Re: 30 minutes to 5K?
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30 minutes to 5K?
Kylie
04-13-2008, 3:08 AM
I don't know what to do. I can run 30 minutes very slowly... covering 2.5km. I'd really like to be able to say that I can run 5K. I don't know the best way to go about it. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kylie
Re: 30 minutes to 5K?
danigold
04-13-2008, 4:12 AM
Now that you know you can run 30 minutes, I'd say scrap time and focus on distance. You are now running 2.5 miles. Maybe you could map out a run of 2.75 miles and try to do that next for a week or so. Once you can do that, you could map one out that is 3 or 3.1 miles.
Danielle
VA USA
Re: 30 minutes to 5K?
Kylie
04-13-2008, 2:40 PM
Thanks Danielle,
I do find time difficult during the week, as I have 2 kids at home and 2 at school, so need to work in runs around them, hence my treadmill running. I wonder if there is any advantage to starting C25K again but at a faster speed? I saw from my outdoor run yesterday that I can run faster, but not for an extended period. I guess ultimately, I'd like to run a 5K efficiently. So do I work on distance, speed or both? I have been thinking (insomnia is a wonderful thing) about doing 2 days of C25K during the week. I have a 5K course mapped out on Mapmyrun and thought I could go down to it on weekends and run as far as I could, then walk th rest... running more if I felt that I could.
I don't know.... thinking out loud really. Sometimes I think too much. I'm good at following programs, not so good on my own.
Thanks again,
Kylie
Re: 30 minutes to 5K?
knoddie
04-13-2008, 8:28 PM
I would extend one of the runs by 5 minutes every week. Keep the other one at 30 minutes. Just worry about distance, not speed for now.
Rob
Re: 30 minutes to 5K?
Kylie
04-14-2008, 1:43 AM
Thanks Rob. I'll start extending my weekend run by five minutes and leave the weekday ones as is.