WK7 R2

[RockChick66]

Mornin All, so I did this run yesterday, now completed 3 x 25 minute runs and each one has been a struggle. I've really had to push myself but I've done them each time and I feel amazing afterwards, once I've come back down to earth that is!

[Hidden]

Are you finding it's getting any easier? For me it seems like I've hit some kind of plateau where all the long runs are a struggle and I can't see any improvement with each one like I did during the interval runs.

[RockChick66 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Haha, no, I'm really pushing myself with the belief that the more I do it the easier it will become 😂 Have to say though I do feel fantastic afterwards, it's definitely building up my lungs (I gave up smoking 4 months ago) and I feel like I'm learning to breathe again, that feeling is keeping me going.

[Mayanow]

Well done for getting it done!

I don't know if it might help you but for me the game changer in the latter weeks was switching to audio podcasts instead of the boring music and lovely laura.

It meant i focused on what i was listening to instead of how long i have to go, how i'm breathing, how much more i CAN run.

And because i chose comedy, i laughed a lot too!

Maybe that might ease your struggle too?

Well done on giving up smoking! Me too. Only a little vaping but not one fag since february. That is HUGE for me! 😁

[RockChick66 Graduate in reply to Mayanow]

Well done you! Thank you for the advice, I have been thinking about podcasts or something along those lines, I immerse myself in my music but thoughts of my breathing and how long is left start to take over once I get about half way through. It's the breathing I struggle with the most. That said I finished WK7 R3 today so I'm almost there.

[Mayanow in reply to RockChick66]

Yeah music wasn't distraction enough for me. And the breathing is also a thing. The more i try to control it the worse i do it! So with my mind on the podcast i stop trying to breathe correctly too.

Somehow i finish the run and i'm still breathing so two birds with one stone.

Find a podcast that interests you and do one run and see.

[RockChick66 Graduate in reply to Mayanow]

I will, thank you so much for the advice x