treadmill speed

[nutorun]

im doing my couch to 5k in the gym on the treadmill... how fast does everyone run? I seem to be quite slow... about 7.5 kph - 8.0 kph... not sure i could go any faster without passing out!

[Jo55 Graduate]

Go at your own pace, and don't try and compare yourself with others. Everyone starts at different levels of fitness and as yours improves so will your speed. good luck

[nutorun Graduate in reply to Jo55]

thank you... i try and push myself to go a little faster at the end of a run so hopefully i will get a bit faster towards the end of the C25K journey

[TDC1]

I've just started, and quite slowly on my short legs, anything over 6.6 makes me run more than a jog, anything around seven sees me spin off the end....so I reckon you are doing well at your speed.

[nutorun Graduate in reply to TDC1]

Me too... 7.0 gets me to a light jog, a few more gets me a bit more speedy... but then i see people going at 10kph without breaking a sweat... maybe one day that will be me and i'll look like a natural!

[TDC1]

Sweat = fat crying, need to sweat more....

[Tomas Graduate]

It's hard enough to get consensus on this question when walking outside where at least you have a chance of calculating speed, but treadmills are notoriously inaccurate (assuming you're using the mill's speed readout rather than an exercise watch that counts steps), so there isn't even a guarantee (nor even a snowballs chance in hell) that your 7 km/h will be the same as someone else's 7 km/h.

Run with whatever speed works for you. Get through the programme. And then start to worry about speed

Happy running

[Jennifer_H_B Graduate]

This is the kind of pace I have kept and works for me. More recently I have been 8-8.5 but this exhausts me a lot quicker I find. Work with what suits you and your body

[Slookie Graduate]

I started at 7.5kph speed and just increased it very gradually as I felt able. Actually for the first few runs even that felt rather tiring! The important thing is to find a pace you can maintain and it really doesn't matter a fig what the numbers say. Good luck!