Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it! 💪
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutes
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Well that felt much harder. Started “Week 4” of #CouchTo5K today!
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Walk - 2.5 minutes
Run - 3 minutes
Walk - 1.5 minutes
Run - 5 minutes
Didn’t help that the majority of my last two runs were uphill. 😩
I did it though! 💪
Week 5 Run 2. Hardest run yet but I pushed through and did it! 💪
Run - 8 minutes
Walk - 5 minutes
Run - 8 minutes
Well, I had my first setback on my #CouchTo5K.
Today was supposed to be Week 5 Run 3, which is a 20 minute run. In the first couple of minutes I felt a lot of tightness and pain in my right calf (cramp maybe), so I slowed down to a walk. I was going to pack it in, but it loosened up again so I pushed on and started over. I had to take a couple of walk breaks in the middle, so I think I’m going to keep trying this session again every 2/3 days until I can nail it.
Still decent today though. Probably did about 18 minutes of running in total, with about 4 minutes of walking, so not all bad. It’s really stepped up a gear this week so just got to keep pushing myself!
20 minutes of constant running complete! I’m very happy with that! 🤩
@jamie Just double checking, are you stretching after your runs? As a rule of thumb I set aside at best 30 mins (at worst, 15 mins) of time for stretching afterwards- really cuts down on soreness, less chances of injury and speeds up recovery
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@harrybo Actually haven't been doing any at all tbh. I know not the best idea I've ever had. I'll look into starting it.