I ran tonight with a Nike sensor in my left shoe linked to my nano pod. I set the Nike+ to a distance of 5K using the podcast as my sound track.
I found that with the heat my pace was slow, and although trying to move to the beat - I made it to just over 3K. I am going to repeat wk5 again next week.
You don't really need to worry about speed. If you read people's blogs, most of us are pretty slow. I'm on week 8, running 28 mins and still only 3 1/2 km! Speed will come later, its stamina for now. As I'm sure others will say, you don't have to hit 5k at the end, this should really be called couch 2 30mins, as that's what the reall aim is! Remember, the tortoise won the race! I think you sound like you're doing very well.
I wouldn't repeat week 5 - speed is not particularly relevant at this stage. Also, I'd be a little sceptical about measuring distance using a sensor in the shoe - I believe these can be a little unreliable. You are doing fab, as long as you can run for the time, the speed/distance will follow
I did W6R2 today and did my best distance of 3km+ for the first time. Already treated myself to an ice cream for the achievement So please don't make me feel bad
I got to 4k in week 7. I'm not going to hit 5k by end of week 9.
As others have said, don't get hung up on the 5k thing - it really is about learning how to run for a solid 30mins, 3 times a week - speed is something to work on after the programme programmefinishes.
Thanks for all the good advice and experience ................ Week 6 it is tomorrow
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