2 weeks ago I came up with a bit of a daft plan to start with a 5km, and then every Saturday for the following weeks I up the distance by 1km. I normally only ever run 5ks but wanted to see if I enjoyed doing slightly longer distances to improve my fitness.
My 6k went well last weekend with me averaging 5m 33 per km, then my 7k yesterday went surprisingly well averaging 5m 37 per km. I felt like I could go on a tiny bit further so intrigued to see if I can manage the jump to 8k next weekend. With the aim of getting to 10k by the end of the month.
I think the furthest I've ever ran without walking in between is 7.5k last year so quite pleased with how I'm doing so far!