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Signing up for a 5k - great motivator or too much pressure?

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  • MelanieRBrace
    MelanieRBrace Posts: 245 Member
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - go get 'em!
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
    it's a great motivator.

    Eve if you're not all the way there you can walk/run....color runs are great fun, and most people walk them...
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    As a point of reference, I only started running for small stretches while on my walks back in late June. I could only run maybe 100 feet or so at first without going back to walking to catch my breath. Over the next few weeks this increased. On September 20th, only 3 months perhaps after starting all that I ran my first 10k. It was also the first time I ran that same distance all the way through without stopping to walk. Prior to that day I would go a mile or two, then walk for maybe a quarter mile, then run again. I found that I was able to find a pace where I was not actually running out of breath and could continue as long as I willed myself through it, and that happened the day of the race.

    So I think you can make that 5k or 10k in the timeframe you are talking about.
  • check1972
    check1972 Posts: 26 Member
    Great motivator. You don't have to break the land speed record, you just have to finish what you started. Crossing the finish line for the first time is almost surreal.
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