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I tried upping the distance yesterday, not by much but went for 10km from 7km. Im really struggling with pacing, holding such a slow rhythm makes the actual running very uncomfortable, but running at a comfortable pace means i burn out around 6.5km I basically run/walk the rest. Eventually completed the loop in 58min. Can anyone recommend any exercises or mental tricks to help settle into longer runs? Its a bit mad, at high school I used to do well at cross country by basically outlasting the other kids. Not any more.
Running is hard, but I've started to enjoy my 5km loop. And the increase to 20km a week has made me feel a bit better about how little actual exercise lock down lets me do. Once I get the 10km down, I will be on a rhythm of 5km,7km,10km every week. As soon as that is comfortable I will add in a session of hill sprints at the end of the 5km.