Hi all,
Today I completed my w9 day 2 run, got through it, found last 10 minutes difficult as felt tired. One more to go, and that's on Monday 🤗.
After Monday should I try and improve speed and still do 3 runs a week, any ideas ?
What's the usual progression?
You're nearly there!
You don't have to try and improve your speed if you don't want to, but trying to still three times a week is a grand idea 
So just keep on running 3 times a week? And should I try and do a 5k when I feel I can attempt it?
You don't have to, but a lot of us do keep running three times a week, yes
There are some 'Laura' podcasts to help you in the weeks after graduation: Stepping Stone is one (I actually find it hard to run to, I just cannot get the beat for some reason).
Thank you for your information. 
That is up to you! I decided after graduation to aim to build distance to 10k. Expected a bit much and too quickly because my legs weren't in agreement. No real harm done and I settled down first to run 3 x 30 minutes for a couple of weeks and then on a good run day, kept going to do a 5k. It was all nice and slow. After that, I decided to do 3 x 5k a week. That kept me happy for quite some time! By the way, I did get to 10k when my legs were ready but I felt distance was my goal and I have just let speed improve as it felt comfortable
I like the method you used. It would appeal to me to go the same route. Much obliged to you for posting.
Nice and slow will be my mantra.😀
I tried an excellent 10k App but I wasn't ready for it. So I followed my own plan to increase from 5k. Once 5k was comfortable (and that took a long time), I ran 2 x 5 and introduced a "long run" each week. The first one I did was 5.5k! That wasn't a big increase but I just doubted I could even run further than 5! After that, I managed a 6, then I did a 7, 8 and then a 10! The important thing for me was that I didn't move from 30 minutes to 5k until my legs felt ready (plus, I didn't worry about speed). Once I had done one 5k, I stuck with it because I feel that is a challenging distance and repeating it build fitness but allowed me to recover without constantly pushing for more. I just monitored how my legs were, how did they feel on the run, how did they recover. I have had a few niggles along the way but then I have eased off or rested and then started again slowly. All the very best, soon you will love running
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