using a treadmill for my runs - any idea what ... - Couch to 5K
using a treadmill for my runs - any idea what speed I should set at for walk & run?
No idea if it's correct or not but I set my treadmill speed at 6k for the walk and 7k for the run today but I think I'm going to up it to 7.5 on Wednesday for the run.
my treadmill is in mph & I set mine at around 3.9-4.2mph for walking & between 5.8-6.5mph for running. when I started this it was a little lower for walking (3.7or 3.8) & my run was 5.6mph so I have gained speed as I got used to running. hope this helps. X
Hi, from walking to running on treadmill when do you start to spread up slow down. Want to try but don't dare run out side.
Not sure there is a right speed except the right speed for you.
An easy running pace is supposedly one whereby you can just about hold a conversation, a harder running pace where you can spit out a few words here or there!
I found the treadmill quite hard - because it goes at a constant pace. When running outside I can run faster and then slow down and then speed up, so my actual pace varies during the run. Having said that its good to help you set a pace.
I wonder if they are that accurate as I found that some of them having me running much faster than it feels outside - and I measure the distances outside with maps or GPS.
Another thing - I had to do the weeks 4&5 of the c25k on the treadmill as I was away from home and in a place where it's too dangerous to run the streets. Although I found going to the gym a novel way of keeping me out of the hotel bar I found the treadmill really demotivating. probably because I had set it too fast. If I did that again I wouldn't have beaten myself up about it so much. Running the final week in the streets of home (when the weather was gorgeous - 7am and brilliant sunshine but still early enough not to be too hot) was fantastic. If I had carried on the treadmill I might have got tired of running.
I think its important to remember that c25k is ultimately about a lifestyle change - so finding a pace and distance that you can do regularly and enjoy is more important than pushing yourself too hard in the weeks of the program. When I was in the final weeks of the program I was counting every mile, measuring all the 1k laps - looking at how my times improved (and often they go backwards) and now I realise that this is mostly pointless. Do I imagine myself as an olympic athlete?
Try to go fast enough so that its a challenge but not so hard it puts you off.
Thanks - will hopefully manage to do some outside runnning also!
I did all of c25k on a treadmill last year (apart from 1 run when time didnt allow me to get to the gym). although I can run for over an hour on the treadmill I am now redoing c25k with 2 of my children. we do the first run of each week outside together & they can do the other 2 runs on the treadmill that we have at home. so far so good. we have just started week 4 & all was fine. I was frightened of running outside as I found it so much harder ~ perhaps because it is hard to judge speed & I ran too fast & tired myself out. please dont end up like me, thinking that I cant run outdoors. my plan is to overcome this, which seems so far to be ok & having the children to run with is making "pace" easier to find, although I cant keep up with one of my girls (13) & run with the younger one (12). good luck with the rest of the plan.
I'm on week 6 now, and have been running on the treadmill at the gym from the start. In the first couple of sessions I found my comfortable pace - which is walking at 6 km/h and running at 8km/h. Sometimes during the later runs in the first few weeks I'd speed up to 8.5 but with the longer runs have now been consistently running 8km/h over the past few weeks. I'll probably stick with that speed I imagine until after I finish the plan. I'm doing the Sport Relief run right after week 9 run 3 - so will need to eventually practice some runs outside as I find running at the gym/treadmill much more comfortable at the moment (also because it's not that nice out yet!
Running speed almost the same as walking speed!! 
Speed for walk & run at week 1
What knee support should I use?
I can run for 30mins but how do i increase my speed?
How do treadmill times and speeds compare with running outside?
