After over 2 weeks out due to a calf injury I did my second run tonight and did just over 5k in 30mins. I'll do my next run on Friday as don't want to aggravate my injury.
Feels great running again and my goal is firmly set on doing 10k, though will likely take longer than originally planned. Hope you are all well and progressing ππππββοΈ
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That is a very good time for running 5K after your injury, nice that you're back running, goal now 10K, well done, you could try Ju Ju's Magic 10 plan if you want to or the 10% rule which is gradually increasing the distance weekly by 500m or 1K.
After my 10 miles run last Wednesday this morning I decided to go back to run 1 of week 1 of C25K, it was to practice a 5K run with interval training, basically the week 1 runs work out at 8/1 minute runs split with 7/90 second walking breaks, so I did all of those runs and the walking breaks as well, after the about 17 minutes the C25K week 1 finished, I then continued with Mapmyrun, running continuously until I completed the full 5K, next Wednesday it will be the first run of week 2 of C25K. π ππΎ
Oh wow!! That is good going. I've just taken a week out because of slight calf strain and did 33 mins yesterday at very slow rate. Think it's wise to not try and push yourself too far too soon. Good luck with your progress onto 10K - I'm still working towards 5K but is good to have an aim.
Hi thank you, yes you're absolutely right I need to take it easy for a while. My primary goal was always to exercise regularly, which I'm doing. It took me a while to do 5k but as long as I'm exercising I'm happy! ππββοΈ
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