomorrow as my cough is a little better and I don't like the IC at all.  Good luck for run 2 sweetie xx

[vickyb5277 in reply to barmybint]

Hahaha at least I'm not the only one, sorry xx