Hipsters + strollers + peddle pushers - cows = w6r1

[Dee_N]

Week 6 run 1.

A very different run today. First run on a completely different route to my usual country roads. Arrived in London yesterday at mums and went for a run around a bit of Victoria Park this morning. A damn sight more eye candy than my usual run 😂🙌🏽. It felt very busy compared to my usual route however nobody even gave me a second look unlike the country folk I pass who usually give me a sympathetic nod!

Anyway....it was actually a very comfortable run at my fastest time and I covered 4.7k 😄 but the terrain is so completely different to the usual hilly roads that I’m used. In comparison this was extremely flat and felt dare I say (easy!🙊....whispered that so the gremlins couldn’t hear it) so maybe all those slight inclines have done me a favour!?

Either way going to make the most of it with another run on Monday 😊

After hearing all the horror stories about week 6, I was pleasantly surprised. But now I’m wondering which is THE run that will trip me up!? Surely everyone always has one???

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

None of them, you got this. Maybe week 10 when there’s no official plan??

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Haha!!! That’s when I’ll be begging for more help than usual on this forum!! 🙈

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Well, there’s lots of paths and lots of experience in all of them from what I’ve seen.

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Very true- x

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Well done. You definitely notice the hills when they aren’t there. Enjoy the next one.

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Jay66UK]

Definitely!! Didn’t realise how much of a difference it makes!

[Shakywakey Graduate]

No run is going to trip you up. You are doing great. 👏👏Enjoy your run on Monday 😀

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Shakywakey]

Aww 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 really hoping so. Feeling relatively ok so far 🙂 more comfortable with breathing and things as I go on

[SANDI_runs Graduate]

Must admit am very pleased to be living in Cambridgeshire while I take on the challenge of c25k. There's no hills here. Feel I have it so much easier than others

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to SANDI_runs]

Ah it’s all good for us hills or not 😊

[Flaraflarkin Graduate]

Wow distance!! That's very impressive Dee_N ~ those homely inclines have paid off! Well done you 🙌👊🙌

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Flaraflarkin]

I know right! Impressed myself! Thanks lovely x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

That is very fast at this stage.. well done you.

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Maybe Strava is lying to me!? My last one was 4.1km for wk5 run 3 the 20min one.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

5 mins per K is very fast at this stage... you are clearly very fit..

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

More like 7 and half mins 😬 I don’t know what any of it really means but I’m guessing it’s still slow!! 🐌 🐌

Distance 4.7km

Pace 7:33/km

Time 35:37

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

Does your distance include your walks Dee?

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Yes it does

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

That explains it . I think Oldfloss thought you’d run 4k in 20 mins . I think most people start Strava after the 5 minute walk and switch it off at the end of the run. But it doesn’t really matter at this stage. You are aiming for 30 minutes run in W9 and that is what is most important, not pace. You are doing really well and good luck with the next few weeks

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Dexy5]

Yes I realised that I probably hadn’t explained that well! Never mind! 🙂

[Dexy5 Graduate in reply to Dee_N]

No worries. Getting used to the tech is as bad as getting used to running, but I think I started on Strava at W9.

[Hotheels Graduate]

You put us all to shame!! I barely cover 3.3k and I avoid hills/inclines like the plague.......still end up huffing and puffing and as bright red as a 🍅!!!

Seriously though....you're totally owning it!!! Those countryside runs have definitely held you in good stead!!!

Nothing is going to trip you up....you're going to breeze through W6, W7 and W8......and before you know it, you'll be on the podium with a 5k under your belt!!!🏆🏅

Go you, superstar!!!😁👍👊🏃‍♀️

[Dee_N Graduate in reply to Hotheels]

Wow ok!! I had no idea that I was making any kind of decent time.....just felt very slow apart from my last run!! Hmmmm I’ll see how the rest of the weeks go. Thank you so much for your kind words, you’re ace 🙂🙂🙂