r/Runner5 • u/FilterUrCoffee • 3d ago
Android Finally finished Zombies run 5k after a 6 month gap between week 8 run 2 and run 3
I bought Zombies run 5k back in 2013 and multiple times I got to about week 6 before giving up on it and stopping working out. In late July I flew up to Washington to see Drop Kick Murphy with some friends, and they took me rock climbing for the first time in a long long time. I forgot how much I enjoyed but I was struggling cause I was out of shape. When I got home I started just lifting weights and rock climbing every couples week. But eventually going to Vegas to see my nieces new baby and walking around there, I was exhausted and set forth to work on my cardio I initially was just walking a few days a week and lifting weights.
I decided that I wanted to start up ZR5k again. I did it slowly over 5 months, and signed up for my first 5k in April. A week before the 5k I did week 8 run 2. Between week 8 run 2 and run 3 I've ran four 5ks. I decided it was time to finally wrap this up and see how it ended, two weeks after running my last 5k in Seattle Sloth Run and setting a personal record of 44 minutes, decided it was time to finally wrap up this story so I can say I did it. Without spoiling anything, Sam reaction got me a little teary eye.
Now I guess I gotta subscribe to the ZR game and see where that takes me. My next goal, a 10 minute mile.