Week 3 is killing me! Anyone else?
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michellecrance
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I am really starting to think I suck at this running thing lol
I started running early September and before that I was a total couch potato. Like walking to the mailbox was enough to wear me out.
I ran on my own with no program, just combos of walking and running in intervals. I did two 5k's and came in at 44 min each time. The first race I was just proud that I finished at all but the second time, I expected to do better.
I should be much further along having started back in Sep but I had a really bad ankle injury that set me back at least 3 weeks, probably more.
Anyway, since recovering from my injury I decided I needed a program to follow if I was gonna get a better time in my 5K in January. I was doing well! I was chugging right along knocking the days off weeks 1 and 2 with half my runs on the treadmill and half on the road.
Then week 3 hit me.
I can get through the first 1.5 min interval fine and the first 3 min interval and the next 1.5 min interval goes okay too but that last 3 min run??? OMGGGGG I am thinking of ways I can die in the least embarassing fashion!
I have an average pace of 12:54 over my last 31 runs so I don't think I am like TOTALLY hopeless? So why is week 3 giving me soooo much trouble!?
Has this happened to anyone else? I will never be able to move onto week 4 at this rate, I am repeating week 3 and hoping for a miracle! :frown:
I started running early September and before that I was a total couch potato. Like walking to the mailbox was enough to wear me out.
I ran on my own with no program, just combos of walking and running in intervals. I did two 5k's and came in at 44 min each time. The first race I was just proud that I finished at all but the second time, I expected to do better.
I should be much further along having started back in Sep but I had a really bad ankle injury that set me back at least 3 weeks, probably more.
Anyway, since recovering from my injury I decided I needed a program to follow if I was gonna get a better time in my 5K in January. I was doing well! I was chugging right along knocking the days off weeks 1 and 2 with half my runs on the treadmill and half on the road.
Then week 3 hit me.
I can get through the first 1.5 min interval fine and the first 3 min interval and the next 1.5 min interval goes okay too but that last 3 min run??? OMGGGGG I am thinking of ways I can die in the least embarassing fashion!
I have an average pace of 12:54 over my last 31 runs so I don't think I am like TOTALLY hopeless? So why is week 3 giving me soooo much trouble!?
Has this happened to anyone else? I will never be able to move onto week 4 at this rate, I am repeating week 3 and hoping for a miracle! :frown:
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