Crossing the bridge from 5 to 10K

Well done, some very speedy newbies on here worry and zippy ! I'm still 35.09 for a flat 5k but doing 2 timed 5ks a week plus interval training and ideally a longer run too.

I'm up to 9k now with 7 weeks to go til my race so should be OK.

Amazing progress, well done. After my 8.5k run on Monday I settled for 5k and it took me 29 mins and was exhausting so I think I'm still tired from the long run... I'm also on holiday and been up since 4.30 to catch a flight!

I would love to finish my 10K in under an hour but I can't see it happening. I can't see it happening at all tbh! Just feel I've committed myself too much and it is taking over , I think I need to mix things up a bit and do some sprints etc so increase my speed and overall fitness. It's such a minefield!

As long as you finish, Miss!

Do it, Ski, you're so close to being able to run the whole thing.

Worry, I hope you're right. I'm going to do the NHS stamina podcast again tomorrow morning.

Something tells me I won't be finishing the 10k in double that time tho ! Lol

Another 5k tonight 33min again

Amazing fundraising empress hope you can enjoy the run.

I may have enlisted a friend to do a local 10k in few weeks time so I have another goal now. With that in mind I did 6k nonstop tonight under 40mins, (just) so I was really pleased to have kept plodding despite millions tiny flies everywhere tonight! Got one in my eye and in my mouth but kept repeating in my head "don't stop" whilst trying to blink the bugger out of my weeping eye.

Congratulations silver, good on you. It's such a great feeling when you see the finish line isn't it? I was on such a high at the end, I didn't warm down and had a very tight, aching hamstring the next day!

The crowds and other runners will boost you Empress and you won't realise how tired your legs, lungs are! You'll be fine.

I would like to improve my pace now, ready for another couple of 10k races over the summer. Anyone have any hints/tips of ways to go about this? I did short, interval runs when training for first 10k so maybe doing some of that again?

Silver that is epic ! Big congrats ! I am aiming for anything under 1hr 20 hope I can do it x

Brilliant time Silver, hope you're proud of yourself! Congratulations!

I'm 4'10.5 so definitely a shortarse.

I never really planned to go beyond the 5k but one of my best friends died from pancreatic cancer last year, so that spurred me on to do this. I hope running in a crowd makes me go faster, Worry, I can see myself being so worried about getting to the end that I end up crawling the whole way!

Chop, if I made 28 mins for a 5k - or under an hour for a 10K - I would be fucking ecstatic.

Wow, Silver that's an amazing time, well done! I'm also in the curvy short arse category so i consider anything under 80 mins flying

That's a fab time worry, well done. Huge well done to silver too. Hope you celebrate tonight!
Empress I'm so impressed by your sponsorship... that's the kind of motivation I need

I'm away this week but I have packed my trainers so hoping to fit a couple of runs in. Get back midnight Friday so trying to work out if parkrun on sat is achievable or not!

I'm distinctly average at 5'6 so don't think I count as a short arse... I'm thinner than I've ever been since starting running though, so that'll do for me!

That's brilliant silver quite an achievement in a short time frame and really good time. Hope your doing lots of

I'm currently half way through a 5k with the kids (sat at the park at mo in sunshine) they cycling alongside so it's bit stop /start but been quite fun, just the uphill home bit to go now.... after they finished playing first!

I did it!!! 58:52. From only being able to run for 2 mins at a time in January to this - I can't quite believe it.

Comment of the day came from a spectator I know "well done Silvertap (big pause) you're not last!!"

Well done worry, if I ever manage that I will be amazed. But I am going to keep trying. And well done on the sponsorship Empress.

Short-ish run this morning because we're going away tomorrow, but then I'm knuckling down once term starts again.

I'm so relieved that you say 28 min is quick. DH only started running in Sept and already does 28 min park runs. I will never ever do a 28 min park run - on my current timings it would take me about 40min so I don't even dare try out of embarrassment.

I am also a short arse...

Bit late to the thread as I've managed to work up to 10k and took part in my first 10k race 2 weeks ago- managed it in 56mins 23secs. Which is about 2 mins faster than have done before. So just wanted to say anyone doing 10k races in near future you'll probably find being in the race, having the competition will help and spur you on! I kept seeing people in front of me and thinking 'I'm getting past you!'. I loved it and am gonna sign up for a couple more races over the summer.

Ended up spraining my ankle painting a chair in the garden a few days after the race!! So less running past couple weeks but managed a 10k yesterday in 59 mins dead which was pleased with considering the head on wind!

Good luck to everyone and keep going

Zippy, my PB is 32 mins so I'd be over the moon with your time! Finished my 10K, 1:19:33 which I'm happy with, & going in search of a cheese toastie. It's fairly cool & fresh here today which helps.

Ski, I think most of us on here are shortarses . I'm going to go back to the treadmill this week & do some more speed training.

Month & a half to the big run for pancreatic cancer, & I'm up to 98% of my £1,500 target, which I'm over the moon about. I started off aiming for £500 & I've upped it twice .

Well done zippy I think that's a very respectable time (faster than me ) and great distance. men are normally faster as more muscle so it's not a like for like comparison. Also height/weight etc play their part (im a short curvy arse ) My DH doesn't "run" but just casually did a 5mile hilly off road run yesterday! He does cycles loads though.

Ski that was my plan today- dh dropped me 8.5 k away from a cafe and was waiting with cooked breakfast and cup of tea when I got there. I knew that I couldn't turn back that way!

Thanks all. I had never run before January this year and I'm pleased with how well I've progressed but I judge myself harshly sometimes as dh isn't a runner but came along to my last parkrun and finished it in 20 minutes- great confidence boost for me
I finished my 8.5k this morning but it was really hot so I stopped to walk a couple of times so took over 50 minutes, which is slower than I wanted. Nonetheless I achieved it on my own terms!

Good luck empress it's a beaut day in Devon, hope it's nice in London.
Good luck silver may your wings help you fly up hills

zippy your 5k run time sounds fab, I've not got under 31mins yet I set myself targets before I go out & deliberately run one way half the distance I need to cover so I do 4K one way, if I'm aiming for 8k total which forces me to do it even if walking but pride makes me run mostly... I use strava to help pace myself. I've only hit 8.5k so far as illness & avoiding injury have slowed me down so I'm working on running comfortably a solid 5-7k at the moment.

I'm off for a 10K along the river soon. I'll be thinking of you, Silver.

28 mins is v fast.

Love the idea of fairy stepping up the hills!

Good luck Zippy!

I think most of us here have gone off-piste with the app. Seriously impressed by a 28-min 5k, that's FAST!

I'm so glad I've come across this. It's lovely reading all the success stories.
I did the c25k and am regularly running 5k now. I do parkrun every week and manage it in around 28 minutes and try to mix it up with a longer run and a shorter speedy run through the week; I've signed up for 10K in June and am panicking that I'm not progressing as much as I could/ should. I tried to bridge to 10K app and just couldn't get on with it so been trying to do it myself but the longest I've managed so far is 7.8k. Going to attempt 8.5 today along a tow path (i.e. Flat!). I find it hard to fit in enough time to run further than 5k and my treadmill hurts my ankle so I can only go out when dh is here to look after the dc.

Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday!