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I started a few years ago running 3k every day. I still find it much easier to stay injury free and motivated running a short distance like that very regularly. I'm not sure 5k is the right distance for everyone to aim for.
Once I'd done a couple of years of daily 3k I found it pretty easy to run the occasional 5k or 10k and rarely 21k but for me it's easy to start to get injuries at those distances.
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took a week off C25k and did a couple of runs of my own design to try and help get used to the jump in interval lengths and also help ease my knee into it a little slower as it keeps threatening to develop into something without actually doing it.
back on track this week though and i feel like i hit the tipping point where I'm actually running (very slowly) continuously and stopping when dictated rather the the subtly different pushing myself to just hang on until the clock runs out. like i could almost just keep going if i had to. it doesn't feel good and it's definitely not easy but but it feels like i'm finally on the part where it's just "do what you did last time just a bit longer this time" .
that probably sounds like gibberish but it kind of makes sense in my head.
plan for next couple of weeks is mostly 8x8x8mins with a couple long ones thrown in in between so i feel a lot more comfortable with the upcoming workouts as i was able to get it done today.