I’ve been doing the Couch to 5K program for a while now, and I’m currently at the last week of it. I can now run for 30 minutes straight, but way less than 5K in that time. The issue is that if I were to run 5K, I would only be able to run it a lot slower than 40, let alone 30 minutes, at my current pace… which, according to a quick Google search, is a much worse time than the average novice runner at my age and sex.
So what now? I’m kind of clueless about what to do after this program, because now that I can run for 30 minutes, I want to actually run 5K in those 30 minutes, like the program implies.
Thank you so much for the responses in advance.
I really like to do the Nike run club guided runs. There is a huge variety of runs, and it’s fun to try new ones and revisit old ones to see how things have changed since last time. That said, I’ve learned I’m not always better in a linear sense, but I’m still running. Im in it for the long run, so it helps to have fun along the way.