Failed w5 r3

[Nictrip]

I haven’t trained since Tuesday due to being away and I procrastinated all morning about going to the gym to do this run. After 5 minutes running my calves were so sore (did a lot of walking whilst away) so I gave up. I’m going to try again on the roads tomorrow morning.

[Week7 Graduate]

Good luck. Much easier on roads If you feel you can't go on just slow down and keep plodding!

[IngridKW Graduate]

I did my run today, almost forcing myself and lost the buzz I feel after completing it. I’m already psyching myself up for Tuesdays run.

Don’t be too hard on yourself. Try again on Tomorrow or Tuesday x

[nowster Graduate]

Don't run tomorrow. You ran today and it hurt. Give yourself a rest day.

[BexJogs Graduate]

Don’t be hard on yourself! I agree with nowster, wait another day so you don’t do yourself any damage and then try it! W5R3 is a real milestone run so it’s worth making sure you’re well rested and well hydrated. You can totally do it!!

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

I agree with nowster, give yourself tomorrow off from running, let those calves recover a bit and try outside on Tuesday or pick some slower tunes for the treadmill to keep that pace down. It's really easy on a treadmill to push harder than we realise and the key to this run in particular is slow and steady 👍🏻

[JetsNanna Graduate]

I think it bears repeating what nowster and GoGo_JoJo have said - have a day off tomorrow and try on Tuesday. If your legs were sore today, running tomorrow is ill-advised. Start fresh on Tuesday. You’ll be rested and you’ll finish the run. Good Luck on Tuesday 😉

Also, the run wasn’t a fail. It would have been a fail if you hadn’t tried but you did. Be kinder to yourself.

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

Oh and that's not a failure, failure would have been not even turning up to try.

Count it as a practice run and move on! 😉

[nowster Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

There are no bad runs, only ones you didn't enjoy at the time.

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate in reply to nowster]

Even those serve to teach us something. 👍🏻😁

[Nictrip]

Great feedback guys, thank you. My calves have been an issue since I started and usually they ease of as I run but knowing this was a 20 minute run I gave up. My head just wasn’t up for it today but I put pressure on myself to do it due to home/work/time commitments x

[Nictrip]

Also, I run really slowly on the treadmill. My speed was 4.5 and the guy on the next treadmill was walking at 4.1!

[nowster Graduate in reply to Nictrip]

What's that? Miles per hour? If so, that's a really fast walk speed.

[Nictrip in reply to nowster]

Yeah it was. I tried not to let it put me off, I know I’m slow but if I go faster I can’t control my breathing as well as if I slow done a bit

[nowster Graduate in reply to Nictrip]

4.1mph is equivalent to 9.1 minutes/km. My longshanks brisk walk pace is closer to 10min/km, and I'm no slouch!

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

Not a failed run Nictrip, class it as a practice run. If you want two great You Tube motivational video that I use all the time before I go out, check out the links on my Jump leads post and Bed to 5k 💪🏻 they’ll get you going, next run you’ll smash it 👍

[Nictrip in reply to Couchphoenix]

I’ll have a look thanks

[Ian5K Graduate]

The rest day is an important part of the programme. If you have run, you really need a day off.

Then you’ll make it for sure. 🙂