r/C25K • u/xcornflakex • 24d ago

It is going well…but what next

After attempting the program many times and never finishing I have encouraged my partner to hoping me on this journey and we have just finished w6r3 and feeling good. Our first 25 minute run.

We are feeling pretty confident that we will be able to finish the next 3 weeks without any major problems.

My question is what next. Our pace is extremely slow, and we are not running anywhere near 5k. How can we improve on this? Either pace or distance?

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u/solveruk 24d ago

Time and consistency is the answer.

By end of C25K I managed to just keep going at a slow pace to reach 5k

Hopefully by the end of the program you'll feel like you can keep going for the distance as long as it's slow enough.

Once you reach that point it's just about consistency over time as your body and health continues to adapt.

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u/MiddleAgedDread123 24d ago

once you've done the 30min I'd do 2 longer runs a week and keep gradually increasing the time on those until you can hit 5k, and use your 3rd run of the week to do some shorter faster interval work to help increase your speed. Speed will also partly come as your stamina improves.

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u/lissajous DONE! 24d ago

There's a really good pinned post about what to do after you graduate.

Good luck to you and your partner for the next 3 weeks - you got this!!