5k fears

KGTraxler

I'm starting to worry about my 5k. It's only a few weeks away! C25K is only getting harder. What if I can't pull this off? I'm afraid of running for that long in front of oodles of people. I'm super scared of not making my goal of 30 minutes. AHHH! Any advice?

FloridaAimee

Do the 5k like a C25k workout :happy: walk a few min, run for a minute, walk for a few minutes, run for a minute..... Only worry about two things: FINISHING, and not coming in dead last.

You'll do fine!:drinker:

PS- if it's getting HARDER for you, back track a week. I've had to do that.

buckeyegirl0103

I wouldn't worry about a "timed" goal- just make it a goal to finish...that is the important thing! Look at how far you have come-most people will say the first thing is to complete- once you have completed, then work on times....no where does it say you HAVE to do a 5K in 30 minutes to complete the race!!

Jaccyber

I believe you can do it. When your at the event the energy in the air is amazing. So far I have only been to one 5K and I walked b/c I was no where near ready, but just being apart of it was a great feeling. I believe if you focus on what you need to do you will do very well. Go get'em. :happy:

jcstanton

I'm starting to worry about my 5k. It's only a few weeks away! C25K is only getting harder. What if I can't pull this off? I'm afraid of running for that long in front of oodles of people. I'm super scared of not making my goal of 30 minutes. AHHH! Any advice?

I know what you mean. I've been wanting to run in the Charlotte Susan G. Komen 5K for several years now, but my weight has held me back in the past. This year, it ALMOST seems attainable, but I'm losing confidence that I'll be where I need to be to run the whole thing. I don't want to register as a walker because they have two separate races, one for runners only and one for walkers. They don't have one for both. If I register in the walkers, I'm likely to keep getting stuck behind them and it will affect my time. If I go with the runners, I'm afraid I'll get dirty looks and comments if I'm not able to run the whole thing. I'm doing C25K, but I've been stuck at the one minute on/two minutes off for about three weeks now. I am in so much pain and so exhausted after a thirty minute walk/run that I can't picture myself being able to move up to 00:01:15 running/00:02:00 walking any time in the near future.

Alohakrisi

What you folks are forgetting is that even if you come in last you took up the challenge unlike the thousands of people for whom it'll just be a regular day on the couch. And although I haven't been to a race yet I am pretty sure that nobody gives you dirty looks for walking or being slow. Runners are a supportive crowd. And believe it or not if you keep at it you will look back one day and miss the time when you started out which I like to call "The year of firsts, breaking records and butterflies". We are a lucky bunch, don't forget that.

Im_NotPerfect

I just ran my first 5K this weekend and I tell you...don't worry. Just enjoy the atmosphere and have fun. Don't worry about running in front of that many people...honestly, no one is looking at you directly. They're just cheering on EVERYONE. And who says you have to finish it in 30 minutes? I understand that's your PERSONAL goal, but for your first 5K that's a pretty high goal. Not saying you can't do it, but I don't want you to set yourself up for failure if you don't. Just go out and have fun and finish. That's the important thing. In the end you'll have the experience and a time to beat for your NEXT 5K!

jsidel126

I also ran may first 5k this past weekend. My goal was to finish and have a time noticably better than walking the course. Only a few people registered as walkers. Most registered as runners. I saw a number of people (as well as myself) occasionally walk for short periods then resume running. There were no people along the course watching how people were running since the race was held in a rural area. My finish time was under 40 min which I was happy with. I ran at a slightly faster pace during the race than I normally run my c25k workouts. I tried to maintain a certain distance behind runners in front of me to help maintain my pace throughout the race.

I think a 30 min finsh time for a first 5k is optimistic unless youhave been a runner before and just getting back into it. I used a stop watch to time my c25k workouts and determine an estimated completion time. This estimate was fairly close. It was based on 30 min runs. I wanted to see if I could finish the race with my 7 weeks of c25k training. I just started c25k W8 today.