This time last year I was exploring couch to 5k apps and wondering if I could manage it. I started ‘running’ in ‘adventure’ sandals an old tee shirt and a pair of cargo shorts, i was that confident of sticking at it! Running for one minute was a real challenge.
I had a bit of a hiatus over the winter months being a bit of a fair weather runner, but managed to keep up enough sessions to not lose all my gains.
I can now reliable complete a sub 40min 5k and can reasonable expect to run7.5k if I don’t try to be ‘fast’ and I’m working my way towards 10K with a garmin connect training plan. I’m hoping that when I can run a full 5k at my faster pace without having to drop to a walk I’ll see a sub 35 5k, although I don’t think I’ll be able to do that AND carry on to run 10K.
My ultimate goal is to run the local 10K course in an hour, but that’s probably going to be next year at least, when I’ve lost some more weight. The weight loss will be beneficial in many ways, so I’m really trying now.
Once I’ve lost a bit more weight I’ll get my recumbent out again and do a bit of cross training on that, not least because I can go further and see more.
Before the winter I want to get my erg machine set up, and possibly invest in a treadmill because I’m going to need to continue exercising if I’m not to lose this years gains.