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Did my 1st 5km run on Thursday

travnett · 2009-11-16 20:33:31

Hey so I started back running last thursday, I did a 5km run on a treadmill in 38min's overall I was pretty happy with my performance started on a speed of 8km p/h and finished on 9.5km p/h for the last kilometer this is how it went: 1st km - 8km p/h 1km-1.5km - 9.5km p/h 1.5km-2.5km - 8.5km p/h 2.5km-3km - 10km p/h…

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16-11-2009 9:33pm

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travnett

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Hey so I started back running last thursday, I did a 5km run on a treadmill in 38min's overall I was pretty happy with my performance started on a speed of 8km p/h and finished on 9.5km p/h for the last kilometer

this is how it went:

1st km - 8km p/h
1km-1.5km - 9.5km p/h
1.5km-2.5km - 8.5km p/h
2.5km-3km - 10km p/h
3km-4km - 9km p/h
4km-4.5km - 10.5km p/h
4.5km-5km - 9.5km p/h

background: I'm 26 and 72kg haven't ran probably in years used to do alot in Secondary school.

what do you think for 1st time back?

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#2 17-11-2009 11:03pm
Lazyitis

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Fair play on making the decision to get back running. Have you got any goals in particular? If you're working towards a goal it helps to keep you motivated.

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