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NHS Couch to 5K

Couch to 5K - Week 5 run 2

NHS Couch to 5K

NHS Choices

Jogging, Nhs, Fitness & Nutrition, Running, Fitness, Health, Starter

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2012

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

There are three different workouts for this week. They are as follows: Run 1: brisk 5-minute warm-up walk, then 5 minutes running, 3 minutes walking, 5 minutes running, 3 minutes walking, 5 minutes running. Run 2: brisk 5-minute warm-up walk, then 8 minutes running, 5 minutes walking, 8 minutes running. Run 3: brisk 5-minute warm-up walk, then 20 minutes running, with no walking. For tips on what to wear, running technique and staying motivated visit NHS Choices Couch to 5k section at http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx and ask for advice and share tips on the forum http://couchto5k.healthunlocked.com/

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Laura. Welcome to Week 5 of the NHS choices Couch to 5K Plan.

0:11.0

There are three different runs in Week 5 and this is the podcast for the second.

0:17.0

By now you should have recently completed the podcasts for weeks one to four and also the first run of week 5. If you haven't done all this then you

0:27.0

may find this too difficult. Firstly you can start with your brisk five-minute

0:32.2

warm- up walk.

0:33.4

Off you go.

0:34.3

Today you're going to do eight minutes of running

0:40.9

then five minutes of walking and another eight minutes running.

0:45.0

You'll be taking fewer recovery breaks than on previous runs, so make sure you pace

0:50.3

yourself properly.

0:52.2

And remember, by this stage of the plan you've already proved

0:55.3

to yourself that you can do it. The challenge today is more mental than physical.

1:00.3

For now, keep on with the warm-up walk. I'm going to go. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

1:24.0

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2:15.0

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