...Can I do it...? 😓🏃‍♀️🚦🏁

Easy. You ARE a real runner. If you don't do it in 50 minutes, so what? Just try. Keep a good pace, enjoy the run, and I doubt they'd pack up and go home if your still plodding along.

Give it a go.

You’re doing yourself down! You’re doing regular 4k runs which is great! 👍 I bet you could slow down if needs be and continue on to complete 5k. Another 8-10 minutes maybe?

Try it - see how you get on. You’re not going out to win the race are you? So if you need to walk it won’t matter to anyone!

Have fun! I know you will! 😀😀

You get marks for bravery just for entering so don't give up. I would make sure I had my fav, most inspiring music. Remember to pace yourself. Don't compare yourself with other runners. Actually, the chances are you will be as good as or even better than them. You can do it. Good luck!!! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Well, they can’t make you run... so if you can run 4K in 30 minutes, you can certainly walk one in 20. Maybe if you slow a little you could run the whole thing, but I’d go 2k, walk the next km and then run to the end. So, just get out there and do what you can, and have fun doing it.

Please don't feel stressed, surely the point of running is to go to a happy place?

You know you can do the first 4k so what if you walk/jog or walk the last bit?

This is your run and no one else's so 😛 to anyone that is not supportive

Have a great time on Sunday 💪🏃‍♀️

Yeah you can do it. Just check out the route before hand if you can. There is no pressure and if it takes you longer than 50min that’s fine isn’t it? At least you’re getting out there and doing it!! Well done you 🙏

P.s I daren’t do a parkrun yet. So you are super amazing at giving it a go.

As UNM says if you do the maths, 30 mins to do 4k. That leaves 20 mins to walk 1. You could probably walk all 5k in 50 mins so what's to fear? Do your 5 minute warm up walk, and then run as usual. You may find you're close enough to run to the finish.

You're suffering a bit of "stage fright" or actually "park fright", and once you start that'll all disappear. A few minutes in you'll realise all this stress was for nothing.

The organisers and runners of these types of events are so supportive. They will be thinking “good on you” and remembering that when they started it wasn’t all plain sailing.

I bet there will be other couch to 5k graduates running

Hell yes can do it.. You don't necessarily have to have run 5K to do a 5K race, your regular 4K runs are a great base to do it from ..

You will be Just fine .. don't be so hard on yourself, yeah 1st race can be scary sh*t into the unknown etc but once to start you will do it no problem

Go on do it you won't regret it 😀

Just go and enjoy... walk if you need to..there aren't Park run police behind the trees... it is for fun... so have fun

I echo all that’s been said before. Ignore the other runners (and a few walkers is expect) it’s your run not anybody else’s.

You CAN do it!

Good luck and let us know how well you do.

😂. Yeah I know! Would be fun to see though!!

I was really apprehensive at my first park run ? Which happened to be my Graduation run!

You will be amazed, people at park run or similar events are so supportive, first Km is done before you know it!

Take it steady don’t be tempted to dash off to keep pace with others, you’ll smash it! You’ll be home with you’re feet up with a cuppa in 50 mins 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

The first time I ran the full 5K was as part of a race I had signed up to way back at the start of the program. In the end it took me 12 weeks to complete the program and when I graduated I was only running just under 4K. Two weeks later, race day arrived and I just went with the flow, thinking “I can always walk the last bit if I can’t make the whole distance running”. But you get carried away by the event (and bloody-mindedness stops you from walking if you’re anything like me!) - just listen to all the good advice here, especially about not going off too fast, and you’ll be fine.

One final point about being worried about finishing last - there is someone finishing last in an Olympic final, and you would never think badly of them. Someone will always be last, if it is the one who is doing their first ever 5K, then that’s just fine!

Enjoy your race, we’ll all be cheering you home!