W3R3 - hardest one of the week?!

[staceypek]

I've just done W3R3 and I feel almost as if I've decreased in progress rather than the opposite. I felt amazing after doing the first one, was really pleased at how well I took to it, still felt good after the second although not quite as great as the first, and then this third one was really difficult! From the start I felt wobbly and lost my breath much quicker. I still completed each run without stopping but it was really tough and I was a lot slower than normal.

Any advice/experience of this? I'm planning on starting week 4 on Monday but will see how I go, perhaps I need to repeat week 3 before moving on. Which is strange as if you'd asked me earlier this week, week 4 wouldn't have seemed half as daunting!

Confession: I did have a few drinks last night so I wonder if I could be a little dehydrated...?!

[PeteB1961 Graduate]

Lol, I think “a few drinks last night” definitely had something to do with it although I’m not a doctor so don’t take my word for it.

[glentoran99 Graduate]

If you completed the runs move on. Trust the plan

[steviej99 Graduate]

Everyone has bad runs and at unexpected times so don't worry. Remember that you are exercising regularly which you may not have been before. The workload is cumulative so I don't think it is unusual for R2 orR3 to be hard on any week. Trust the plan, each run and each week prepares you for the next so you are definitely ready for next week.

Come back on Monday and tell us how much you enjoyed it!

[staceypek Graduate]

Thanks everyone. I'll see how it goes on Monday, and make a note to not drink the night before a run again...eek!

[Ditzyjack Graduate]

I too finished w3 r3 today. I too felt it harder. Legs were heavier etc. Like you I felt I had flown runs earlier in the week. I'm putting it down too a week working and generally feeling more tired by Friday. Hopefully a lovely resting weekend and we'll be ready to go again on Monday. I've started recording my runs on Stravinsky. That way I can actually see if I was slower or whether it just felt that way.

Keep at it (dal ati in Welsh).

[staceypek Graduate in reply to Ditzyjack]

That's quite comforting to hear, thank you! I did wonder that about it being a Friday too after a working week, I don't usually run on Fridays but am working from home today and have plans tomorrow that mean I can't really squeeze my usual Saturday morning run in. Let me know how you get on on Monday! Dal ati indeed - we've got this

[Ditzyjack Graduate]

Silly predictive text - strava 🎉🙋😀

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

The few drinks won’t have helped, also even if you got up at exactly the same time, did exactly the same things and ran at exactly the same time in the same direction on the same course, you won’t be in exactly the same condition on any two runs... some are a bit harder, some seem a bit easier. Good job.