Week 6 run 🏃‍♀️ 1

[Ali_boo]

Felt quite sluggish tonight - it was the 8 minute run 🏃‍♀️ that seemed to go on and on. I seemed to breeze through run 3 of week 5 still I suppose everyone has there off days 😀 onwards and upwards 🏃‍♀️

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

congratulations on completing your longest workout to date.

It catches out more people than any other run in the plan.

[Ali_boo in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Glad I’m not the only one 😀 - I wonder why that is 🤔

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Ali_boo]

Purely psychological, I believe.

After running for twenty minutes non stop, a degree of overconfidence often creeps in and this session just puts your feet back on the ground.

You got it done, that is all that matters.

[Ali_boo in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks for that

[RacingintheStreet Graduate]

I positively hated every run in week 6 I think 😂😂😂

[Ali_boo in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Oh no don’t say that lol 😝

[RacingintheStreet Graduate in reply to Ali_boo]

I think I’m also exaggerating a bit 🙄😂.

I knew from reading everyone’s posts what to expect so actually run 1 wasn’t exactly awful . Run 2 was 😂😂 I didn’t even post about it I was so ou5 of sorts 😂😂

Run 3 though was back to no split just running and it put me back in a better mood .

Once you are running after wk 6 there’s no run/walk etc just run.

You’ll hear people talking about the ‘toxic ten’ which for some ( not all) is the first ten minutes of your run when everything seems just rubbish as your body is once again getting over the shock of you making it run 😂😂 once over that first wee while you settle into the run , get into your stride etc.

So looking back it was like wk6 runs were the toxic 8/10 mins then you stopped . Then had to get yourself going again just for another 8/10 mins .

So I think that’s what I found really just plain unsatisfactory somehow 🤷🏼‍♀️😂😂

So my abiding memory of wk 6 was I didn’t like it but I needed to do it to get to wk 7 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[Ali_boo in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Thanks for your views I really appreciate everyone’s input

[Satsuma1 Graduate]

I hated the week 6 runs too! I think it’s quite a common complaint. Just get through it and next week will be better!

[Ali_boo in reply to Satsuma1]

Looks like I’m going to have to grin and bare week 6

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

We all get runs like that, no rhyme or reason, it just happens, your next one will be much better I’m sure. You’re doing great Alisonjb 👍🏃‍♀️