5K in 46 Minutes ?

My brother can do 5k in 25 mins. I can do it in 32 mins. My husband is at about your time. Don't worry about how long other people take, race against yourself.

As long as you're getting up from your couch and run -- you're doing awesome job. Your times will improve, don't worry about it, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Listen to the wisdom of Faerie.

I didn't run fast enough for my 5K program either (5K in 35 mins). But for me the goal is to run, and I'll become fast later. And 5K in 30 mins is pretty fast (At least, I don't see myself running that fast for a year or two).

Running is personal, if you have been over weight for a long time you will walk and run differently than people who have not. I tended to shuffle and didn't even know it until I had been running for about a year, making it difficult to run with any speed. I was watching someone else run this summer and realized they looked different than I do when I run. I downloaded the Chi Running book and it has helped with my body line up and running. I am still not a fast runner but things are getting faster. I am around 40 mins vice 50 mins before for a 5 K. I now don't look at the time so much as how long I am running. Ok that didn't make sense, I now run for one hour once a week and usually get about 7.2 K in that hour, I also run two other times a week for 30 mins and I get around 4 K.
I guess what I am saying is like everyone else don't focus on your speed but rather on the fact that you are out there doing it.
I see this old man on my way to work everyday. He is probably 80 and he is out there running, very slowly but wow, I want to be just like him when I am 80.

As long as you're getting up from your couch and run -- you're doing awesome job. Your times will improve, don't worry about it, Rome wasn't built in a day.

+1

I used to be 40mins for 5k and now, a while later, I'm 51min for 10k and I WAS the kid who always came last in school at distance running. I only stuck with this because I built up very gradually.

My own personal view is that there are two golden rules for running (which have worked for me):

1) Start every run at what feels like a very lazy pace for you, not anyone else and only speed up when you feel like it

2) Always quit before you really want to. This one sounds odd and the "Gym Monsters" will shout "What?!" but this one is important for normal people. If you finish every walk/jog/run/whatever and you feel wrecked, you will get fed up with the whole thing pretty quickly. If, on the other hand, you stop when you feel like you could keep going and you still feel good then that's what will keep you coming back.


This turned me from someone who got tired climbing stairs into someone who runs 10k just to feel refreshed.

The c25k is not to run a 5k in 30 min....it is only preparing you to run for 30 minutes straight. Your faster speed/pace will come with practice. 3 years ago my pace was 15 min miles but on race day your adrenaline pushes you to new limits and completed with a pace just under 13 min mile. So for starters, you are doing GREAT! Best of luck!

As most C25K apps suggest you will run 5K in 30 minutes but i guess its not 100% right for average users.
I run my 5k in 46 mins Is it bad or good timing ?????

I'm a fairly new C25K graduate. I've only run 3.1 miles twice, both slightly over 46 minutes. I'd only get to 2 with the 30 min runs on the app. I know it's slow, but I'm doing it without stopping, which would have been inconceivable to me before I started this. I signed up for C25K in two weeks time, it was spur of the moment. I had wanted to wait until I was faster, but my subdivision does this every year and it seemed like a good time. I'm hoping not to be last, but someone has to be.

I think your profile pic says it all

as you run for more time (both in a single session, and in days), you will naturally get faster. When I started running in May (around Memorial Day), my 5k time was around 50 minutes (avg pace 13 mins). Just this morning, I ran 5k in under 33 minutes (avg pace 10:30). that in an inprovement of 2:30 minutes per mile in less than 4 months. you WILL get faster if you stick with it. :bigsmile:

It took me about 50 minutes at first. Now I'm running 5k in under 40 minutes, and I expect that time to continue to improve.

Speed will come with experience - you're doing great!

When I finished C25k, my it time was about 45 to 46 minutes. Your pace will get better over time. Just keep running.