Week9run3 - local 5k

[ruth80]

I'm planning to run a local 5k tomorrow and it will also be my graduation run. Does anyone have any advice on dos and donts?

Thanks 😁

[SlowLoris]

Run at your normal pace. Especially at the start. It's easy to get carried along with the crowd, many of whom have to slow down later.

[misswobble Graduate]

Yeah have fun 😃🏃‍♀️👍 Parkrun is fab Have a drink after, and maybe a lump of celebratory cake 🍰☕️🥛

It’s going to be scorching so take a bottle of water to which you could add a little sea salt and a maybe just a little juice. A hat would be a good plan too. I wear a towelling wrist band and fold a big cotton hankie under it to wipe my face and blow me snoz. My nose ran like a tap the other night, for some reason 😃

Take your time. It’s about finishing

Oh, and don’t forget to take your bar code!!!

[JulesG1 Graduate]

Just keep to your usual routine, hydration and pace are the important ones. I use Strava to hold my pace and when I want to walk, I just run slower. I kept overtaking people at my snail pace, who were having to walk, two of them twice!

I had a lovely lady ahead of me in orange with pink headphones and I used her as my pace setter and that worked well for me. Enjoy yourself, the hard part is turning up!

[Julian1970 Graduate]

Run across the finish line with your arms waving wildly in the air, screaming at the top of your voice I DID IT! I DID IT! I DID IT! Then broaden your smile to the most insanely cheesy grin you can muster, all while feeling just a little bit smug.

Or in other words . . . . ENJOY IT!

[ruth80 Graduate in reply to Julian1970]

Haha, best advice ever! 🤣

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Do remember that it is your graduation run after at least 9 weeks and 27 runs of hard work. You are likely to feel a bit pleased with yourself and be on a massive high into the middle of next week. Have a hankie or tissues somewhere in case you need them!

[Julian1970 Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

I wouldn't say I got that excited about it Jay

[Jay66UK Graduate in reply to Julian1970]

😳🤣

[Kar43]

Enjoy have fun and remember to hydrate. Take a cap, water and sun screen and enjoy your graduation 👨‍🎓 run 🏃 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Just warm up well, then do your run for 30 minutes and enjoy... keep it slow and steady and don't get carried away

[ruth80 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Should I walk for 5 first or just do a stretch warm up and then run from the start?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Warm up... and then just run for your 30 minutes...