Slowing my pace...

[SarahBash]

Week five, run two is COMPLETE PEOPLE! For every run I’ve been looking ahead to brace myself for what was coming but somehow forgot to do so until I was already doing the warm up walk and good ole Laura tells me it’s an eight minute run today not my usual five 👀👀

I’d told my boyfriend who was also in the gym that I was going to run so jumping off that treadmill wasn’t an option... so I thought to myself, this is the toxic ten talking, let’s just try it!

Until now I’d been so reluctant to slow down my pace even though a friend told me that a small shift would make a huge difference if I was struggling . I guess I had the mentality where if I dropped my pace then I wasn’t really completing the run? Today instead of my usual 9km/hr I switched to 8.8km/hr and it honestly felt so good!

I was my usual red tomato colour by the end and I’ll be honest the thought of running twenty minutes straight next has a part of me thinking what?! How?! But I know now just to trust the process - slowing the pace isn’t a failure and my speed can come later 💪🏼

Happy running 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

[Secondtimelucky]

Well done you! I've had a couple of weeks not running as we have all had the dreaded bug...so going back to Wk6 walk 1 today was quite a challenge! I did the same as you and as Laura advised slowed it right down...so at least I finished! Good luck with the next run

[SarahBash Graduate in reply to Secondtimelucky]

Oh no - this time of year seems like such a good time to start but with all these bugs around it’s another thing to compete against! Glad you’re feeling better and well done to you too! It’s definitely a mind game isn’t it? All the best with week six 😊

[Secondtimelucky in reply to SarahBash]

Thank you so much

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Slow running builds stamina and reduces injury risk.......so why push it, if it is not necessary?

[Roxdog Graduate]

Well done! That is quite a fast pace though, so take care and keep it steady!