Week 5 and learning

[cdg]

Hi! My name's Caitlin and I'm on Week 5 of the 10K app. I had a few issues starting out - not wearing appropriate running shoes and suffering from massively painful shin splints which stopped me running while I had a gait analysis and bought some proper, supportive running shoes!

 

Now I'm back on track! I am struggling a little with the sudden leap in time of runs in Week 5 (from 5 minute bursts of running, to 8 mins...to a 20 minute run?!). Need to learn to control my breathing a little better to have the fitness to complete each running section without needing a walking break. 

 

Any advice on what pace I should be running at? I'm on a treadmill. When I began the programme I started running at 9.8kph but have dropped that to 9.1kph more recently. Should I be running slower than this, or am I about right?

[torus_ot]

Caitlin

 

The exercise should be challenging but not exhausting. The bigest jup in the running time is from week 3 to week 4 - 75% increase.

Second is W5D3 (you can find few topics about it on this forum).

So if you cannot breath after running - you are running too fast! Your first goal is to complete the program. You can work on the pace later (that is what I am doing now).