What's wrong with me?
I am running/walking 5k three times a week since April 8th. My VO2max rose from 27 to 29 quickly enough, but now nothing is happening anymore. I am still out of breath after a few minutes, my heartrate is 180+ no matter how slow I jog. I seem to be able to run a bit longer/faster than a few weeks ago but part of me thinks that has more to do with persistance, i.e. not resuming to a walk when things feel tougher.
I am 36F with no previous running experience, BMI 26,5. I feel like I shouldn't be having this much difficulty though. I expected at least a little progress in VO2max last month. Also I didn't expect it to be so low to begin with but whatever.
Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong, or am I being too impatient? It's kinda demotivating to still feel like I'm struggling and seeing my watch agree with that. I look at all the posts here of people running half/whole marathons, meanwhile I doubt if I can ever run 5k even.