Time vs duration

[Jgunner18]

I'm getting discouraged because I'm running the prescribed time but not making the duration. Need some motivation and advice.  When i speed up my breathing becomes labored and forces me to slow down. 

[Laura J]

I have the same issue, so I repeat the weeks as needed, it helped and I would focus a little less on distance and more on completing it and repeating it till you can complete the distance in the time without sacrificing breathing or posture

[I❤️Labradors]

I see this is an old post but I am responding just in case it helps someone reading through these. Someone once told me the trick to running distance for a newbie is to run ridiculously slow. It works! Speed will come as you get stronger and build your endurance up. So run for distance NOT speed in the beginning. I’ve never had to repeat a week running this way. The C25K is a great program to ease you into running but forget about speed in the beginning, it will eventually come!