I didn't enjoy wk 6 run 1, so went out with some trepidation last night. The first 10 mins was tough - I had very noisy gremlins - then in the second I settled down and started to feel good again. I felt so good at the end (and wasn't that close to home) so I ran for another minute or two.
But that's it for the intervals... no more walking bits... Even though I managed the 20 minute run at the end of next week I'm pretty nervous about losing the walking breaks. I'll do my first 25 minute run with my sister who is visiting this weekend. She was my C25K inspiration after it changed her life about 9 months ago. I'm not sure how I feel about running with someone (even my super-supportive sister) - I'm worried I'll be self-conscious about being so slow and/or will go out too fast. Do people find the gremlins louder or quieter if you run with company?
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Oh my goodness I didn't realise this was the last interval run! I am doing run 2 tonight, had to delay from last night. Hard to imagine that all future runs will be continuous!
As for your sister, it could be good having someone who has been through this already supporting you along the way. I imagine it would keep the gremlins away.
Its going to be fine.. You are in great shape and fine form.
Hey unlikely, mmm a difficult one. I am a sole runner and whilst i like seeing people out i couldn't bear to run with them, as I always end up in that competitive thing. So for me it's run alone. But this is your super supportive sister, so you may be better placed and paced. I think the thing to do is to check beforehand on her pace and yours and agree how it works so neither of you feel neglected if one wants to go faster/slower. No point in falling out over it... and also sometimes running is a purely selfish pleasure ( I am typing this wondering exactly when but hey ho hypocrisy is a great thing) and having company detracts from that. I'd write the run down as a stamina and company run and if you do the programme run at the same time, then well done you.
Well done. The chance to finally shred those pesky intervals for good. Most runners will tell you that it takes time to settle properly into a run. Quite often referred to as the 'toxic ten' on this forum, as it is usually the first 10mins or so it takes us for our body and minds to settle into the rhythm of a run. The time the gremlins are at their loudest. Now you know it, you are better armed to shrug those doubts off.
This means that instead of clock-watching you can just go all out and enjoy the feeling of freedom and the wind in your hair.That is why you got so much out of the 20 minute run. No restrictions.
As for running with another. Personally I find this is much more challenging. You both have different paces, so one person is either having to push themselves, or drop their pace, which means at least one of you isn't getting the most out of the run.
I think you need to be selfish and make sure your sister goes at your pace. After all she has completed the plan and so is better placed to go at your level than you trying to go at yours.
My advice is to get this out in the open before you start, there is no shame in being slower, its just fact.
I run about a minute quicker per mile than my wife does, but when we are out together I run at her pace, she knows she wouldn't be able to keep going at my pace, so if we are running together we run together. From my hillwalking and scouting we always go at the pace of the slowest person.
Running with others is a different experience, I enjoy my solo runs, just me and the road at what pace I want, but also for different reasons love the slower runs with company, sharing the experience, light conversation, encouraging each other. As for the gremlin it seems to know its outnumbered and stays away (I think they are so anti-social that they don't team up the way us runners do!)
My advice, agree at the start to go at your pace, then if you feel you need to slow or speed up mid run let your sister know, after all she is super-supportive!
I was really happy to wave bye bye to the intervals. All that stopping and starting wore me out!
That said, it was tough for the first couple of non-stop runs but the feeling you get when you complete a run is like nothing on earth! I also found myself not wanting to quit once I heard the halfway bell as I felt as if I was on the home run then. Slow it down, it's running for the allotted time that matters at this stage, not speed or distance.
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