C25k when transition from logging as walk vs run

amtyrell

So I am doing c25k. Kinda loving it. When is what week do you transfer from logging this as a walk vs a run on mfp.

MeanderingMammal

If you use something like Runkeeper, Endomondo, Strava they'll track it automatically for you using your phone GPS.

jemhh

MeanderingMammal wrote: »

If you use something like Runkeeper, Endomondo, Strava they'll track it automatically for you using your phone GPS.

I've done it via using an app like is mentioned here (I use Rundouble but there are many that you can use.) I've also just added up the time doing each activity and logged one total as walking and the other as running.

lorrpb

I just let my Fitbit count the steps and left it at that. Otherwise, I'd say about week 6 to avoid overestimating too much.

pondee629

According to the MFP exercise database, it seems that 5 MPH, 12 minute miles, is the line of demarcation between walking and running. That having been said: How are you counting it now and how is that count relating to your weight goals? If the way you're counting it now achieves your goals, calorie wise, there is really no reason to change anything. Before I got my Garmin I counted ALL runs and walks as steps as counted by the app on my I-Phone. This worked very well for me. Now my Garmin, through Garmin Connect, logs it for me automatically. this also works.

DancingMoosie

I use runninghead to log my runs/walks and it will calculate your avg pace and calories burned, which can then be entered to mfp.

NEMom80

I was just wondering the same thing. I am not doing C25K but my own version and my running time is starting to increase but still mostly walking so I'm not sure when to make the change. I am thinking once I am running more than walking is when I will make the change.

cwolfman13

When I did it, I used Runkeeper along with my HRM and made a custom exercise in MFP called C25K and entered the calories as per my Runkeeper/HRM less an allowance for estimation error...

lorrpb

pondee629 wrote: »

According to the MFP exercise database, it seems that 5 MPH, 12 minute miles, is the line of demarcation between walking and running. That having been said: How are you counting it now and how is that count relating to your weight goals? If the way you're counting it now achieves your goals, calorie wise, there is really no reason to change anything. Before I got my Garmin I counted ALL runs and walks as steps as counted by the app on my I-Phone. This worked very well for me. Now my Garmin, through Garmin Connect, logs it for me automatically. this also works.

Yes but lots of us run slower than we walk, but we are still running, not walking.

pondee629

lorrpb wrote: »

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pondee629 wrote: »

According to the MFP exercise database, it seems that 5 MPH, 12 minute miles, is the line of demarcation between walking and running. That having been said: How are you counting it now and how is that count relating to your weight goals? If the way you're counting it now achieves your goals, calorie wise, there is really no reason to change anything. Before I got my Garmin I counted ALL runs and walks as steps as counted by the app on my I-Phone. This worked very well for me. Now my Garmin, through Garmin Connect, logs it for me automatically. this also works.

Yes but lots of us run slower than we walk, but we are still running, not walking.

And it doesn't make any difference what you call them. The only thing that matters is how, what ever you are doing, relates to achieving your goals. If, as you progress in C25K you're losing a little too fast, count your workout as running, eat back a few more. If, as you progress, you find that you're doing just fine with your goal, no need to change.

brookekaczor

The difference between running and walking is that walking there is always one foot on the ground and with running you will have both feet off the ground. You can run at a 15 minute mile and you can walk it.