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ive finally managed to complete week 8 (with only 2 short walks(less than 30seconds) due to the excessive hill I decided to run up) overall I would consider this a win! Yay for me!

 

However I have a few questions for those of you who have completed it!

 

Does week 8 involve covering 5k in the 28 mins or over the whole warmup/run/cooldown aspect?

 

What did you do after you completed it? I have gleaned at the 10k app and an hour is a long long time to commit to 3 times a week?

 

I'm considering keeping up the 5k runs 3 times per week until I get to a point that they are too easy or consistently easy at least! At the moment it's hot and miss if I can run for the full duration despite having run week 7 over 4 times it seemed very hit and miss - one day I could do it, the next I couldn't, then I could do it again!

 

Any advice or response would be appreciated!

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Guest TrishE

It all depends on your speed. If you have something that tracks your time and you have made it to a 10 minute mile then the 30 minutes would be three miles so 31 or 32 would be the 5k. If you dont have something that tracks your run I definitely suggest it, its great for knowing how far and fast youve run. I think the pro version does this but not the free version, dont quote me on that though. (Kelly? )

I run three times a week as well and do a 5k on day one and push myself to my farthest on day 2 and go back to a 5k on day 3. This has worked really well for me and has let me keep up the 5k distance pretty consistently.

Hope this helps :) 

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Today I went out for another week 8 day 1! I've done it successfully 2/3 times now and completed week 7 day 3 successfully a few times also!

 

Problem today was, I got 8 minutes in and my chest was sore, almost under my lungs! I couldn't carry on and had to walk the rest. My route was no different than a previous successful attempt! Any clues as to what went wrong? I had a good sleep, had eaten my usual pre run breakfast beforehand!

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Ugh I hate those! I call them the sniper shot because it comes completely out of no where and just debilitates me. Very rarely I can feel an inkling of one Ill just concentrate totally on breathing with my core and normally itll pass pretty quickly. I honestly have no idea what brings them on but it always hits under my rib (right under my chest)  it feels like on one side or the other. Is that what happened to you? 

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I think it's the same thing!!had another bad run on Monday. Starting to think I need to change up my route to get back in the right place mentally! Been shopping for new shoes the past few days so hoping it'll help slightly!

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