Written by Danielle Usedom, Fitness Director @ O2 Fitness North Chatham
Have You Always Wanted To Participate in a Race?
Well now is your chance! If you're like me, I have always put off signing up for a race, but now I am going to sign up for one, and maybe you should too! With the wonderful fall weather approaching, so are several 5k's. With these races coming up in about 2-3 months, we are left with plenty of time to train for them and we have just the plan for it!
So many people are put off because we are trying to do way too much all at once, so this plan is meant to ease into running gradually. The program, developed by Couch to 5k, is 3 times a week for 20-30 minutes a day. I think that we can all schedule that much time to devote to getting ready for our race, right? It’s only 1.5 hours a week dedicated to this running program, which actually includes quite a bit of walking and jogging (maybe even more so than running).
Stick with this program (even if it seems easy at times, or maybe even too hard) and we will be ready to run a 5k in September or October. I’ve been doing this program for the past two weeks and have seen a lot of improvement already! Try it out! Need help getting started with the program? Give one of the O2 Fitness Personal Trainers a call and we’ll get you started!
| Week |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Day 3 |
| 1 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. | Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. | Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. |
| 2 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes. | Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes. | Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes. |
| 3 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
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| 4 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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| 5 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog two miles (or 20 minutes) with no walking. |
| 6 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
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Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2-1/4 miles (or 25 minutes) with no walking. |
| 6 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes). | Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes). | Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes). |
| 7 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes). | Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes). | Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes). |
| 8 |
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes). | Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes). | Congratulations! You are 5k Ready! Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes). |
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