C25K, what are your speeds

rachietuk

I started C25K recently. I just completed week 3 day 1.
My question, what speed do you walk and run?

I am walking between 3 and 3.5 mph and running between 5 and 6 mph.

ansonrinesmith

Sounds pretty good, as long as you are able to keep it up. When I hit the longer runs, my run speed dropped to about 4.0 - 4.5mph.

cheetahcub2010

Mine is about the same. 3.5 walking and 5.0-5.5 running.

NoExcuseTina

before hurting my hip...I was walking at 3.4 and jogging at 4.2...3 miles takes me about 45 minutes...fasted time was 42 minutes outside (no idea what my speeds were except for the average)

KatieCuth

How do you know what speed you run?

Jade_Butterfly

How do you know what speed you run?

Because they are doing it via treadmill as I am . . . I am trying to jog at 4.0 and walk at 3.5.. some nights that is 3.0 and 3.5. . depending on how hard I have worked out prior to running.

LorinaLynn

I started walking at 3.5 to 4, and jogging at 5, bumping up to 5.5 by the end, inched up to 6mph.

KatieCuth

ohhhhh! Im doing it in the great outdoors...

Rayman79

KatieCuth, If you want to track yourself outdoors, there are smartphone apps with GPS that will measure your time, speed and track your route. I use RunKeeper for iphone and it's great!

kimmyj74

ohhhhh! Im doing it in the great outdoors...

Me too. I figure about 10.5-12 minutes/mile

jvmay1703

I walk at 4.1 and run at 4.7. Sometimes in the end if I run slower it is harder. Seems like it is easier to run at 4.8ish....Good luck. I am on week 4 thinking I may have to repeat.

rachietuk

Thanks for you answers. It looks like the speeds I'm doing is the norm. I am trying to increase my speeds a little with each day, but as the jogs get longer I may not be able to do that.

tacticalhippie

according to nike+, my average for the year is like 14'15"/mile
right now it's hovering around 13 min/mile
fastest was 11 something.

wellbert

I walk around 4 mph... I can't run less than about 6.5 mph. My body wants to move a bit over 7.
I get all out of rhythm if I try to jog 5-6 mph. Maybe it's because of my long legs.


I'm on week 2. (Did week 1 twice.) No history of running, I didn't even run from couch to fridge before.

rachietuk

I walk around 4 mph... I can't run less than about 6.5 mph. My body wants to move a bit over 7.
I get all out of rhythm if I try to jog 5-6 mph. Maybe it's because of my long legs.


I'm on week 2. (Did week 1 twice.) No history of running, I didn't even run from couch to fridge before.

Good luck with the app, I am on week 3.

calibri

I walk at 3 and run at 4. My treadmill can do intervals in between, but it's more of a hassle setting it.

campbellcjdm

KatieCuth, If you want to track yourself outdoors, there are smartphone apps with GPS that will measure your time, speed and track your route. I use RunKeeper for iphone and it's great!

do you have an iphone? my gps does not seem to work with RunKeeper - am i doing something wrong?

ansonrinesmith

KatieCuth, If you want to track yourself outdoors, there are smartphone apps with GPS that will measure your time, speed and track your route. I use RunKeeper for iphone and it's great!

do you have an iphone? my gps does not seem to work with RunKeeper - am i doing something wrong?

Some iPhone apps are "LITE" and you have to purchase the GPS module/version separately.
I use Nike+, was like $1.99 and had GPS built in.