Anonymous wrote:I have a hell of a time running. Check out doctor mama's beginning running program. Also, wear earphones so you can't hear yourself breathe.

this made me laugh. I started the c25k in January and I'm still on week 2. I'm really overweight and out of shape and I read to just repeat until you can move on to the next week. Well with the first week, I did it four times and I could feel myself getting better, at the end of the 4th week I felt like I could keep going after the 60 sec run. But now doing week two, I dont know why it's so hard, its getting harder, I've been feeling really lethargic and like heavy and like I just can't keep going. No energy yet I'm not sick. I'm dying by the last couple runs. And my headphones fell out one day and I had never heard myself breathing and was in shock! And I do it outside, I must sound like I'm about to die

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. How fast does it have to be to still count as "running"? I'm doing most of my running on a treadmill, trying to get from walk/run to running for an extended period of time. Right now I'm walking at 3.6 and running at 5.4 mph. But when I run my heart rate shoots up above 170 and I have trouble doing it for more than 3-5 minutes. Am I going too fast? What do people following a program like couch to 5k usually set the speed to?

I am NP too and new to treadmill trainig. Here is what I am planning to use:

http://www.c25k.com/c25k_treadmill.html

HTH

Thanks NP. I know what c25k is. I was wondering what you set your walk/run speeds to.

I am not following a program like c25k consistently right now, but I have similar goals: to be able to run at least a mile without walking.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. How fast does it have to be to still count as "running"? I'm doing most of my running on a treadmill, trying to get from walk/run to running for an extended period of time. Right now I'm walking at 3.6 and running at 5.4 mph. But when I run my heart rate shoots up above 170 and I have trouble doing it for more than 3-5 minutes. Am I going too fast? What do people following a program like couch to 5k usually set the speed to?

If you're new to running, 5.0 might be a more appropriate speed, especially since you're short. I would try 5.0 mph with a 1.0 incline to better simulate running outside.

I think the key in couch to 5K, as the OP discovered, is that you have to regulate your speed enough to keep with the program. That will mean different things for different people. But If you're having trouble maintaining the speed for the time the program is requiring, that's a signal you need to slow down.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. How fast does it have to be to still count as "running"? I'm doing most of my running on a treadmill, trying to get from walk/run to running for an extended period of time. Right now I'm walking at 3.6 and running at 5.4 mph. But when I run my heart rate shoots up above 170 and I have trouble doing it for more than 3-5 minutes. Am I going too fast? What do people following a program like couch to 5k usually set the speed to?

I am NP too and new to treadmill trainig. Here is what I am planning to use:

http://www.c25k.com/c25k_treadmill.html

HTH