W6R2 in the Bag...just!

[Blitzy]

So there we were, my running buddy and I, (she’s on W3) chatting through our 5 min warm-up walk, as we do and then when we started running I foolishly thought mine was 5 mins when actually it was 10 (not listening to Sarah...big mistake). So of course I started too fast (again, and despite all

sound advice from this Forum) and by the second 10 mins I was really struggling, but somehow managed to get to the end.

It’s all psychological, I think. The brain says “5 mins is a pushover when you’ve done 20” and the body says “hang on, this is 10mins, not 5!”

Quite looking forward to W6R3 on Friday, as it’s 25mins non-stop and my brain will definitely be echoing Sarah with “light jog.”

Btw, my friend says she found W3 easier than W2, just for interest.

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It's interest in how we all find the running effort that suits us, for me intervals were fine until I did the W5R3 run and then found the W6 runs a real trial... and much preferred the longer runs thereafter. But then I now run more than 5k as a general rule, so maybe we find out our own preferences during the programme too?

No matter how you got there you still did and that puts you almost 2/3 of the way through. Well done on getting there

[Blitzy Graduate]

Thank you so much! I did prefer the W5 longer run and still can’t believe I’m saying that 😀