Jigi Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Hi all, Ive been struggling a bit on week 5 day 3- havent actually tried it yet, been doing day 1 and day 2 several times already. Feel like its such a huge hurdle and need to be in the right headspace to even attempt it as I dont want to fail. I did however manage to run 13 minutes straight today. What are some of your tips or tricks to get through it mentally? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torus_ot Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 1. Slow your pace! 2. Music 3. Start running W5D2 and add "bonus" run to it. Wen your total run time will be +20 min, then you know you can do W5D3 (My W5D2 was 2x8min runs plus 5min bonus ride with pace 5.2) Good luck, you can do it! Jigi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigi Posted June 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Woo hoo. Finally managed to get over the 20 minute mental hurdle today. Just kept pushing through it and slowed pace down to 8.0km/hr, was the best feeling ever being able to overcome the mental struggle. Now just to see if I can repeat it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torus_ot Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 I knew you can do it! Congrats! Jigi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blayne Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Wow u are going pretty fast! I only run around 4Kph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blayne Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh i go at 7.5 kph. I was thinking mph. Haha 4 kph is pretty darn slow. Jigi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebsA Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 I did day 2 twice then amazingly managed day 3 with only about a 10 second stop after about 5 minutes. Once I did that I was fine for the rest of the way. Can't actually believe I managed it. When I went onto week 6 day 1 today it seemed like a breeze! One thing I have found is that listening to audiobooks helps me better than music. Although you don't get the "pace" (and I run incredibly slowly) I find they make me concentrate more on the story and less on how much my legs are hurting! Jigi, 5marty and gilf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torus_ot Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh i go at 7.5 kph. I was thinking mph. Haha 4 kph is pretty darn slow. This how we lost Mars prob : "NASA lost its $125-million Mars Climate Orbiter because spacecraft engineers failed to convert from English to metric measurements when exchanging vital data before the craft was launched, space agency officials said Thursday." http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/01/news/mn-17288 Jigi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigi Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 What is everyone else up to and has anyone thought of signing up to a 5k run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaby helios Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Finally managed to get over the 20 minute mental hurdle today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 I agree with DebsA. Audiobooks keep me going. I struggled with W5D3. Although I was moving at a slow pace, I still had to stop 3 times for about 30 sec during the 20 min run. Looking forward to W6D1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insidia Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 "Brute force" seems to be the way that works for me. I imagine the app as a personal trainer with the support and encouragement of a drill sergeant. Whenever I want to stop even though I know pushing harder isn't going to hurt me, I just imagine what my drill-sergeant-trainer would say to me for wanting to stop. My brain automatically yells at me and it motivates me to keep going because it's usually right. I haven't had to stop for a legitimate health reason yet and each time I push myself a little harder, I usually come out of it feeling great, and suddenly the next day doesn't seem so bad. I'm apprehensive about tomorrow and since I'm changing my scenery, I don't know how well I will do. But I'm going to try! Insidia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insidia Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Tomorrow is Week 5 Day 3 - forgot to mention that Vmerc16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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