Well, it’s taken me three weeks instead of two to do weeks 4 and 5, but I was pretty chuffed to complete W5R3 and get back on track!
Week 4 coincided with some pretty bad weather, so there were two and three day gaps between runs knocking me off my usual mon-wed-fri routine, then week 5 run two ended up with me getting a stitch really early in the run for the first time, which made me slow to a walk. So rather than feeling psyched up to head into the 20 minute run 3 I was the exact opposite, and a bit fed up of the weather and my progress.
So I decided to rewind a bit, and went back to repeat W5R1 last Monday, and R2 on Wednesday, before tackling the big one on Friday.
What a difference, Definitely the right decision, the weather was better, the runs all went well, and I was back enjoying them! Not breaking any speed records, mind you🙂
So the lesson for me anyway, is to adjust the pace if required, I’d rather spend a bit more time doing some extra runs to get comfortable with them, than push on too fast and get discouraged.
Looking forward to Week 6 starting tomorrow morning!