Garmin coach anyone?

[Reggit]

Found training plans available for my forerunner watch, so decided to see if I can manage a 5-10k plan...

I dislike the idea of podcasts now the mornings are getting darker, would like to hear any traffic around (dark roads) and the garmin plan syncs direct to the watch.

First run today, 1k (5 mins) I can cope with that 😂. The next few runs are less than 4K, wondering if it’s worth doing them or skipping the week (not sure that’s possible though) probably just do my usual run for these sections... longest I’ve managed so far is 6k in 41 minutes.

Hmm I thought I was daft back in May for having the daft idea of C25K now I’m considering 10k - need my head examining 😂

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

When you're aiming to increase distance not every run needs to be further than the last. Short runs are great for recovery and helping build those muscles you're going to need over greater distance. If you think they're too easy then just try them a tad faster but don't cut them from your plan.

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Most of the runs are shorter than 5k in the first few weeks of the Garmin plan, but the runs are different, we still can’t totally get negative splits but are getting closer to success on these, then there’s cadence runs and ooo hill repeats the first lot of these we went slowly on the ups because we thought we wouldn’t be able to do it, the next lot we worked harder and they were nicely faster

[Reggit Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thanks for that The hills I should be ok on, I hope! Been struggling to find a couple of Km’s of level ground round here! 😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to Reggit]

Oh that’s difficult we have lots of flat ground then some really steep hills that are separate so it’s either or for us

[klick Graduate]

Hi Reggit, likely already replied on the other post, but just a small warning for people reading it :

garmin coach stuff, at least for me, was leading to injuries. My speed improved, but I had to stop running for about 1.5 months, and still feel some pain.

long slow easy run are the key, and will make you run faster than ever quite fast, while letting the time to your body to get stronger (muscles, bones,etc), avoiding injuries later.

Those garmin coach stuff, for me, are for runners with a few years (3/4) of regular running, without weight, and without any medical condition.