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Anyone Else struggling?
I LOVE this plan! I love the way I feel after I do my run! I love that I'm getting into shape! Love, love love it!
However, I just finished week 3 (took me 2 weeks with TOM visiting in the middle) and I feel like that second 3 minutes just killed me! I'm really worried about week 4 and kicking it up to 3 minutes/5 minutes! I battle the entire second 1.5 minutes on my 3 minute runs, so how will I make it up to 5 minutes??
My trainer has always told me that when it comes to cardio, the first 6 minutes are the toughest. Once you get past those first 6 minutes, you fall into a groove and can usually stay there for another 15 - 25 minutes depending on your pace.
Any suggestions? I just get so wiped out!!
However, I just finished week 3 (took me 2 weeks with TOM visiting in the middle) and I feel like that second 3 minutes just killed me! I'm really worried about week 4 and kicking it up to 3 minutes/5 minutes! I battle the entire second 1.5 minutes on my 3 minute runs, so how will I make it up to 5 minutes??
My trainer has always told me that when it comes to cardio, the first 6 minutes are the toughest. Once you get past those first 6 minutes, you fall into a groove and can usually stay there for another 15 - 25 minutes depending on your pace.
Any suggestions? I just get so wiped out!!
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Permalink Reply by Bonita on -
I haven't gotten to Week 4 but the best advice I can give you is be positive and throughout the whole workout tell yourself that you CAN do it. Imaging yourself in your wedding dress... Thinking it's too hard or being negative will tell your body that it's too hard and you can't do it.
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by LibraryGirl on -
I'm in week 8 of the program now, and if I were you, I would look at what went down the day of and the day before your last run. For example, I had the toughest time with my midweek runs -- Wednesday was always my D1 for the week, and even though in the later weeks it's a much lighter run than the D3 of the previous week I was struggling like nobody's business. I finally realized that doing a tough 60 minute kickboxing class the day before was sapping my energy -- now I take Wednesdays as a rest day and have moved the run to Thursdays. This seems to work :)
So, I'd see if you were hydrated enough, had eaten enough (but not too close to the run), were rested, etc. on the day of your last run. If anything was "out of place", you might try going on, but if you feel like you were in good form, I would repeat the week. This isn't a race, after all -- just a gradual build :) You are doing great!
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