timing your distances

[chewie1970]

quick question, i am wk6r2. And now i am getting interested in how far I am going in what time. Todays run was 4.54km at 35:53. This included the 5 mins warm up and warm down. (yes i am pretty slow) My question is do you include your 5 mins on each side when doing this?

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

If you want to know how far you travelled for the entire workout, then measure your warmup and cool down as well.

If you want to know how far you ran , just measure the running.

[chewie1970 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

i get that, i guess when you get to week 9 of c25k you just measure the 30 mins to see how far you go in that time?

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to chewie1970]

Yes, if that is the timing you want.

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Slow is good that what gets is to the end of each run well done 😊

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Personally I only measure my running... others do the whole session... whatever floats your boat really!

Pace and distance don’t really matter much, so don’t dwell on them, just have a peek and be happy with the run.

[Letties Graduate]

I just measure the run on my fitbit... though mentally I keep telling myself I DID manage a 5k on graduation with warm up and cool down. 😂