How I Ran My First 10K Run and What I Learned

Some tips and learning from my experience.

Running is so much fun. Me running in 5K run, Canons Park, London.

How to go about running your first 10K run. Is it easy? How long does it take to train?

In this article, I will share my story and what I learned and some tips to help you run your first 10K. I divided the article into these 5 sections for easy navigation.

1. How I approached to run 10K and failed once so you can avoid this mistake.
2. What approach worked, finally. I am also sharing a video on the 8K run as part of the preparation for the 10K run.
3. My experience of running my first 10K unplanned — to know what to expect in a 10K run.
4. Some tips on how to go about running your first 10K — If you are not interested in my story but just want to learn about how to run a 10K, you can directly go to this section.
5. Final thoughts.

Let’s begin.

1. My failed attempt to run a 10K

After my first 5K run, I ran three more 5K’s and then stopped running. I thought I would come back after taking a break for a few days, but that gap became longer and longer. I was not yet ready to run 10K, improving my time in the 5K was also hard, I had nothing to look forward to and…