Advice needed

[Ellagoesrunning]

I did run 2 of week 6 today but failed to run for the whole 10 minutes in the second half, I ran for 8. I’m feeling particularly tired today as on a low carb low sugar diet. I know I can do it as I ran for 20 minutes straight last week in run 3.

Should I do run 2 again or just go into run 3 like normal on Sunday which is 25 minutes? Thoughts please!!

[DiscoRunner Graduate]

We’re supposed to repeat if we don’t complete. As you’re building up to continuous running from W6R3 onwards, what’s one more day to be sure you don’t injure yourself? And if you’re struggling with the increased durations you can always slow down and work on your pace later. What we’re really learning is to run for 30 minutes, speed and distance covered are secondary. If you haven’t checked it out already, there’s a short film on youtube showing the Japanese slow jogging technique. It’s a low impact style of running - I run this way all the time - and discovered it in W6. I was so grateful to the poster as it really helped me with my running and breathing and being able to graduate. Have a rest day, give it a go repeating W6R2 and you’ll be fine.

[Ellagoesrunning in reply to DiscoRunner]

I feel like I already run slowly! But I’ll check out the video thank you and will repeat week 2 on Sunday

[DiscoRunner Graduate in reply to Ellagoesrunning]

There’s slow & there's (my) slow! Here’s the vid for reference m.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2b2...(Not working as expected?) There’s technique in here to run slowly without wasting energy on arms, and how we land. Took me a few views to get it right. Hope it helps x

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Remember this is a training plan, building stamina and strength, not a check box exercise.

Your diet may well cause you some difficulty, in which case you need to repeat to make sure that you are continuing to increase strength, despite the diet.

One twenty minute run does not a runner make.