Three runs!

[rmc28]

I ran 5k yesterday (with 5 minutes walking at each end to warm up & cool down), after running twice in the week.

Now to do it again!  It's not a habit until I've done it for more than 4 weeks in a row, but I'm feeling pretty motivated right now about running three times next week, including more zombies.

Part of the motivation is spilling out into setting bigger goals.  My next one is to slowly increase my weekend run to 10k.  Right now, that feels basically achievable if I keep up running thrice weekly.  After that, I'm thinking about a half-marathon.  All the half-marathon training plans I can find assume a) 4 training sessions a week and b) at least two if not three of them being over 30 minutes.  So it's going to take some work to adapt my routine to that, or to adapt the training plans to my routine (which I suspect would be more successful, if slower).

I'm also wondering if I should move my half-marathon planning off c25k as seems outside the remit I initially set for this community.  I'd still stay part of the community and cheerlead people doing c25k but maybe I need a "slow half-marathons" community now instead.  What do you think?

Comments

[healingmirth]

I've totally fallen off running, and doubt I'd personally go past 10k once I pick back up,, but I'd be happy to see the community expand to support and cheer on folks like you who set further goals - particularly within the context of having started with c25k.

[rmc28]

Thank you, that's helpful.

[jack]

It sounds fine to me; I think there's still plenty of overlap. If there were LOTS of marathon runners, it might be time to split.

[rmc28]

Thanks, that's very helpful. Unless & until there are lots of c25k-ers planning marathons I'll not feel too bad posting about my training.

[jack]

*hugs* FWIW, I think it's mostly a matter of attitude rather than numbers; I'm not put off by some people who can run twice as fast as me, as long as they have the same kind of difficulties I do in improving, I'm only put off by someone who assumes 5k is easy and can't see why anyone would find it difficult, and I can't imagine you thinking that, even if you get to the point where it _is_ easy for you.

[rmc28]

I think I'm at the point where 5k is not so much "easy" as "something I'm confident of completing and tend to enjoy once underway".

[liv]

Yay, well done on the three runs and completing the full 5k at the weekend!

I'd be very happy if you kept your marathon training logs here on c25k. Building up slowly to a half-marathon, adapting the training plans to your life etc seem very much in the spirit of how this community usually functions. And I personally like seeing your posts here, it's one of the major factors helping to keep me motivated.