Consolidation week 4 - new plan and first run without Sanjeev! How I’ll miss him!

[HennieR62]

Well that was yet another surprise. On Friday I just could not do my final consolidation run of my first 3-week plan, too hot, too tired, so abandoned it. That’s the first time I’ve missed a run in 12 weeks. Had a flicker of disappointment in myself, then remembered it’s MY JOURNEY. My goal for the next 3 weeks is 1 x 5k and 2 x 30 minute runs. Today, did 5k, and I think more comfortable having had a bit more rest. Also first try without repeating week 9 runs, I only used MapMyRun. It was a better time - even though I keep telling myself to slow down! 35.44 seconds. 30 seconds faster than last week. At this rate of improvement I should do 5k in 30 minutes in 12 weeks time 😂😂 That’ll be something! Seems a ridiculous aim at the moment!

[Joeys86 Graduate]

You are doing so well! Your 5K time is fab. Its hard to slow down isnt it? Once you get going into a pace, I find it difficult to slow. Does MapMyRun tell you how far you’ve gone and pace while you are running?

[HennieR62 Graduate in reply to Joeys86]

Thank you! It’sa bit of a surprise to me I have to say. The app: Yes it does, on 1 k intervals. It tells you average and last k time. Then at the end you can save the run and look at the workout stats for the whole run. Today I found in settings you can pause (delay) the start, so I set that to 5 minutes for the warm-up walk. I’m using the free version. Let us know how you get on tomorrow !

[nowster Graduate]

I loved his character "Navid" in Still Game. (I loved Still Game, full stop.)