Almost there but very, very slow.

[Sadiekit]

Went off to a new park today for the penultimate run of the programme and decided I needed to know just how slow I am. I fiddled around with run keeper and then looked around and saw the paths went uphill and there were some serious looking declines which must mean some pretty serious inclines, but given I had paid for parking , that was me committed to it.

So I'm running along and this electronic voice tells me I had been 200 odd hours and my pace was 140 hours, so many minutes and seconds per mile. i thought I was slow but this ridiculous. Or was I really that slow? It turned out that i had just reactivated it from pause after an abortive attempt to use it last week. Very surreal. Anyway, trudged my way around and I think I managed 2.1 miles in 30 minutes so i've got someway to go before the magic 5 k. There were hills involved.. oh well, I know now.

[caz1_ca Graduate]

Hills you say, I hate hills and until I get better I try and stay away from those. LOL I know I will have to face them sooner or later, but later sounds better to me.

Well done.

[Sadiekit Graduate in reply to caz1_ca]

Did I say they were hills? They were mountains! Well, they might have well as been. I like flat.

[caz1_ca Graduate in reply to Sadiekit]

Hahaha me too.

[greenlegs Graduate]

2.1 miles in 30 min is 4k - exactly the average distance covered in a recent sample of 17 graduates, so I wouldn't worry too much! Definitely better than 140 hours per mile anyway!

[Sadiekit Graduate]

You can do sums and know stats! Thank you for this...for some very silly reason, I felt a wee bit deflated. I should be concentrating on what I can do. Would never have thought I could do this back in December when I began playing with the thought of trying to see if I could possibly run between bus stops.

[caz1_ca Graduate in reply to Sadiekit]

Haha I did that only it was lamposts. It wan't a system te worked for me, so was really glad when I was introduced to the C25K.

[gdeann Graduate]

I have a new respect for hills/mountains and wind since I started running. As our miss greenlegs wrote, no need to worry, many a Graduate is not at the magical 30 minute 5K. I doubt if I will ever do a 5 in 30, but I still keep running! Gayle

[Sadiekit Graduate]

You'reright... It was lamp posts!

[caz1_ca Graduate in reply to Sadiekit]

Running between bus stops would have been pretty good because they are quite far apart. lol