Wk8 R3…

[GreenHooks]

Early start on a beautiful fresh sunny morning. 28 minute run done. Felt ok, ran a familiar route with “checkpoints” along the way regarding pace. However the fact I maintained nose breathing rather than mouth breathing was key.

I’m having an extra rest day between runs now to help with recovery. Also, with a better warm up and cool down practice, running before work is too stressful of a morning! As I get a bit better I might try an after work run to get 3 times a week down.

Nearly there, though. Running about 3.4km in 28 minutes so I might get to 4km in 30? I’ll be graduating for the second time and this time I’m going to get gait analysis and new trainers because I think this is where the hard work starts. My aim was to run/jog 3 times a week for 30 minutes so that will be my next goal 😊🏃🏻‍♀️🌟

[T2runner Graduate]

Reading your post reminds me of me journey not so long back. As for the nose breathing, it is not that important, do what feels comfortable for you, I mainly breath through my mouth, when I remember I breath in through my mouth and nose at the same time, but getting that oxygen in is so important no matter how you do it. I am also a great believer in an extra rest day, or two if needed, I am now finding i will have a run where I will push myself in either distance or speed and have a 20 minute tun as my next run, for now anyway..Week 9 for you next, enjoy the feeling of running for the 30 minutes, it's what we have aimed for, well done for having another go at it, this was my 2nd graduation and seems to have been more relevant to my goals this time, older and wiser maybe?