I've made it to the end of week 3 ... and am therefore a third of the way to my 5k! Definitely felt that keeping my head up helped a HUGE amount this morning, and even managed to push my pace on in my second repetition to the point where my second mile average pace was quicker than the first mile! [13:44 vs 14:47]. This may of course be down to picking up my walking speed a bit more than previous weeks ... as my run pace seems to stay pretty level.
I was slightly tempted to go out using the runkeeper app rather than my C25k one as it gathers more information about splits etc, but decided I will still to this until I am running constantly - and then use runkeeper for future runs to help push pace etc.
Left calf was still a little achey - although was no WAY as bad as it had been on Monday. I was concentrating a lot more on not heel striking and it does seem to have paid off dividends. Have now got 2 rest days until I run again so plenty of time for old aches to settle before I push on to the next level of the programme ... bring it on!
As well as improved fitness levels (or at least ability to run further) I've definitely lost a bit of weight. My scales are a bit hit and miss for accuracy ... but I'm wearing a pair of trousers today that haven't fitted this well in ages. Operation arse-shrink might just be working!
STATS
Distance: 2.0 miles [3.2km]
Walk pace: 17:40 /mi [3.4 mph]
Run pace: 10:54 /mi [5.4 mph]
Calories burned: 197
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