Couch-to-5k Running Plan - Week 3

I was planning on running 5 days last week but only did 4. I’m not going to beat myself up over it.

Since I listen to audiobooks while I run and since I don’t have a cool timer-watch thingy, I’m counting steps instead. Two steps = 1s. Probably not very accurate but the point is to run so I won’t worry about it. This week (week 3) I’m supposed to be running the following 2 times:

• Run 90s (180 steps)
• Walk 90s (180 steps)
• Run 180s (360 steps)
• Walk 180s (360 steps)

Walking for 360 steps feels like too long. And running for 180 steps is annoying when I know I can do 360 steps without becoming too tired or winded. So I changed it: I’m running 360 steps, walking 180 steps, and repeating that for as many miles as I can.

Today, I did 2.75 miles at that pace. It felt great! I’ll continue that pace this week (hopefully for 5 days) and then move on to running 540 steps, walking 180 steps for 3 miles next week. My goal is to get to the point where I can run 3 miles straight without stopping.