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Never free of doubt or guilt for long! Thanks to lots of advice from hereabouts I seem to have got the hang of this running. Not that I'm doing marathons, I'm just thinking that I might manage a whole 5k quite soon. The breakthrough came when I managed to achieve a pace that I could sustain for 3 miles without thinking I was going to die. Trouble is now I'm riddled with guilt incase this means it's too slow to be doing me any good! I cover 3 miles in slightly under half an hour (which is probably no slower than when I ran too fast to keep it up and then had to walk, I'm just a slightly better colour now). Should I be building up the time I'm running for or pushing myself to feel like my heart's working harder. I look forward to the first option, I'm not sure I can carry on getting out of bed for the second. (I think I've just answered my own question)
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Just an idea for the 5k, but why don't you keep at that pace for 2 and a 1/2 miles and hack it for the last bit?
And 10 mon miling is FAST
Course its doing you good
I echo what has been said already. Of course it doing you good and in no time you will see your self running the same distance faster.
When I started 9 1/2 months ago I ran 3/3.5 miles in around 50 minutes.
Two weeks ago I ran a 10K in 43:17. 7 min/miles. I had given everything in that race and could not have held that pace for much longer but I was totally supprised and chuffed with my time.
Keep up the good work.
MK