Week 7 Run 3 ✔️ Still slow!

[Rainn1]

Completed week 7! I did run 2 on Thursday night but couldn’t face run 3 in the heat on Sat/Sun so I put it off till last night (Monday). I left it till about 20:30 and had a bit of a mental wobble before I started, it felt like a bit of doubt was creeping in and I was worried I’d left too big of a gap and would have lost any fitness I’d built up in those three days 😂 my mum came with me on her bike for moral support and it ended up being the fastest run I’ve done so far! Fast in the loosest sense of the word, according to Strava I did 3.14k at 8km an hour, at the time I felt like I was sprinting though let me tell you! I think obviously being overweight is slowing me down but hopefully as the weight comes down and my stamina and fitness improves I’ll be able to narrow in on that 5k in 30 minutes!

[linda9389 Graduate]

Time to stop being dubious! You are so close now. The mental battles are as big as the physical ones and you definitely won the last one. Speed/pace is so unimportant at this time - the only thing that matters is that it's a pace you are comfortable at, one you can sustain for the length of the run and one that will encourage you to run again. You've got this, especially with your mum and her bike as a secret weapon. Good luck with week 8, you've got this 👍

[Rainn1 Graduate in reply to linda9389]

Thank you 😊