I ran my first real 5k a couple of weeks ago

katysmelly

I ran in a 5k charity fundraiser for Cancer Research UK a couple of Saturdays ago. It was a lot of fun and I surprised myself by finishing in 29:06!

I'm now running longer distances in order to run in a 10k in August.

yogibella

that is so awesome! congrats:)

are you doing the Bridge to 10K or something else to prepare for the 10K?

gomisskellygo

Congrats on your first 5k!! And good luck on your 10K!

katysmelly

that is so awesome! congrats:)

are you doing the Bridge to 10K or something else to prepare for the 10K?

I'm doing something else... that is, I'm just winging it. I've been gradually upping my long runs. I'm currently running 8km at a go, twice a week. Then, once a week, I try to replicate my 5k time (this is surprisingly hard to do!). Finally, once a week, I do speed intervals - alternating one-minute bursts of speed with very slow running - for 30 minutes.

I am capable of running 10k, now. I can tell by the way I've felt at 8k - by then, I really can keep going at a slow pace. However it took me 61 minutes to do 8k, so it would be about 1:15 for 10.... I checked last year's results for the event and I'm looking at being one of the last people to finish! I hope that by that time, I'll be able to pull off 10k in an hour. I will run it, regardless. I'll run it and I'll finish it!

yogibella

that's the spirit! best of luck on the 10K...I bet you'll surprise yourself at the race & nail it:) Funny, I only just finished W5 and I'm already thinking about what I should do next...even toying with the idea of a 10K race too!

katysmelly

I ran 10k on Saturday, just to see if I could do it. I could, but it was hard and I didn't feel very good the last two k. It took me 1 hour 20 minutes.

I will stick to running 8k for the next couple of weeks and gradually increase it after that.