Week 6
momo3boyz
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I just started Week 6 and I have to admit I am feeling pretty good about it. No probs with pain, so that is a good sign. Day three of Week 5 was running 20 minutes straight and I ran an extra minute just to see if I could do it. After succeeding, I signed up for my first ever 5K on the 4th of July. I have always walked them, but never entered as a runner. I don't know how much of it I will run, so I am polling all of you! 
Have any of you ran a 5K before completing the program? How did it go?
It involves some hills and I am afraid of developing shin splints from pushing my body before it is ready. I understand that is a hard injury to come back from? The run takes place on day 3 of Week 6 that is the straight 25 minute run. Do I run 25 minutes and walk the rest? Walk the hills and run the rest? Try to run the whole thing?
I am afraid that if I try to run the whole thing and fail I will get discouraged and will lose motivation to finish the program. What do you think?
Have any of you ran a 5K before completing the program? How did it go?It involves some hills and I am afraid of developing shin splints from pushing my body before it is ready. I understand that is a hard injury to come back from? The run takes place on day 3 of Week 6 that is the straight 25 minute run. Do I run 25 minutes and walk the rest? Walk the hills and run the rest? Try to run the whole thing?
I am afraid that if I try to run the whole thing and fail I will get discouraged and will lose motivation to finish the program. What do you think?
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Maybe this is just me, but why not just do the best you can do and congratulate yourself for that! Take a week off the schedule and just do your 5k even... this is YOUR program, you need to do it in a way that works for YOU.
Is there a consequence in your life if you don't complete the program exactly on schedule? I'm not trying to be snippy, that's a serious question. There may be something going on that I don't know about - again, only YOU know how the program works best for YOU.
I was getting all stressed out about sticking to the schedule and then a friend of mine - a very athletic friend, at that! - said, hey, if this week is tough, repeat it until you feel comfortable with it, and then move on. Who cares how long it takes?
Again, maybe just me, but when I think about the fact that four weeks ago I was running only 60-90 seconds at a time, and now I'm going 5 minutes... I think, YEAH! Look at ME!
Anyway, I'll stop babbling and let someone else weigh in.
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