Couch to 5K Running Program (C25K)

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Am I training correctly?

SweetTea111104
SweetTea111104 Posts: 338 Member
edited January 23 in Social Groups
I am currently on week 2 day one and I realized I may be running for the wrong amount of time. It says:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

So my question is: Is 20 minutes including the 5 minute warm up walk or not?

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  • shrinking_me
    shrinking_me Posts: 207 Member
    According to the app I use the total duration is 31mins which includes warm-up and cool-down walks :)
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I think the warm up / cool down walks are in addition to the runs? I can't quite remember, but I still do a 1/4 mile walk before and after my runs and I think that's where I got the habit.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    The warm ups and cool downs are in addition to the 20 minutes of run/walk times. The total time is 30 minutes.

    Congratulations on starting the program!
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