Trying to get back in shape after about 10 years, 2 kids, and 80 pounds. Trying to get to 1.5 miles without walking, but I live on a hilly stretch of road.
Ran 24:44 at this morning’s Parkrun which is a PB for me this year. Still a fair way off my best times from last year but I’m slowly getting back to that level. I have been really slack with training for the last fortnight (zero runs outside of Parkrun) so it feels good to still be making small gains. I think my legs have probably appreciated the additional rest, too.
5k race tommorow. I bit stressed because i didn’t train for this year race. I was focusing on long distances in the last 6 month and found the race one week ago. I’m aiming for 22:30min
Cool thing about 5Ks is that you can do one now and another one 2 weeks later.
Still worth investing in a good 5K season though (I e. you do a lot more sprint intervals and threshold runs). I prefer long distances but spent the past 5 months or so solely focused on improving my 5K times and it’s making me a much better runner, including for long distances.
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