Week 5

[JAKL]

Week 5 - can anyone explain why after 20 mins of running week 6 will be intervals? Sorry if this is a daft question x

[Birdlady64 Graduate]

No idea really but all I can say is that the plan absolutely works.

Every run prepares you physically for the next, building on your stamina and endurance, and allows you to progress with minimal risk of injury.

The real challenge is in your head.

Follow and trust in the plan, take your rest days and you will be fine.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

W6R1 will be your longest overall duration workout when you get there.

[Alimo in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Hi, why is W6R1 the longest duration when it has breaks! I am not up with the science of all this, although I can see it is working!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Alimo]

Can you walk briskly without expending any effort?

[Alimo in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Yes. Pretty much! I completed Week 5 run 2 today. I had misunderstood and thought the run today was 5, 8 and 5 minutes... but they were 8 and 8! I didn't know until I'd done the 8 (wondered why 5 minutes seemed so long! Lol!) so, once I knew I had done 8, I knew I could do the next one! (A case of serendipity today!) But, R3 is 4 minutes longer and with no break. I think it is the break that keeps me going! (I'm mildly asthmatic so my legs feel like they can go on longer than my breathing can!) I believe in this plan more each time I run so will give it a good go!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Alimo]

As long as you jog at a pace at which you can speak clear ungasping sentences as you go, you will be fine.

[jadevictoria Graduate]

I feel it’s to build your confidence up but not burn your body out by going into 20 mins straight again in week 6. Like others have said the biggest battle is with your head, so getting over this fear of long duration running then going back to your comfort zones with breaks for a while does you the world of good

[Alimo in reply to jadevictoria]

That makes sense!