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Week 5 then week 6 transition - huh??

GOT_Obsessed
GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
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Week 5 Run three: a brisk five-minute walk, then 20 minutes of running, with no walking.

Then

Week 6 Run one: a brisk five-minute walk, then five minutes of running, three minutes of walking, eight minutes of running, three minutes of walking and five minutes of running.

It looks weird to go from a straight 20 minute run back to adding walking. I have complete faith in the program but why is is built with this progression ?

Tomorrow I do week 5 Day 1. (8 minute runs) Not gonna lie... I am scared. Lol

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  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
    Week 5 Run three: a brisk five-minute walk, then 20 minutes of running, with no walking.

    Then

    Week 6 Run one: a brisk five-minute walk, then five minutes of running, three minutes of walking, eight minutes of running, three minutes of walking and five minutes of running.

    It looks weird to go from a straight 20 minute run back to adding walking. I have complete faith in the program but why is is built with this progression ?

    Tomorrow I do week 5 Day 1. (8 minute runs) Not gonna lie... I am scared. Lol

    Oooops, tomorrow is day 2, not 1. Typo!
  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
    I never understood this either.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    because its building up the total time
  • dominicmdougherty
    dominicmdougherty Posts: 8 Member
    I see it as a gut-check/confidence booster. You do the 20-minute run at the end of Week 5. You complete it and you are super stoked and proud of yourself. So when you go to W6 and you are running a few intervals you can just crush them because you know that you can already run for 20 minutes straight. From W6D3 its just solid runs from there to the end.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    dominicmdougherty wrote: »
    I see it as a gut-check/confidence booster. You do the 20-minute run at the end of Week 5. You complete it and you are super stoked and proud of yourself. So when you go to W6 and you are running a few intervals you can just crush them because you know that you can already run for 20 minutes straight. From W6D3 its just solid runs from there to the end.

    You know it was a confidence builder. At least for me.
    Tomorrow is my week 7, day 1. (25 minutes) I am not nearly as scared now as I was going into the 20 minutes.

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