W6 onwards

[LoonyLoo]

What Is W6 onwards about! Is it about building up speed?

Thank you?

[trogdelight Graduate]

It is building up your fitness to comfortably be able to run for 30 minutes and to set the foundations for you to be a runner by habit.

[LoonyLoo in reply to trogdelight]

Thank you!

[Jay66UK Graduate]

If part of your question is “how on earth will I reach 5k” the answer is that most don’t. Three lots of 30 mins running is the final week.

[LoonyLoo in reply to Jay66UK]

That's really not my question. It was genuinely - what is it about. Because nothing is a leap like the final run of W5. Thank you!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Not really, no it's not about building speed, it is a continuation of what you have been doing, speed only comes after you have completed the full program in about 9 weeks, even that can be longer, there is no pressure on anyone doing C25K. The big change is in W5R3 whereas before that 20-minute run there were walking intervals, that 20-minute run gets you ready for week 6 onward where most of the program is running with no walks. Week 6 day 3 has 1/25 minute run, followed by week 7 which has 3/25 minute runs, those longer runs are for building pace and confidence in running, not speed, 'slow and steady' is the motto of C25K.

[LoonyLoo in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you!

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Definitely not about speed! In fact slow down. It’s about going for longer.

[Nictwit Graduate]

It's all about the endurance now 🙂

[lexi6 Graduate]

Go slow LoonyLoo, the first run of week 6 lulls you into a false sense of security, so nice and slow, but you've run this time before, did I remember to say slow. It really does work.

You've got this.