How far should I be going for Run 3 week 5?

[Alberto]

I've completed run 3 of week 5 at the end of last week, Just wondering how my pace is for this stage... I covered just under 3km in the 20 minutes. How does that compare to others on here?

[jennyn Graduate]

I'm doing about the same, I thought i was the slowest runner in the world, but now I don't care, just glad to keep going! doing wk 6 run 3 tomorrow so see how far 25 mins takes me!

[juicydee Graduate]

I think the general advice is not to worry about the distance at this stage (this suits me well, as I found I wasn't even reaching 3k after 28 minutes!!). They say you will naturally speed up if you keep doing at least 30 mins three times a week after you graduate....I'm just about to start my post-grad studies (!) but I can say that my km pace has definitely improved since I first did the longer runs. The post-C25K podcast (currently in road-testing!) has some running to the beat to get you speeding up for intervals, though I've yet to try it out. It will all happen, though, so don't fret!

[Alberto]

I'm not worrying about it :). Just curious...

[ribena-berry Graduate]

I agree with Juicydee, don't worry about the distance at this point. The main thing is that you're running for 20 mins- such an achievement!

And if you keep up the same pace (roughly 7min per km) you're set to reach 5km in 35min, which is fantastic. I was around this speed when i finished, 5 weeks later I'm down to an average of 32mins (on a good day!)..... although it took me 40mins on sun with a hangover!

Just follow the programme til you can run for 30 mins & after that you can focus on your speed & distance.