Dont know what it is about the middle run of the week, but I always find it to be the hardest.
Michael: "Just another 60 seconds to go keep up the pace, but dont exhaust yourself". Sorry Michael, those two instructions are incompatible with each other 😆.
Starting the last 5 minute run at the bottom of a steep hill didnt help either. But I did it and surprisingly I did it all at my faster pace.
My wife thinks I'm too obsessed with pace, and as usual, I think she's 100% right. I just need to slow down and relax a bit more. It's the competitive nature in me. I like to see progress all around. I need to go slower.
And so its the turn for Snowgdss to do her run. Go, go go.... but slow! Proud of you hun and I promise to take your advice too.
Best song of the run: Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down. Its actually got a fantastic beat for running.
Have a fantastic weekend everybody
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Well done mate, good to see you're still flying through this. Maybe youd do better if you changed to a different coach. For some reason it feels more natural to me taking instructions from a female voice...
I always found the middle run the toughest and put it down to psychology.
First run is a step up, so we expect it to be a bit more of a challenge and approach with caution and respect.
Second run, often we are blasé........we can do this, push pace and subsequently struggle more.
Third run, have learned from the previous two and we tend to settle to an easy pace much quicker and we, of course, are now in better physical condition to cope with it.
Pacing takes a long time to develop.
Newbie runners are often quite easy to identify because they push hard on every run, whereas more experienced runners know that an easy conversational pace for 75-80% of your running time is the most effective way to build stamina.
Oh gosh, your wife is so right, dont listen to Michael. I had Laura and was almost swearing at her when she told me to run faster in the last minute. One of the Joy's of graduation was no voice telling me what to do. Assuming you're in this running fun for the long term wouldn't it be best to leave something like speed and distance as a target for after graduation- just saying 😉 very happy running fast or not quite so fast.
Take a note of how far you are going just now, then be amazed at the difference at the end of week 9. Like you I was des8to get that elusive 5k in 30 by graduation and was running way to fast, I didn't actually make it, but I dod reach 31:40 ish within a week of graduation. After 2 weeks running 5k I started heading to 10k and gave up on speed realising I could bust a gut for 30mins but no way for 60 so now daintying along at 8min/km. Just giving examples 😉
My hub is the same with the competitive thing, but he’s far fitter than I am. I look at the stats, and have noticed I’ve got slower as it’s progressed, but that doesn’t surprise me as I’m a snail 🐌
Well done on the run - one more and then W5 and nearly half way through!
I then tried Spotify, but the ads do my head in. So now I’m experimenting with podcasts. I’ve tried a couple of desert island discs - Louis Theroux and Russell T Davies - they’re interesting but less music more talking, and it’s a good distraction.
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