Running pace getting slower!

[Hanfel]

Week 7 run 3 done! Felt great- really have slowed down now my phone is saying it’s taking me 16 minutes to do a mile!!?? How will I ever do 5k?? So pleased with time running although not sure I can call it running if I’m so slow could honestly walk quicker??

[nowster Graduate]

Distance isn't the goal at the moment, as you'll keep reading here. Many graduates here still haven't a pace that would get them to do the 5km in half an hour.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

It is possible to run on the spot, so the rate at which you cover ground does not relate to the running action.

You are doing great and in time you will become faster.

Only a small proportion of graduates from this forum who responded to a poll, managed 5k in 30 minutes by graduation healthunlocked.com/couchto5....

Graduation requirements are that you complete three thirty minute runs, regardless of distance.