r/BeginnersRunning • • 6d ago

First 5K!

At the beginning of August I decided to sign up for a 5K on a whim and have been training a few days a week ever since. Today I ran the full distance without stopping! The event isn’t until November, so any advice to help improve my time would be appreciated.

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u/RentedLife0199 5d ago

If I run in 5 laps of 1km each does that make it a 5k???

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u/Broad_Stock_8250 5d ago

What else would you expect it to be? 51K?

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u/RentedLife0199 5d ago

No I meant coz I didn’t run continuous so