Couch to 5K Running Program (C25K)

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I skipped ahead, now what?

230137isntmyweight
230137isntmyweight Posts: 256 Member
edited February 2 in Social Groups
Okay so tonight I should be running Wk7D3, no problems I can do that. But yesterday I ran Bridge to 10K Wk1D1 with no problems. Which I didn't think anything of until my husband said "well if you do wk7 now it'll just be like going backwards and not making progress". And then I thought well it was such a long run compared to what I have been doing should I do a shorter run to compensate? So maybe I would do Wk1D1 of C25k just to get out and moving but not really stressing the body.

I know I'm nuking this but I just can't decide which run to do tonight. I feel fine, no leg issues so I could do either of the two harder runs. Should I just continue what I was doing? Or continue ahead with the new program. I only did B210k because I needed the longer time to complete the virtual 5k, which I did, noted the time, and continued on with the program. If I do the shorter program I was going to treat it like some speed play. See how fast I could go just for the fun of it.

And yes my husband does run, he's of the theory that you must always move ahead in training. It's the marine training.

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  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    If I am not mistaken, isn't wk 7 of C25K and wk1 of B210K basically the same? In B210K you run 10, walk a min, run 10 right? Just stick with the B210K plan, and add in another minute walk when needed.
  • 230137isntmyweight
    230137isntmyweight Posts: 256 Member
    In week 7 you run for 25 minutes straight. In week 1 of B210k it's 5 8 minute runs with a one minute break in between.
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    Come on, don't you want to finish it just to say that you finished C25K? :bigsmile:
  • 230137isntmyweight
    230137isntmyweight Posts: 256 Member
    I decided to go with W7D3 just so I can say I finished the program. I'll tackle B210k when I get to it. Still a good run tonight and a great pace.
  • teamAmelia
    teamAmelia Posts: 1,247 Member
    I decided to go with W7D3 just so I can say I finished the program. I'll tackle B210k when I get to it. Still a good run tonight and a great pace.
    Yaay! :smile:
  • yamsteroo
    yamsteroo Posts: 480 Member
    I decided to go with W7D3 just so I can say I finished the program. I'll tackle B210k when I get to it. Still a good run tonight and a great pace.

    I'm kind of glad you decided this for the reasons 4m3li4 said - you get to say you completed the programme and its only a couple of weeks :bigsmile:
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    Unless you have a reason to finish a couple weeks early, I don't see a point in it. However, I don't think that you would be either helped or hurt by starting the 10k program before finishing C25k.
  • 230137isntmyweight
    230137isntmyweight Posts: 256 Member
    No reason at all to skip ahead, just did it the one day to get in enough program time to do a 5k in. I did find out that my Runtastic pace is more accurate then my RunDouble pace. But a faster pace will come in time so no big deal.
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    I decided to go with W7D3 just so I can say I finished the program. I'll tackle B210k when I get to it. Still a good run tonight and a great pace.

    Yeah!
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