Week 7 run 3

[Vanuua2]

Well I never expected to get to week 7 let alone run 3. So I have a question for y’all. My wrist bleepy thing tells me I ran 5.2km this morning. I haven’t been focused on distance or time at this point. But now I am. I’ve got two weeks left but I’m wondering now, can I go further or faster? Is this a healthy thing this early? I’m still enjoying it and seem to have energy left at the end of a run and we( I run with my sister) have been experimenting with a burst of speed at the end. So do I keep my head down for another two weeks and then experiment?

[nowster Graduate]

Did it count the warm up and cool down walks?

[Vanuua2 Graduate in reply to nowster]

No, not the starting walk because I forgot to tell my beepy thing I was running and I was back at the car park by the end of the run for self conscious stretching so not a proper warm down walk either.

[nowster Graduate in reply to Vanuua2]

It sounds like you're naturally fast, then.

[Vanuua2 Graduate in reply to nowster]

Talking to my sister, we agreed it was chilly running on that side of the bay which probably made it an aberration cos we wanted to keep warm!

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Well done with completing week 7 😬👍

Personally I would keep my head down for 2 weeks as you out it !

Why ?

Because I injured myself at the end of week 8 run 1 by sprinting at the end !

I ended up not running for 16 days .

I would Graduate first then do a few weeks of consolidation, you are still a new runner and you will still need to continue to build strength and stamina .

Then perhaps go across to the bridge to 10k forum and look at various options for continuing to improve your running .

Hope that helps 🙂👍

[Vanuua2 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I think it would be better to err on the side of safety. Plus it was probably a one off. Plus I doubt my bleepy is accurate

[KayBee1000 Graduate]

Hi Vanuua2,

Sounds like you are just naturally a fast runner!

If you are able to breathe/chat without effort, feel able to keep running after your run, and don’t have any aches and pains, that’s the important indicators to look at - I’d ignore what your tracker says, it may not even be accurate!

It’s really important to follow the C25k programme, even if you feel able to run for longer at the end of a session, as it has been designed to get you to be able to run for 30 mins straight *safely*.

It feels frustrating to hold yourself back, but doing too much too soon is the easiest way to cause yourself injury, possibly even an injury bad enough to prevent you being able to run again.

When we graduate from the plan we are still novice runners. The important thing is to build the routine of running three times a week into your life, and build miles and stamina on your legs.

Once you’ve run for 30 mins x 3 times a week for a few weeks after graduation (consolidation), then you can look at doing longer runs/faster runs/aiming for 10k - whatever your goal is.

Have fun whilst you finish the programme, and look forward to post-consolidation in just a few weeks time, when it sounds like you can aim to start bridge to 10k!

Good luck 🏃‍♀️ 👍