Week 7 Run 1

[Thorfinn]

I finished this run this morning. Despite having done the same run at the end of week 6 this time it was sooo much harder. My legs were protesting almost until the end. It was a real battle of the mind. However, when Laura said if you feel up to it you can increase your pace for the last minute I thought, hell yes, I'm going to speed up. Strangely, instead of my leg protesting more, they actually felt better. Could it be that my body has a natural pace it wants to run at and making it go slower (because I'm worried about tiring myself out) actually makes running less efficient and makes my legs protest more?

[CaptFrey Graduate]

Congratulations the key thing is you did it and you are running. Keep it up and accept some runs are worse than others.

[Speedy60 Graduate]

Well done, you're doing great!👍

Some runs are good, some not so much. It can depend on lots of things like sleep, hydration and weather conditions.

I don't know about a natural running pace. I keep putting the same effort in and, by concentrating on good form and running style, I've got faster without even noticing.

Professional runners like to train using negative splits - running the first half of a race slower than the second. It's definitely the way to go - don't stop doing it! It's always better to leave something in the tank than run out of puff half way round.