EXTREMELY Slow...
lukeout007
Posts: 1,237 Member
I'm starting Week 4 today...So far while my endurance has definitely improved I don't feel that I'm going any faster than I was 3 weeks ago. I believe according to the GPS on the app I'm averaging between 16:00 and 17:00 per mile. In the half hour sessions I'm going about 1.8 miles. Is this a normal pace for the first few weeks? I feel like the rate i'm going is barely higher than walking.
0
Replies
-
I have the same problem...my average mile pace is about the same as yours right now. I think the 5k on this program is a bit of a misnomer. What will be more likely to happen is that you will be able to run/job for 30 minutes, if you ran a 10 minute mile that would be your 5k. After you can run the 30 minutes you will be able to increase your speed with time.0
-
I'm in the same boat, right down to being in Week 4. I've found that moving from running outdoors to running on a treadmill, my walking pace is about 3mph and my run pace is only about 4 mph. As the previous poster said, though, I think the key is to build your endurance first, and as those muscle develop you'll eventually get faster. Still not much help when I see the people next to me running away at 7 mph!0
-
Im really slow and do 5k in about 41min to 50 min im now building up to a 10 k and at the current pace that will take me about 2 hours but been told to keep doing the endurance speed will take a good while to improve, ive actually committed to a 10 k charity race in June, as long as i finish ill be happy :bigsmile: ill work on speed later LOL0
-
The advice I was given when I did C25k was not to worry about speed. Concentrate on keeping going for the time called for in the plan. I graduated from C25k and when I did my 30 minute run, I only covered 2.5 miles. Speed will come later......Good Luck!0
-
i'm slow as well and am also on week 4. i follow the plan and figure i'll get there soon enough. week 4 on the treadmill has put me at 1.8 miles for the 26.5 minutes as well.0
-
i'm slow as well and am also on week 4. i follow the plan and figure i'll get there soon enough. week 4 on the treadmill has put me at 1.8 miles for the 26.5 minutes as well.
Well I'm definitely not alone...1.82 miles is what I covered in the first day of week 4.0 -
Endurance first. Speed will come after.
When I started C25K this time around, my running pace was around 12:00 miles. Fast forward to a few weeks after graduating C25K, and I ran my first organized race at a 10:30 pace. That's not fast by any stretch, and as a Clydesdale, I'll never be a fast runner. However, even at 10:30, I was still midpack or just below in the 5K I ran a couple of weekends ago.
I'm starting to find that a 10:00 pace is something I can hold on to for longer and longer during a run as well. Part of that is endurance, part of that is becoming comfortable with a faster pace, and part of it, at least for me, is weight loss.
Give yourself time, and permission to run as slow as you need to. Faster pace will come, and you probably won't even notice it creeping up on you.0 -
Endurance first. Speed will come after.
When I started C25K this time around, my running pace was around 12:00 miles. Fast forward to a few weeks after graduating C25K, and I ran my first organized race at a 10:30 pace. That's not fast by any stretch, and as a Clydesdale, I'll never be a fast runner. However, even at 10:30, I was still midpack or just below in the 5K I ran a couple of weekends ago.
I'm starting to find that a 10:00 pace is something I can hold on to for longer and longer during a run as well. Part of that is endurance, part of that is becoming comfortable with a faster pace, and part of it, at least for me, is weight loss.
Give yourself time, and permission to run as slow as you need to. Faster pace will come, and you probably won't even notice it creeping up on you.
Thank you for posting-- it's good to hear from someone who's completed the program that speed does come! Although I've never heard anyone refer to themselves as a Clydesdale before.
0
This discussion has been closed.