Evil Laura, you foul harridan...

[angrboda]

20 minutes of running. No walking save the warm up and warm cool down bits.

I managed it. Barely. It was not only difficult, it was very very VERY difficult. I was back to the point where I could have walked significantly faster than I was running

I had been running for a while and thought I must have made it through the first five minutes, but I wasn't expecting Evil Laura to say anything, because before, she's usually done the halfway point and the last 60 seconds. So after having run for another few hours, I was dismayed to hear her say, "you have been running for five minutes."

20 minutes is a loooooooooong time.

The good thing is I only need to do this one time. Week 6 is like week 5 with three different sessions, only the week 6 ones are slightly more difficult than week 5, and the first two week 6 are a step down in difficulty from the 20 minutes, so I'll just move on to week 6 and repeat as many times as I can for day 3 of that week.

Comments

[rmc28]

You did it!

(and she is quite evil)

[angrboda]

I did! :D :D

[highlyeccentric]

I'm not sure if we're using the same app, but half the time I find I can't even *hear* evil laura. Especially her timing calls - i can only tell she's said something because my regular music pauses for an ominous period.

[angrboda]

I use the podcast from the NHS, so I have to suffer through some fairly awful music. Shan't miss the week 5 selection.

On 28 September 2014 20:49, highlyeccentric - DW Comment < dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

[highlyeccentric]

I've got a free app that's somehow breast-cancer related, or at least has the pink ribbon on it. Good thing is, it lets your regular music play in the background.

[angrboda]

I had heard these exist. I prefer using my little ipod shuffle though. I find the phone far too large and bulky, so I've never used it as a music player.

I figured I could make a playlist of my own music that suited around 45 minutes or so later, but untill I've actually made it to the 5k, I need Evil Laura. Her taste in music is appaling but she gives good tips. :)

On 28 September 2014 22:09, highlyeccentric - DW Comment < dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

[jack]

Well done! And I love your descriptions of evil laura (and the photo from last time!)

[angrboda]

Thanks. I didn't have a photo, though. That was someone else. :)

[jack]

Doh! Sorry about that.

[angrboda]

No harm done. :)

[liv]

Oh my gosh, 20 minutes continuous running, that's amazing. I swear that 5-3 is the hardest run in the whole training programme! Well done for completing it, and well done for correctly judging the right time to move up to that workout. I reckon if you get to this point you are probably physically capable of completing.

[angrboda]

It is! Somehow the rest of the program isn't nearly as scary, even though it's longer. But the first time when you don't get to rest at all, that's really a big hurdle.