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Couch to 5K on a treadmill - not a good idea?

guest — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:06:46 GMT

I've been doing the Couch to 5K but because my local area didn't have any particular great running routes, I gave it a go on the treadmill. I put the treadmill up to full whack - 7.5 - and actually got up to about Week 8, really sweating it out. Then the treadmill broke, so I found somewhere a few minutes further afield to start running. Yeah.. it didn't go well. There's a hell of a difference between treadmill running and running on the street, so I'm going to go back to Week 5 next week and stick with the street.

Has anyone else run into this? I don't know if I'm running faster on the street than on the treadmill, or if it's just different, but it's a pain to find I've made less progress than I thought I was. I've gone from being able to run 25 mins on the treadmill, to struggling to do 8 minutes on the street!

Running too much?

guest — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:21:20 GMT

I've completed the couch to 5k program and have my first 5k race on February 9th. I'm been running pretty regularly, but wonder if I'm running too much. For example, I ran 2 miles on the treadmill on Thursday afternoon, 3.1 miles on the treadmill on Friday morning, no work out on Saturday, 3.1 miles on Sunday morning at the track and did 2 miles on the treadmill Monday morning. I planned to go to the gym today during lunch and doing 2 miles and then some machines. Is this too much? I feel good and thankfully no issues with pain.

Sport Psychology Research

guest — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:52:18 GMT

Hi everyone,

My name is Martin and I am a sport psychologist and runner. I work as a senior lecturer in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

I am conducting a study with the British Milers Club to examine the relationship between pain perceptions, mindfulness, and running performance.

If you have 5 minutes free and would like to take part in a research study please click this link:

http://t.co/B28WUnLz

I am a British Psychological Society (BPS) chartered psychologist, an accredited British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) sport and exercise scientist and a Science Council chartered scientist so if anyone has any sport psych questions feel free to message me.

Thanks

Martin

Predicting 5K time

guest — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:04:41 GMT

I'm trying to figure out if I'm in good enough shape to PR on my 5K coming up on Thanksgiving (currently 18 days away). Here are the stats:

5K PR 30:16 (2011)

Today I had a great training run. 1 mile warmup (11mm), 1 mile fast (9:36 w/ 2 very short hills), 1+ mile recovery (walk/jog), 1 mile fast (9:32, flat), cooldown. 4.5 miles total.

Lately I've been running about 10 miles a week, 2-5 miles per run with a pace usually in the 10-11:30 mm range. Under 10 for speed work.

Because my stride is so short, I don't think the McMillan running calculator is accurate for me.

For example, if I put in a 9:32 mile it gives me a 33:14 5K time. I can beat that easily.

But if I put in a 30:16 5K, it gives me a mile time of 8:40. I've never been able to run that fast in my life. I'm running very hard, 200 steps per minute, to achieve 9:32. My fastest mile ever is 9:20.

So, what you do think my 5K time will be? Points to whoever is closest.

new to HS cross country

guest — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:36:01 GMT

My son is 15. He has played football for the past 4 years and recently took up boxing. He started running on the treadmill to train for boxing and liked it. I took him with me to the local trail, strapped the gps on his wrist and sent him out for 3 miles. His first time out his pace was 7:17. The second time, having a better feel for what he was up against he ran at 6:56 pace. The trail is relatively flat. He has run on the treadmill to get in shape for boxing but was not really focusing on improving speed. He has elevated the treadmill some what but I wouldn't compare it to running hills on the road. Anyway, with proper training I'm hoping that he could manage a sub 20 minute 5k and be able to compete on the HS cross country team his jr and sr year. He is going to stick with football this year and then plans on focusing on boxing and running. He plans on entering in local 5ks. At about a 7:00 pace starting point, how much improvement can he expect? What are some of the best training programs for teenage cross country runners?

Respectable 5k Finish time

guest — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:42:58 GMT

I am a 44 year old male who has been running for a coule years (mostly treadmill) and am wondering what is a respectable finish time for a 5k, and what is the time I need to shoot for to be at the front of my age group. My first 5k time was 22:20.

Is it possible to shave 3-4 minutes off of my 5k in a month?

guest — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:13:56 GMT

I know it all depends on how hard anyone will work, but at the same time I don't want to kid myself. My 5k time is 31 minutes and I would like to have it around 27-28 so that I will place in the top ten for my age group. It's a little over 30 days away and I've been working on my speed as of this week. Is it possible to reach this kind of goal in such a short amount of time?

Are there any 5k training programs that take slower runners into account?

guest — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:09:26 GMT

I have been doing the C25k program, but I was recently hit with an unhappy realization that at my pace (a dismal 15 min. per mile), even finishing the 9 weeks will leave me well short of the 3.1 miles of a 5k. Any suggestions? I am brand new to running, and I'm hoping to get hooked. But, I don't want to burn out or injure myself before that happens!

Does anyone have the "5k in under 24min" training plan?

guest — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:28:39 GMT

Hi everyone! I just came across one of the training plans for running a 5k designed to lower your time to 'just under 24 minutes'....but the issue is the cost of $25. I'm just wondering if anyone had purchased this and would be willing to 'share the wealth' with a fellow newbie runner?

Thanks!
-Dave

'Couch to 5k Training' and mobile app sync.

guest — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:13:44 GMT

Hi,

I registered for the 'Couch to 5K' training plan on Active.com in order to help me train for a mud run in October.

I found that there is also an Android application for the training plan. Supposedly, you can link the application to 'trainer.active.com' in order to keep your data in sync.

The problem is that I installed the application, but I don't see any option to log in with my 'trainer.active.com' credentials in order so sync up.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thank you in advance.

August

5K in 3 weeks - lots of rain right now

guest — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:51:16 GMT

I am training for my first 5K in 2.5 weeks. I have been on the treadmill and was hoping to get outside...however, it is spring in chicago and it looks like it is going to be raining whenever I have the chance to run (usually in the late evening after my son goes to bed). How can I maximize my training on the treadmill (as I know that the treadmill is nothing like running outside)

Thank you in advance!

Julia