Life after the C25K?

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AsellusReborn
AsellusReborn Posts: 1,112 Member
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Today was Week 7 Day 2 of the C25K for me - I have a 5K on Thursday so I changed up the route day 1 and day 2 to be a full 5K distance so it wouldn't smack me upside the head on thursday when it was longer than I was used to.

What I've been doing is run 25 (this that's the scheduled workout this week - run 25m with no breaks), then walk for 5, run 5, walk 1min, sprint the rest of the distance (whatever I'm up to essentially, still pushing out my endurance). I feel good after my runs.

I have another 5K on 9/23 which will be W9 D2 according to the scheduled workouts. So - the end is nigh for me. I don't intend to stop running of course - I'm eyeing another 5K in October and two possible races in Nov, there's the hot chocolate 15K or a 10K at Navy Pier (the latter on my 29th birthday..what a way to celebrate, haha!).

I'm wondering what the best training path will be. I'm the kind of person who /needs/ a structured training plan - so I was creating an excel sheet with my training period meant to get me to at least 10K. The 10K training programs I found all go back to intervals - is that something I need to for some reason that escapes me, or can I just keep adding time onto my runs? I was thinking of adding 3min a week - 5K took me 38 1/2 minutes today so I figured by Nov to do a 10k (which is probably more reasonable for me than the 15K...right?) I need to get up to running about an hour running..

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  • drgndancer
    drgndancer Posts: 426 Member
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    Check http://www.coolrunning.com and http://www.runnersworld.com for training plans to 10k and half marathon distances. 15k is an unusual distance so finding a training plan might not be easy, but you could modify a half marathon plan. Welcome to the world of running! I'm doing my first half marathon in October, with a couple 5ks between here and there.
  • kris10stew
    kris10stew Posts: 38 Member
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    I would listen to your body. Some people prefer walking intervals throughout longer races, others don't!

    I'd work more on distance. Alternate longer and shorter runs and grow your longer runs out to 10k, something akin to http://halhigdon.com/training/51122/10-K-Training-Guide-Novice-Program
  • AsellusReborn
    AsellusReborn Posts: 1,112 Member
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    Check http://www.coolrunning.com and http://www.runnersworld.com for training plans to 10k and half marathon distances. 15k is an unusual distance so finding a training plan might not be easy, but you could modify a half marathon plan. Welcome to the world of running! I'm doing my first half marathon in October, with a couple 5ks between here and there.


    Thank you! Yeah I figured, I was surprised to see the Hot Chocolate was 15K lol. I'm not sure I can be ready for that much distance ...although if I add a half mile to my long runs each week...I'll be pretty close. Hmm. Especially if some weeks I add a mile depending on how I'm doing.

    Good luck in your Half Marathon, that's awesome! My husband is hoping to do one around Thanksgiving, I just don't know if I'll be ready for that when I haven't even done a 5K or 10K yet.


    Ya, I was basing what I was figuring on the Higdon plan I had found. I was thinking I might do 3miles Monday, P90x chest/back Tuesday, 3miles Wednesday, P90x shoulders/arms Thursday, long run Friday (whatever I'm up to), rest Saturday, P90x legs/back Sunday...

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