W4R2 + W5R2 - Confused? :)

[Saviods86]

So I have been trying out something different for my runs.

2019 - I started the C25K in Feb of 2019 while being really overweight and barely able to run more than a minute at a time. By July 2019 I was finally able to hit the 5K : ) (All Treadmill running only in the GYM - never tried to run on the road or trail was always afraid I would not be able to control my running speed)

2020 - Not so great! I barely did much running after the holidays and then we went into locked down in March and I just sat at home eating and gaining weight again

4 weeks back - Decided to start the running, this time along the Grand Union Canal paths but quickly released I had lost most of the stamina that I had created from 2019 and was really bummed out so decided to restart C25K from scratch. I breezed thru Week 1 and felt I needed to step it up so from Week 2.

Week 2 Plan: W2R1 + W3R1 = Its exactly what it says- Since I was running along the canal trails I decided to run W2R1 at 100% effort running one direction and W3R1 on the way back at 60-70% effort. (by effort I mean running the way back at a much slower rate without losing good form) . I was not sure if I would be able to keep this up as its was running 2 week runs on the same day but I was surprised I was able to manage it.

So my runs were as below

Week 2 : W2R1 + W3R1 / Break / W2R2 + W3R2 / Break / W2R3 + W3R3

Week 3 : W3R1 + W4R1 / Break / W3R2 + W4R2 / Break / W3R3 + W4R3

Week 4 : And so on and so forth.................

I would not recommend this for new runners!

I recently completed W4R2 + W5R2 and can't wait to get back on the trail today.