In case you missed them, here's the rest of the series:
- Couch to 5k: Week 6
- Couch to 5k: Week 5
- Couch to 5k: Injury and Progress Update
- Couch to 5k: Physio
- Couch to 5k: Week 4
- Couch to 5k: Week 3
- Couch to 5k: Week 2
- Couch to 5k: Week 1
- Couch to 5k: The Start
Week 6 Recap
I have no idea what happened last week but I didn't go for a single run :OThis is what week 6 is supposed to look like:
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min | Warm Up: Walk 5 min |
| Run: 10 min Walk: 5 min |
Run: 10 min Walk: 3 min |
Run: 15 min Walk: 3 min |
| Run: 10 min | Run: 10 min | Run: 5 min |
| Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min | Cool Down: Walk 5 min |
| Total time: 35 min | Total time: 33 min | Total time: 33 min |
Day 1 and 2 I managed a couple of weeks ago and then I repeated Day 1 again the following week.
Day 3 was finally achieved yesterday. It was a challenge for sure, but mostly a mental one. The constant inner dialog telling me I can't do it, it's too hard, I'm too hot, I'm too tired, I shouldn't do it, it's ok only do 5 minutes/10 minutes, I've already done enough. I reminded myself that just a short while ago 5 minutes was phenomenally hard and at 10 minutes I was still feeling good. I reminded myself that I didn't hurt and my breathing was steady. I reminded myself of the tasty baked potato I had waiting for me afterwards. I reminded myself of how good it would feel to write this blog post and say that I did it!
I was practically punching the air when I finished that 15 minute run segment! After the 3 minute walk break I felt good and ready to run and the last 5 minute run was really straight forward. I finished up feeling really pleased with myself :)
Sometimes I catch myself in negative self talk, like big deal it's only 15 minutes, other people run marathons but I try to banish these thoughts and celebrate the fact that I can do something that I couldn't do before.
