Week 7 done!

[Ivegottheruns]

I approached the last run of the week with some reluctance. Although I've done ok on all the other 25 min runs they felt like hard work and I had nothing in the tank to speed up by the end because I was just too tired! And yes I have been running them slow, although i could have gone maybe marginally slower again if I tried hard! I've been wondering how on earth I can move on to week 8 and run 3 whole extra minutes! It did feel more mental that physical in a way though.Anyway, today I got going and to my surprise I was feeling OK through the run and got to the last minute and sped right up for the finish by quite a lot. I ended feeling that I could have probably squeezed a few extra minutes out of myself as well if I needed to, so really positive!I'm not sure if this may in part be because I took two rest days instead of only one which hadn't been my plan but I ended up with a sick child at home yesterday. I might take a couple of days rest again before moving to the next week to let myself recover a bit again. It's going to be challenging doing much next week with the school holidays so I may take the whole next week very slowly!

The end is in sight...!

[ParkRunner1]

well done! Sounds like you’re making really good progress 👍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

HUGE well done to you. Your runs, your way... and you do what you are able Awesome mamas, dadas and carers, ..life can be so, so busy... Think of the strength and stamina work you do every day!

Slow and steady is perfect... no pressure and just taking it as it comes. I always have a two day rest in my normal routine... because Sunday is usually my longer run day, I have a small person care day Monday and Tuesday, is my catch up and recovery day... so Wednesday would be my next outing

Have a great school holiday week... loads of exercise coming up there... and loads of fun too...take time to enjoy and when you get back to a run, try to relax, no pressure, slow and steady. A little bit left in the tank is what we aim for x