Another 5km PB, NRC Challenges and a question

[Kish247]

So after running my longest distance and longest duration on Thursday where I completed a 7km, I wanted to go out for a shorter distance on Sunday to test my pace so did a nice 2km run which was enjoyable.

Another 5km PB

I felt as if I could have gone out again yesterday but decided against it so decided to go out today where I ended up completing my fastest 5km yet. Only by 31 second but meaning, I'm getting closer to getting <40mins for a 5km

Time today was 41:48 with a pace of 8'16" so hopefully I can keep going in the right direction

The 1st of November was the last time I reached a 5km PB so must be something with it being a new month!!

NRC Challenges

Has anyone else used the 'Challenges' section of the app? I've selected December Weekly Challenge which is doing 15km in a week and I've also selected December 50k Challenge.

There is a December 100k Challenge but I don't think I'm keen on doing that considering I'm planning on indulging for 3 solid days a Christmas. If there was completing any form of Toblerone Challenge I'll smash that though!

Question

Have any of you started running consecutive days yet? I've seen many adverts for 5k a day for 10 days which I feel is way too soon for me but I've also seen one which is something like 'a mile a day for a month' which I like the idea of....

Happy Running all

01/12/2020

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Well done for mixing up your runs with a shorter 2K run. It’s on those runs where I can often see my pace starting to improve, even if I can’t sustain it over longer distances. Sometimes I do interval work, running for 60 seconds and walking or slow jogging to recover for 90 seconds. Repeat as many times as you want, I usually do 8 repeats and then make it up to 4K by slow jogging.

I think it was only after I was running regularly (and slowly) for over an hour that I saw my 5K pace improving. I don’t really like that distance, but go back to it every few weeks just to see. I like to run for 4K on my other run, because I know I can do that within 30 minutes.

I won’t consider running on consecutive days until I’ve been running for a year. I don’t do any challenges on the app because I do them on Strava. Usually a 5K every month, also a 10K and others that crop up if I think I can do them!

Well done for your 5K PB! Always good to get a PB 👏👏👏👍

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Well done on the pb and regular runs.Remember to spend up to 80% of your running time at an easy pace and only push pace in the remainder..........flat out all the time is not the best way to develop your body.

This article about running on consecutive days may help you decide runnersworld.com/runners-st...

I would err on the side of caution.

[Couchphoenix Graduate]

I’ve gone for the NRC 15k in a week challenge, first run early tomorrow morning, which should chip away at a few of them 👍🏃‍♂️