W9R1: Well me and the belly did it, R1 done... - Couch to 5K

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Well me and the belly did it, R1 done 2 more left

So Strava tells me that I did 4.7K which is pretty good I think my belly did 4.8 as its so big. Lol. But I went off way too quickly as the stats show

1 Km 5.32

2Km 6.12

3rd 6.57

4th 6:50

07th 6:43

Average pace 6.26

What can the belly and I do to get that last 300 metres (which seems quite a lot to be honest)

but very pleased furthest run yet.

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Tasha99Graduate

Don’t worry about that. 90% of people can’t do 5k on graduation. If you go too fast, you risk not completing the run. Wait till after graduation.

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nowsterGraduate

It looks like you started a bit fast there which will have made the latter part of the run harder. You are allowed to go slower.

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2muchtooyoungGraduate in reply to nowster

Yep so out of breath hence the middle times slow (plus a hill) I wont be making that mistake again - nice and steady wins the race. Even Michael said start slowly - but did I listen - charging off like a fool - lesson learnt.

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kev9154Graduate

Great effort for W9R1, as MJ says,keep calm and breathe, you’ll do the 5K soon 👏👏

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