W6R3 - Done! (5K In 31.15!)

[the_imposter]

Did W6R3 this morning, man the last 5 minutes felt like about 5 years but I got there and apparently, according to Strava, I was averaging 5.45 mins/km and I actually hit 5K for the first time at 31.15! I can’t thank this community enough for pushing me to get out there and get running!

[Twinkle9 Graduate]

Well done you I’m on week 4 and only doing 8.42km per mile, most people could walk quicker 🤣🤣

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Twinkle9]

You are doing wonderfully.. speed and distance matter not at this time

[Patsy63]

I did w6r3 last night was so pleased with myself and I’m only hitting 8.6 per km so well done that’s amazing 👏👏x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Patsy63]

Speed really does not matter.. you are doing wonderfully!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done, but please don't make the mistake of doing too much too soon. If you ran for 31 minutes then you are not sticking to the plan which has been devised to gradually condition our bodies to the extra effort. We can all do more than our bodies are conditioned to do, but not without considerably increased injury risk.

Take care.

[the_imposter Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Oh no I track the distance starting from the warm up and include the cool down so you have 10 minutes of walking in there too as the plan dictates. Sorry that wasn’t super clear.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to the_imposter]

Phew..!

[Comfortnotspeed]

Fantastic stuff! You must be made up! 👏👏👏💪

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Hopefully this included your walking? Well done... slow and steady now as you head towards the 30 minute runs in Week 9

[the_imposter Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Oh yer definitely, I’m not trying to second guess the program at this point. Since I ended up further from my house than I thought the whole workout overall was about 6.1K but the last part was walked much slower haha

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to the_imposter]

Well done you... I used to end up a long way from home at first... !

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 6, you are now OFFICIALLY a RUNNER, onwards and upwards 🏃