I see a lot of newer and not so new runners here bemoaning their lack of speed..well, just to put that into perspective - do you walk as well? I do, I walk on my own and I walk at Parkrun, either as Park Walker, or Tail Walker, and when did you last hear anyone complaining about their walking speed? Never is my guess, so why worry about your running speed?
I blame Laura, telling us right at the beginning we will cover around 5K in 30 minutes. I've never even come close, not in 9 years of running. Nor is my walking pace 4 MPH, never even come close to that either.
Exercise is great, that's the important thing, not how fast you go. Especially for races, why pay all that money then use up all the fun so quickly? I get more value for money than the racing snakes!
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What a good reminder to everyone worrying about being slow. And thank you for mentioning races, I've been worrying about my first race and now Ill think of it as enjoying it and spending a bit more time enjoying the scenery. Yes I take walk breaks, I find that doesn't wear me out as much as constant running.
I’ve had my 5k speed fix and it’s done with for now at least. I got down to 21 minutes. I could never do that now and what’s more I have no desire to either. I’ve jeffed a couple of 5ks this year and enjoyed them very much. My last was around 40 minutes or so I think. Loved it.
Fabulous logic Curlygurly - I wish I'd read that before I started. I think Laura sets up inappropriate expectations. Thank you.
As someone who did 5km in 30:05 on my graduation run from C25K, I regret doing that run that way. And I had reasons to regret it as I gave myself a double ankle sprain (both sides of left ankle) trying to do it. Four weeks and two physio appointments later, I was able to jog a few seconds again.
The second time I tried to do that pace (about 4 months later) I did a knee in and spent a week on the Injury Couch.
I never pushed for pace again. It was only when I extended the durations of my runs that I naturally started to pick up the pace in my shorter ones.
The C25K app instructors don't put much emphasis on the benefits of slower running. I'm sure of us who graduated would like to rewrite sections of the app's scripts.
That's completely normal I think - almost all of us heel-strike while walking. Foot-strike when jogging/running tends be very much determined by speed. The quicker you're going, you'll be more likely to be fore-foot/toe striking.
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