Week 6 run 2

[evictoria93]

Tonight I failed week 6 run 2 for the second time. It came to doing the second 10 minute run and I just couldn’t do it.

I don’t understand how last week I could do 20 minutes but now can’t do the 2nd 10?

Feeling rather dejected and like a failure.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Please do not be so hard on yourself...no f words...this type of run can happen and Week 6 takes some of us by surprise... It is different, the runs have to be, to move us on, and we have had lots of folk feeling as you do

So.... just put this one behind you... rest up and then... head out again... steady and slow. Relax into the run and let your legs begin to find their happy pace.

You are going to be fine

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

So you have had two practice runs......each one building your strength.

Be positive, you can do this, maybe just a little slower next time.

This might help healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

You are doing great, keep it up.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Don't beat yourself up about not completing a run just go out and try and try again , you will do it 😊

[ktsok Graduate]

Don’t be dejected. You aren’t a failure. I nearly quit C25K after 6:2. 5:3 had been such a high point and I struggled so badly with the next two... I made it through them but felt awful. I knew I couldn’t take another step beyond the second Michael said I could walk. It felt like it was the end of the road.

Luckily a C25K buddy gave me a lift and I got back up again for 6:3, and it was OK.

I realised after the 6:1 run that I had gone out too fast, but somehow didn’t correct the mistake for 6:2. I started both runs faster than 5:3; and finished both runs significantly slower than 5:3! There is something about the ‘shorter’ times that seems to lull you into giving it less respect than the 20 minute run.

I don’t know if this is your experience, but it seems to bear a resemblance to mine...you know you can do 20 minutes, so keep that in your mind and remember you may be splitting that 20, but you are still running 20 - so give it the same cautious start and respect.

Good luck 😉

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

This is running, not maths... here 10+10 is greater than 20... that brisk walk in the middle is also cardio and even if it wasn’t stopping and starting again would be difficult... the second 10 is greater than the first. So, there’s a reason that you could struggle more in the two 10s than the 20. If you think back to W5R3, that was scary... but once in your rhythm it’s almost easy to keep running for longer. The other thing with these intervals is it’s easy to look at them and think they’re easier... and that may make you run just slightly faster than you normally do, and that can make a big difference.

In general the only fail here is not running... but if you feel like a failure not completing a week 6 run, you’re in very good company... there’s lots of people who sport a graduate badge who also didn’t complete these runs.

Slow down as much as you can in the first 10... you can do this.

[Couchpotato2 Graduate]

You didn’t fail and any run you do is building you up to be a stronger runner. Some runs are or feel easier than others. We are all here willing you on!