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20 minutes of constant running complete! I’m very happy with that! 🤩
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! 🤩
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!
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
It took a little longer to complete “Week 2” of #CouchTo5K because of life things getting in the way, so those runs were more spread out. I’ve just completed the first run of “Week 3” now though!
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
Walk - 180 seconds
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
The last run felt the most difficult but honestly didn’t feel that bad. So much so that I was finished a little earlier in regards to distance on my usual route for this run, so I added another 180 second walk followed by another 90 second run at the end.
Feeling good! 💪
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! 💪
It took a little longer to complete “Week 2” of #CouchTo5K because of life things getting in the way, so those runs were more spread out. I’ve just completed the first run of “Week 3” now though!
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
Walk - 180 seconds
Run - 90 seconds
Walk - 90 seconds
Run - 180 seconds
The last run felt the most difficult but honestly didn’t feel that bad. So much so that I was finished a little earlier in regards to distance on my usual route for this run, so I added another 180 second walk followed by another 90 second run at the end.
Feeling good! 💪