Getting to 10k with 3 runs a week??

[Kjb04]

I’d like try the 10k plan but there is no way I can fit 5 runs in a week. Is it still achievable doing 3 runs a week over a longer period. If so which sequence of runs would people recommend?

[MissUnderstanding Administrator On a break Graduate]

Yes! Head over to bridge to 10k and look at the pinned post about the magic plan. That’s what I did.

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[Kjb04 Graduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Thanks, I’ll take a look.

[Instructor57 Graduate]

There is absolutely no need to do 5 runs a week !

i got to 10k with 3

I did 1x5k, 1x3.5k a little quicker or a fartlek run and then 1x longer slower run extending the distance of this run around 10% of the previous weeks total

Or take a look at juju's magic 10 plan over on the Bridge to 10k forum as linked to by MissUnderstanding

[Kjb04 Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

That’s good to hear, I’ll take a look, thank you

[Cmoi Graduate]

Hi Kjb04 , another recommendation for the Magic Plan already linked. It's really flexible - three runs a week of varying distances. Each week's runs can be done in any order, on the days you prefer, as long as you take a rest day in between.

[Kjb04 Graduate in reply to Cmoi]

brilliant thank you, definitely feels doable with three runs a week for me.

[Frenc Graduate]

You can absolutely get to 10k by doing 3 runs a week! I don’t have time to do more than 3 a week myself, and with a little bit of patience and mixing your runs up, you will get there. I tend to do 2 shorter runs and a longer run a week, adding on to the longer one week by week, Good luck 😊.

[Kjb04 Graduate in reply to Frenc]

Brilliant news, looking forward to starting. Thank you.

[TimeInNature Graduate]

I’m one week away from graduating from JuJu’s magic plan so add me to the list of people it has worked for (I managed 9.5k on Friday so I feel confident about getting that extra 0.5k done).

Good luck and enjoy it