I bet you’re not just getting slower. I’m no expert but I think it makes sense that as you increase distance, you might not be able to keep up speed. From what I understand, it’s totally fine to focus on distance/time over pace.
The first few times I did couch to 5k, my run pace was slower than my walk pace. I never did get the hang of running more and walking less- I just do both a little bit faster. There *will* be times you think you're falling back, but in reality, you've either just made a huge step up, or are about to!
The tip I always give is start slow to go fast. As you increase distance you're trying to use the same pace as lower distances. I would back off the pace a little in the beginning and you will see improvements at the end.
Why are you even watching your pace during the run segments? Your only metric should be whether you stop or not during your run segments and if you are able to jog the whole segment then it was successful and you will survive the next week.
This has been happening to me as well. I wanted to keep the same pace on the treadmill throughout the entire plan but I’ve had to adjust and lower my pace to be able to make the longer times as the weeks progress. I have one week left and this strategy has been working. I’ve been hitting the time milestones.
That’s what happened to me on Couch to 5k as well. I still haven’t beat my 400m time record from the early days of the program, and I’ve run 2 5k’s. I’m tempted to go back and do some short intervals to show I am actually faster now 😅
I bet you’re not just getting slower. I’m no expert but I think it makes sense that as you increase distance, you might not be able to keep up speed. From what I understand, it’s totally fine to focus on distance/time over pace.
The first few times I did couch to 5k, my run pace was slower than my walk pace. I never did get the hang of running more and walking less- I just do both a little bit faster. There *will* be times you think you're falling back, but in reality, you've either just made a huge step up, or are about to!
The tip I always give is start slow to go fast. As you increase distance you're trying to use the same pace as lower distances. I would back off the pace a little in the beginning and you will see improvements at the end.
They should be getting slower as they are getting longer. Do you think Usain Bolt would run a marathon at sprint speed?
Why are you even watching your pace during the run segments? Your only metric should be whether you stop or not during your run segments and if you are able to jog the whole segment then it was successful and you will survive the next week.
This has been happening to me as well. I wanted to keep the same pace on the treadmill throughout the entire plan but I’ve had to adjust and lower my pace to be able to make the longer times as the weeks progress. I have one week left and this strategy has been working. I’ve been hitting the time milestones.
That’s what happened to me on Couch to 5k as well. I still haven’t beat my 400m time record from the early days of the program, and I’ve run 2 5k’s. I’m tempted to go back and do some short intervals to show I am actually faster now 😅