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I am currently on WK 5 day three and confused - it says run for 20 mins (day 2 was only two 8 min runs) seems a big jump and wk 6 is less than that?? Also checked the app voice and it’s giving me instructions for wk 3 - is this just a glitch ??

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Yes - this is where it all start to get serious!!! :) If you look at both weeks 5 and 6 , you will see that they are a bit similar . On Day 2 of both those weeks , you run for a time and walk for a time before finally joining the two run times into one!!! If it seems too much for you, you can extend these weeks a bit by reducing the walk times before you attempt the non-stop run day :) Some people are able to transition from this interval style running to continuous running easily - but others may need to slow the transition down a bit. Do what feels right for you

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ssrrtGraduate

Thank you for the clarification - may need to repeat this one but you never no - determined! May have to ignore the instruction and time myself tho as it’s giving me Wk 3 instructions for some reason 🤷‍♀️

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Read this and it will reassure you... Just read and absorb... many have felt exactly as you do...It really is, just another run:)

You are ready fr this and you will do it :)

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ssrrtGraduate in reply to Oldfloss

Wow thank you - that was a motivational read - I can and I will 💪🏃‍♀️

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Welcome to the forum and well done on your progress.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

This breakdown of W5 may put that into perspective healthunlocked.com/couchto5... and then you can apply the same logic to W6 which will show you that the progression continues.

Trust it, it works............. unlike the app, which is incredibly flakey at the moment

Enjoy your journey.

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ssrrtGraduate in reply to IannodaTruffe

Thank you, I wish I’d joined the forum from the start of my journey as it’s obvious people are incredibly helpful on here

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JaoJao

Read the blog link posted by old floss! I am on W5 too and it totally makes sense! I am so happy to have reached W5 and super pumped for R3!!!

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ssrrtGraduate in reply to JaoJao

Thank you - I have done and yes it makes sense. Good luck with run 3, I hopefully will nail it, scheduled for tomorrow !

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