How slow is slow?

[LPW21]

Quick question, when you say run slowly like how slowly? I'm on W2 R2 and I can't get past it. I refuse to go to the next level till I complete all 90seconds of running without 10/15 seconds. W2 R1 was fine, just stuck at the next one. I think I'm trying to run to fast but going slowly feels like I'm walking and I'm.going to trip over my feet . I'm quite tall and when I walk I walk fast, my friends always tell me that I walk to fast 😂

[Michele2017 Graduate]

Really slow. Just make sure you are running instead of walking. You can be running the same pace as someone walking next to you. So maybe experiment. You will find your slow pace the more running you do. I am very slow until I get to 15 mins or so and keep it that way XX

[mrrun Graduate]

Remember how Armstrong was slow on the Moon? Do it slower, it will strengthen your legs, improve your stamina and cardio system. I'm over 180cm so no excuses.

You know how Michael Jackson did the moonwalk? That's speeding.

[LPW21 in reply to mrrun]

Lol that made me chuckle

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Really, really slow. At times, as slow as it is possible to go and still have both feet off the ground at once. Try it - run as you would then keep trying to deliberately go slower and slower and slower.

I can run slower than my natural walking pace if I have to and it feels weird. I don’t use that speed now but I did for parts of W5R3!

[Hidden in reply to Jay66UK]

Building up to said W5R3 later today and I'm going to heed your advice. Slow, slow, slow.

[Irish-John Graduate]

Almost two years ago my first post here was an anguished question - "Is it even possible that someone actually runs slower than they walk?'

That's how slow I was back then

Running slow on purpose though is hard. It takes time and lots of experience to keep a "slow and steady" pace without concentrating on it. We subconsciously think "run" - and pick up the pace

Just take it easy, less than ten percent graduate in 9 weeks anyway ☺ Really slow and steady gets the vast majority of us there when we get there

[LPW21 in reply to Irish-John]

Thanks, I think I just need to get it in my head it's not a race x

[Tbae]

In the FAQ Posts you will read the definition,as long as both of your feet are leaving the ground.

I guess running on the spot continuously for the required period will build your stamina and although no forward movement it is still running.Try running on the spot to find a sustainable happy place for your steps / min before striding off.

You being tall, your stride will be long and your brisk walking pace will be higher than average.

Do not overstride as advised in FAQ’s, your running pace maybe same as your walking pace.

All that is important that you find your comfortable happy pace and can hold a sustainable conversation comfortably.

Numbers are difficult and not yet important, start of programme perhaps 10 mins/km and slower 11/12 🤔 and maybe not quicker than 8/9 mins/km.

That’s a guess and a loose guide.

We are all very 🤔 different.Uniquely.😂

Hope this helps and you get comfortable.🌟👏👏

[Rignold]

“Uniquickly” brilliant word, Tbae.

It does not have to be really really slow. Just as slow or fast as is sustainable for you. I

[Tbae in reply to Rignold]

Never could spell Rignold .🙈😂😂😂

Keep up the good work. Burpees.

Got that one right.🙈😂😂

[Rignold in reply to Tbae]

As malapropisms go you have invented a brilliant word ideal for this forum.

Uniquickly: the individual pace ideal for each runner

[Tbae in reply to Rignold]

It’s my lucky day, hey that’s a first and after all these years🤔🤔. Your top man Rignold. Reading your achievements on the 90 day challenge.🌟👏👏

Going off to look up malapropisms,I do have every confidence in you, just that you learn something new everyday.

Brings a whole new meaning to ignorance is bliss , especaially in my senior years anyway.

Thanks🌟👏👏

[oldwheezer69 Graduate]

My husband walked alongside me the other night as I jogged! 🤣🤣🤣. As long as both feet come off the ground the speed doesn't matter... Speed comes later once you've built up your strength 😃

[LPW21 in reply to oldwheezer69]

Lol I think I just think running is going fast! There's a lot to learn with running

[Eiralas Graduate]

I also walk very quickly, though at 5'3" I'm certainly not tall, and I've come to realise that my initial concept of 'slow running' required adjustment. In my head running is faster than walking, so of course I'd set off at a pace faster than I was walking and think I was running slowly. I now try to think when I start the running that I barely want to be going faster than my natural walking pace, or even at the same speed as normal walking - though I suspect in reality I'm still going faster than I think I am. If I think of it as maintaining a super fast walk, where both feet just happen to be off the ground at once, then somehow it seems easier to keep going. I've also tried to shorten my stride when running from what I started out doing.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

In the guide to the plan healthunlocked.com/couchto5... it explains about the easy conversational pace at which you should be moving.........you may well be able to walk faster, but as long as both feet are simultaneously off the ground on each stride, you are running, regardless of speed.