Graduation run disaster

[Run4Hills]

Help!!!!! Have lost it! 😳

Graduated on fri with a 5k run (42 mins) . Yay! It was my 3rd 5k.

Three days later (yesterday) and feeling confident, I tried a quick run on usual route to break in new replacement shoes but only managed 500m before stopping. . What? Shoes were fine. Legs like jelly. Walked home.

I went out this morning with Laura for motivation on week 6,1. and couldn’t do the final5 min run. Same time of day, route, music, pace, shoes, clothes and nice and cool. -no excuse. Don’t think I’m ill or injured. What’s going on? Am beetroot!

What should my next run be? Repeat week6,1 and carry on without breaks if it feels ok?

Thanks a lot.

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Don’t let the gremlins win! You can do this. It’s psychological. Slow down and slow down again. Also google the toxic ten.

Everyone had bad run days for no reason. They make the good runs sweeter. Make sure you’re drinking lots of water the day before a run.

[Run4Hills Graduate in reply to Tasha99]

Thank you! You may well be right about the water. Keep pouring glasses and not drinking them.

Not gremlins, so to speak. I just stopped and couldn’t start again. Will drink loads today. Thanks a lot.