Hi guys,
Haven’t posed here for little while but have continued to run.
I finished W8R3 last night and only have 1 week of the program left.
I have been tracking my distance and while it has slowly improved, I’m way off the 5k in 30mins I’d like to work towards.
I was wondering the best way to work towards improving my pace because at this rate it’ll take me 50mins to finish 5k.
A friend suggested what helped him was redoing the program but at a faster pace during run period and slowly jogging during the brisk walk period in first 6weeks.
Is this a good suggestion? For those who have improved their distance, how did you do it?
For now I’d just graduate, consolidate until it’s comfortable to run 30 minutes and then look at speed and distance.
Great job on week 8... enjoy the victory lap.
Thank you. I think I like that suggestion and I might give myself till the new year to just focus on running and not worry about the distance.
I just worry without a goal, I’ll lose motivation.
When I started I set myself 3 goals.
Complete this
Run a parkrun in x minutes
Run a marathon
One is done, one is a long way off, still impossible! One is not too far away, and will keep me busy. So, there will be consolidation periods for me, I may go a couple of months without actively working towards a goal, and in that period all I have to do is maintain to stay on track. So maybe setting similar goals (I’m not saying 26.2 miles) would help?