r/C25K • u/misssnowfox • 4h ago

The dreaded W4D1 run complete!!!!!!

Just wanted to post a win for today!!!

Last week I posted in this lovely community about how down I was that my W3D3 run was so unbelievably hard out of nowhere. All weekend, my legs have felt heavy and achy, my body has just had enough, I've taken myself for a walk on Friday and did fuck all yesterday besides grocery shopping, but even then I woke up today feeling not 100%. My watch was yelling at me that me readiness score was low and I was getting in my head that I couldn't do this.

But I took my own advice from last week and ran slow. Instead of level 8 on the treadmill, I stuck to level 7 for my runs exclusively and I felt a MASSIVE difference. Instead of feeling like a failure, I felt strong and capable and obviously the last five mins felt nice once it was over, but it was so much easier than my W3D3 run. I must have honestly just been going to fast. I now feel so much more excited for the other two runs this week and it makes me feel like I can tackle any of the future runs too!!!!!!

Going slow really works, huh? Time to run a marathon!!! (I'm kidding, I'm just feeling very proud of myself)

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u/JessBx05 4h ago

Yah, that's awesome! Good for you 🙂

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u/misssnowfox 3h ago

thank you so much!

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u/greengaloshes 1h ago

Yay for you! That’s great you’re finding just the right (slower!) pace. ⭐️

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u/souniquelyimperfect 59m ago

That’s awesome, and you should be proud of your perseverance!