W6r3 looming!

[Joisrunning]

I am finding week 6 runs quite hard after my euphoria of getting through w5r3 (20 minute run) my calves seem more achey and yesterday’s run, w6 r2 my legs were like dead weights 😩 feeling a little bit demotivated plus dreading Fridays 25 minute run now too

[tiggs1 Graduate]

Try ensuring that you drink more water on your rest days, someone advised me of this and it is working a treat with my legs :).

[Joisrunning in reply to tiggs1]

Thankyou I will try this

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Wk6 runs have a lot of people doubting themselves but trust the plan it just works. Make sure you are drinking 2-3 litres of water per day and not just on run days. The more water the better . Wk6r3 is just another run and all the runs up until now have prepared you for it. Well done you 😊

[Joisrunning in reply to Buddy34]

Aw thanks for the support and I will try to drink more water

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate]

💦 on rest days & snail 🐌 pace running gets you through that 25mins. Don’t be scared of it. Embrace it. All your training up until now has prepared you for Friday. Take it slowly, favourite music & look around you! Plan your next holiday and before you know it the run is over. You can do it! If you don’t complete it you can do it again.. nothing scary about that. So Jois carry on with the good work you have already done!! Well done you to get to this point!!! 👍✔️🌟

[Joisrunning in reply to Annieapple]

Thanks so much for the words of support. I do keep forgetting that 6 weeks ago I’d never ran at all and climbing a flight of stairs was a struggle!

[Annieapple Administrator Graduate in reply to Joisrunning]

Exactly 😄

[Kat_runs4490 Graduate]

I struggled so much with runs 1 and 2 of week 6. But I really enjoyed run 3 and found it the easiest (not easy but you get what I mean) run of the week. You’ll do great and as Annie said, if you need to give it a second bash then that’s absolutely fine. Good luck!

[Joisrunning in reply to Kat_runs4490]

Thankyou for the support I’ll report back how I get on with run 3 🤞

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Are you running at an easy conversational pace, as described in the guide to the plan? healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Dreading any run is totally counterproductive.........try reading this healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

You can do this.......... slowly.

[Joisrunning in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I think I run slow enough?! Though my daughter rode her bike alongside me for moral support on one of my runs and did observe that when I pass people who are just out for a walk that I run faster ?! I’ll read the links you posted ... and will do my best Friday!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Joisrunning]

Can you speak clear ungasping sentences as you run?

If not, you are going too fast.

[Joisrunning in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I’ve not really thought about that but I’ll be conscious of it Friday

[Joisrunning in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I have just read your post ‘negative to positive’ and feel I need to apply this to my life and not just the running! It’s an eye opener how much self doubt I carry around ... right, I’m no longer dreading Fridays run I’m owning it! 💪🏃🏼‍♀️ Thanks

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Joisrunning]

Go you!