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I can never run for more than five or six minutes

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ShouldersBackChestOutChinUp · 10/10/2021 10:54

I've couch to 5k a few times. This times I can't get past week four where you run for 3 and then 5 minutes. It's hellish. I keep trying but I can't push past it.

It's pathetic.

In between runs I walk my dogs every day for 5kms.

What can I do?

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FlamesEmbersAshes · 10/10/2021 11:03

Slow down. Slow right down. And then slow down some more. If you’re running at the pace of a brisk walk (or slower!) that’s fine. Pretty much everyone who can walk can run but the mistake many novices make is trying to set a pace that is much too fast.

Look up niko niko running: slowjogging.wordpress.com/

pinknsparkly · 10/10/2021 10:58

This doesn't answer your question about running, but I've heard lots of good things about the walk-run technique called "Jeffing" (named after the man who invented it). I've not read much about it, but keep meaning to as I have the same issue as you and think that perhaps the best at forward is to accept that the walk-run method is what works for me and to stop being myself up about not being able to run for longer than a few mins! Much like you, I walk several km to work and back most days so I'm not that unfit but my lungs can't cope with running!