Adios Week 6, Bring on Week 7

[LeeU]

I didn't run yesterday, I woke up and could barely open my eyes, so I went back to sleep for a while, I finally got out of bed around 7:45.

I woke this morning and thought I'd have a nice cup of green tea before doing week 6 run 3.

I threw the running kit on and jumped on the treadmill, just a reminder, I'm using my treadmill to mitigate the risk of re-injuring my ankle which I initially did 3-4 days before Christmas Day when I went over on it.

Anyway, back to the present, what a brilliant, wonderful, soul fulfilling 25 minutes, how I've missed these runs

25 minutes done and dusted with the temptation to carry on running put down with the promise that it won't be long now.

Anyone approaching week 6 run 3 there are a couple of things to keep in mind:

1. Get your breathing right, this is the cornerstone to any exercise really but more so in running. Once you have a nice deep belly breathing rhythm going then focus on maintaining that.

2. Pace yourself, yes you ran 20 minutes last week and you're doing great but you're adding more time to the run, don't be afraid to slow down a little bit to make sure you complete the run.

3 Enjoy the run, if your runs start to become a chore then you're less likely to carry on running.

That's the practical points I can think of but there is another good thing about this run, once you complete it you know week 7 is in the bag too providing you aren't overly complacent about it.

Garmin Training Effect: 3.4 Impacting - this is much better than the 1.0 I got for run 1 of this week. Yes I'm still quite hung up over the Garmin Training Effect score, it makes me feel like I am actually doing something and not just going through the motions.

Bring on Monday morning, I really can't wait now.

I plan to complete the program, do some consolidation runs and then do a couple of shorter runs outside again, working my way back to where I used to be, hopefully minus the injury.

Happy running everyone.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Congratulations on completing run 3 of week 6, you are now OFFICIALLY a RUNNER, onwards and upwards to week 7 🏃🏾 😊