Monday = 40:18
Wednesday = 39:23
Friday = 39:53
All the runs included a 5 minute walking warm up, so I have gone form running 30 minutes to approximately 35 minutes.
Next week, I shall run 3x5k again, but take the 5 minute warm up out, which should mean my time would be around 37 minutes. (2 minutes away from my 5k goal of 35.)
But first, a weekend off! 
WOW, well done you!
Hey I am doing much the same as you, but still have not been able to reduce my times to anything less than 35 mins after 2 months, but not getting too worried about it.
The fact we are both running 3 times a week says were both keeping fit.
Good luck with trying to reduce the time.
Amen to that. It's a hard slog and I haven't factored in hills etc as yet either, so I know that It's going to be hard - but those are the challenges that keep us going.
May I ask why you are removing the warm-up? Do you have a cool-down? Everything that I have read about exercise states that we should warm-up before and cool-down after exercise for 3-5 minutes. Even when I watch track and field events on TV, those athletes are doing various warm-up exercise before they start their events, and walk around and stretch afterwards.
A Holiday Pen Llŷn 5k, Weekly Virtual 5k and Week 3 of the Magic 10 Plan Done 😁
W5R3 done ! 10 feet tall !
Took me 10 weeks BUT week 9 run 3 DONE
I have just run my 2nd day of week 9.Im nearly there,thank goodness.Im pretty knackered.
