Week 5 run 1 celebrate the little wins

[Keeprunningrunning]

I've got to admit I was very apprehensive about this week as I'd seen others post about it.

But, this was probably the first run I've really enjoyed. I've religiously followed and listened to all the advice from the grads and slowed my pace at the beginning but found I could speed up without feeling burnt out.

I'm fully aware of the whopper of a run at the end of the week, but today I'm celebrating my little win.

[John_W Graduate Ambassador]

Well done, but that 'whopper run' isn't as whopper as you think.

Week 1 - you ran for 8 minutes (3 times - so that's 24 minutes )

Week 2 - 9 minutes, 3 times (27 minutes in the week)

Week 3 - 9 minutes (another 27 minutes)

Week 4.1 - 16 minutes

Week 4.2 - 16 minutes

Week 4.3 - 16 minutes

Week 5.1 - 15 minutes

coming up:

Week 5.2 - 16 minutes (should be easy by now, right?)

Week 5.3 - 20 minutes (with 157 minutes of previous running in your legs).

To illustrate that Week 5 is just another week and that Week 4 was actually the 'big jump' that many claim Week 5 is, have a look at this:

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

and

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Hope that helps

[Keeprunningrunning Graduate in reply to John_W]

Well your post puts everything into perspective! Thank you very much

[Rising60 Graduate]

Very encouraging - I'm due to start Wk 5 on Thursday, after a long struggle with Wk 4!

[Keeprunningrunning Graduate in reply to Rising60]

I found week 4 tough too. But you've made progress and you're here now at week 5. Have a good first run and let us know how it goes.

[nowster Graduate]

If you look back through my history of posts, you'll see that Week 5 Run 1 was the first one I really enjoyed, too.