Week9 Run3 completed . Now to work on building the pace to cover 5K in the 30 min. Feels great
Graduation run: Week9 Run3 completed . Now to... - Couch to 5K
Graduation run
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Congratulations... that 30 5k will come, let it come to you, don’t push too hard, but embrace slightly longer endurance building runs and some speed sessions. First... celebrate... cheers 🍻
Well done. Big congratulations 👏👏👏👏
Enjoy you celebrations well deserved
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Congratulations and very well done!
Well done, it’s a brilliant feeling. Now just enjoy your running. Speed will come with time.
🥂🍾🎂🏅🎂🍾🥂
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Many congratulations on your graduation fellow runner.
This guide to post C25K running may be helpful healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
Keep running, keep smiling.
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Congratulations and happy running. Well done, it’s not easy, but you’ve done it. Breaking the 30 min 5K is a great feeling. I’ve done it a few times but I’m a long way off it at the moment. I’ll keep training.
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Congratulations on completing the programme. Good luck with your running going forward, have fun.
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Well done! As a fairly recent graduate I agree with the comments above about hitting 30 minutes for 5k. It is good to have a target, but I don't think that a 30 min 5k is significant in itself. It isn't a "pass/fail" test which has to be achieved. As a silver runner I took advice from people on the forum and I found that slowly building up distance, mixed with shorter runs, automatically led to a steady improvement in times without my having to push too hard (like I have a choice!!). My best 5k time after graduating is 34:03, but that is a minute and half better than the preceding week. Touch wood I haven't had any significant injuries, so plan keep up the steady approach. Probably view this if differently if I was 26!
Thanks for all the comments and advice. My wife has just started the plan so I’ll be repeating it with her and give a parkrun a go