Couch 2 5k- how many cals?

Irishlass2013
Irishlass2013 Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
How many calories do you put in for day 1 week 1 of couch 2 5k?

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  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    its 8 minutes of running and 22 minutes of walking no?
  • TimeForMe99
    TimeForMe99 Posts: 309
    At relativily consistent speeds you'll burn the same walking or running a mile. I log it as 30 minutes at 4MPH. My route is 2 miles and it takes approx. 30 minutes to complete it. I'm on Week 4 and it's been the same completion time right along.

    If you're like most people you're not jogging very fast to start so you won't find a "running" cardio entry that matches your speed. And you really don't want to focus on speed. Best that you don't even know what it is.
  • Irishlass2013
    Irishlass2013 Posts: 3
    Yeah I was going to put it down as 30 mins walking as my running is very slow :) didn't know what speed to do
  • austinmclark
    austinmclark Posts: 40 Member
    Buy a heart rate monitor. It helps a lot! You'll know exactly how many calories you burned.
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    I have a Fitbit One and just let it work out my extra calories - it's not a lot, but my "jogging" is like a brisk walking speed! I'm also on week 1 and think I'll repeat it til I can do the one minute jogs a bit more easily. I did make an interesting discovery - jogging for 1 minute UPHILL seems much longer than the same time going downhill - they just FLY by! Who'd have thunk it?

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