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[Lissy24]

Up and out before 7am to fit the run in. Legs were tired but kept going for 30 minutes. I'm thrown by MY stamina and mental willpower. The route I did today meant an accumulation of a 40 metre elevation. And most of that was a very very long continuous hill. I chose to run the hill that was through the trees and soft under foot in the hope it would distract me. It did in part but my goodness it seemed to go on forever! But I did it and including the warm up and cool down I did 5k on the nose in 39:32 somehow!

There's an organised 5k race on Saturday. It's my penultimate run, due day. I have until tomorrow night to sign up but I'm just not sure. Do I leave an event like this til after I've graduated or do I use this 'race' as one of my C25K runs?

And if I do do it... how should I approach It? Start the race with my 5 min brisk warm up walk or do my warm up a little bit before to make sure my legs are stretched and warmed up and then run for at least 30 mins non stop in line with the C25K app and then continue to run if I can to finish or walk over the line in my cool down (with a little spurt at the end potentially... for that photo finish 🤣🤣🤣)?

Thanks for any advice

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Great run today... now go sign up and have fun! I’d probably stick to the plan though, so I’d go warm up in the run and then 30 minutes and walk again, with a sprint finish.

[SendWine Graduate]

Amazing 🤗 if I was you I'd definitely sign up for the race. You know you can run the distance and the buzz you'll get will j swoosh you over the line like a superstar x

[Mayanow]

Wow!!! Well done. Very good time PLUS uphill! You are amazing!! Definitely sign up! This could be your grand exit from the program! I would walk BEFORE the start of the race then run the 5k (which you know you can do now!!).

[Snuffy_T Graduate]

Im inspired by your post ! Im going to sign up for a park run and aim to graduate on Saturday 💃

[Lissy24 Graduate in reply to Snuffy_T]

Ahhh thanks Snuffy_T that's great. I haven't done a 'chilled out' park run yet but that's my aim every Saturday now I think keep my stamina going and getting stronger before I contemplate moving onto 10k. I think the important thing is to not get carried away and stick to what you know and then push a little when you're ready.

Good luck and keep smiling ☺

[Snuffy_T Graduate in reply to Lissy24]

I think 10k is maybe something for 2019 !