Ran 8.5k today, am I on track????

[lauramarie84]

Hi everyone, I am doing the bridge to 10k programme and have just finished Week 2. I managed to do 8.5k in the time. Is this a good distance , i have no idea??

[greenlegs Graduate]

Looking at your previous posts, you said you'd not run for a good while at the start of Feb, and now you're up to 8.5K - that seems a really rapid increase.

As I understand it, bridge to 10k is a 6 week programme to go from 5k to 10k - so it looks as though you've got to about week 5 equivalent already!

Not wanting to be a wet blanket, but I'd suggest you consider easing off a bit to avoid the risk of injury. Apparently this (a few months after starting to run) is a very common point for people to suddenly over-train and end up injured. Maybe you're just very fast (lucky you!), but if your target is 10k, there's no rush to get there if your race isn't for quite a while yet. And it would be a pity to not be able to enter!

[greenlegs Graduate in reply to greenlegs]

The '10% rule' (which isn't really a rule) might help - a bit of discussion here:

couchto5k.healthunlocked.co...

But you are clearly a much more advanced runner than me.

[Burstcouch Graduate]

seems like your ahead of yourself at week 2. But as greenlegs says don't over do it.

Try to run just for fun too at least once a week as the B210K can be intense.

I use B210K occasionally but find it very tough. There is no way I would reach that distance when I was on week 2, so your speedy.

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