Week 1 run 1

[Thea14]

So my plan was to train on a treadmill is this ok ?

Also does it mean jog or run fast for 90 seconds ?

[AlasdairW Graduate]

Welcome to the plan. You’ve just done the hardest part.

Training is a treadmill is perfectly fine.

The paces involved are whatever you can deal with. Bearing in mind that the ‘running pace’ will be the pace you eventually run for 30 minutes at.

A common theme you will see across this forum is that your pace should be a lot slower than you originally thought.

[DiscoRunner Graduate]

Don’t worry about speed or distance - this is really about learning to run for 30 minutes duration. You can work on pace etc later. If you’re struggling with the run just slow down, and if it’s still hard - slow down some more! 🐌🐌🐌 x

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Welcome. Treadmill is fine. Run at a pace where you can still speak in full sentences and your muscle and aerobic development will be better than if you run fast. You can do this, enjoy your journey.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum and well done on your decision.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5... and should answer most of your questions.

Enjoy your journey.

[Chester01 Graduate]

Completely agree with AlasdairW, when I started I thought my pace was fine and I wanted to achieve everything overnight 🙈! Recovering from the flu made me slow down when I restarted running And I have to say this made me slow down and was the best thing that could have happened to me. I think stopped trying to be at a certain pace and could manage the time, the speed will come...good luck