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chanstriste13
chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
edited October 5 in Social Groups
today was my second time jogging four miles. i am going to try and get comfortable with it in the next couple of weeks and then increase it by another half a mile. my time was four miles in 49:21, so my average mile is about 12:15. not too shabby, but i'm hoping my speed will increase in time too! how goes it?

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  • watergirl626
    watergirl626 Posts: 249 Member
    I am getting so close to 5. I ran 7.8km today, which converts to 4.85 miles. Woot! That was in 53.5 mins, with two of those mins walking during intervals.

    Are you following any particular training program?
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    I am getting so close to 5. I ran 7.8km today, which converts to 4.85 miles. Woot! That was in 53.5 mins, with two of those mins walking during intervals.

    Are you following any particular training program?

    congrats to you - such an accomplishment! i am going to look into the gateway to 10k, but so far i'm just trying to add half a mile every few weeks. that's probably not going to work for long!

    what about you?
  • watergirl626
    watergirl626 Posts: 249 Member
    I am following bridge to 10k, just finished week 3, which was 3 17-min intervals with 1 min walk in between. Next week it goes up to 18 min intervals. Last week's were 15 min, so it doesn't seem bad moving up.
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    still at 4 miles - i'm averaging 12:00 per mile on the nose, so i shaved off about 15 seconds per mile from last go. maybe i can keep that trend up. i guess i'll try adding another half mile on the week of december 7 - i'm going to train with a lady from my gym, so that will be a good time to try and kick it up another notch!
  • watergirl626
    watergirl626 Posts: 249 Member
    Great job improving your time. I run around a 12 min mile as well.

    I am up to 18m run, 1m walk x3. Don't know if I'll be able to get today's run in though now, home with a sick kiddo.
  • runs4zen
    runs4zen Posts: 769 Member
    still at 4 miles, but getting faster. 9.45 to 9.58 min/miles so I'm fairly pleased. Want to add distance, however, going to wait until I do 9.30 min/mi two or three times in a single week. I'm still a little unpredictable time-wise.
  • runs4zen
    runs4zen Posts: 769 Member
    still at 4 miles - i'm averaging 12:00 per mile on the nose, so i shaved off about 15 seconds per mile from last go. maybe i can keep that trend up. i guess i'll try adding another half mile on the week of december 7 - i'm going to train with a lady from my gym, so that will be a good time to try and kick it up another notch!

    awesome job!
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