c25K AW and Question

mamie&cc

I finished the 20 min run yesterday! It felt awesome!

Thoughts on changing from time to distance in the program now? I've been following time up to this point, but I'm not getting in the distance required. My 5k is in a little over 5 weeks and I want to be able to run the distance.

I felt good after 20 minutes yesterday so I think I can run longer (timewise), so that's what's making me think about switching to distance.

Any thoughts or advice on how to transition?

Joenali

So you are finished with the program? Just go with time! You'll be fine even if you don't get to the actual 5k distance. You'll be close.

mamie&cc

Not finished with the program yet, still a couple weeks left. It increases time from here on out so, I guess I should be fine either way.

AGsWife

I used time instead of distance for the entire c25k program and was still able to complete my 5k. Obviously everybody is different, but it worked for me.

shorty20

AGsWife:

I used time instead of distance for the entire c25k program and was still able to complete my 5k. Obviously everybody is different, but it worked for me.

Me too.

Joy2611

Lots of people aren't running full 5Ks in 30 minutes by the end of the program.  You will probably be very close, though.  When I finished, I was running about 2.7 miles in 30 minutes.  After I finished, I went for the full 3.1 miles and did just fine.

jenn&Dave2005

After week 6 I stopped the program and just ran my 3 miles.  So week 7 I was probably more than 30 minutes instead of 25 but to me once I was comfortable coasting I figured what's a little but more.

Mominator

shorty20:

AGsWife:

I used time instead of distance for the entire c25k program and was still able to complete my 5k. Obviously everybody is different, but it worked for me.

Me too.

Same here. And even if you are only running say, 2.5mi at a time when you complete the program, the adrenaline of the race itself will take you through that final half mile or so.

CallingAllAngels

I am in week 7 right now, but I plan to do the entire thing by time.  I won't be running a 5K in 30 minutes by the end, but I'm hoping that by my race, I can use some of the excitement and the fact that the course is flat (my neighborhood is hilly) to push through the last few minutes to run the whole thing.

My plan to do to C25K, then the Bridge to 10K plan, then really start working on improving my time.  I hope to be able to run a 10k in less than an hour when it's all said and done.  For me this is huge considering it was work running 60 seconds when I started C25K.  

Congrats on making it this far!  The 20 minute run was a huge turning point for me. 

jennybrooklyn

I stopped the program at week 4 and just started running for distance. I'm slow as crap (12 min mile) but I was able to run 3.5 miles without issue last night!

ETA: I use IMap my run on my Iphone and have prompts every .5 miles to help motivate me, without it I doubt I could keep going!  

mamie&cc

Sorry I had to post and run earlier. Thank you for all your replies, I think I'll stick with time and finish out the program. I think I will be fine.