5K Training!!

Okay, so here it is: a six week training schedule.  I have based this on us running on May 12 (a Mother's Day run??).  This one is in time, rather than distance.  We will slowly work our running times higher, so that we are ready for week 1 on March 31!!

WEEK ONE: MAR 31-APR 6	Activity
SUN	RUN 1 MIN, WALK 2 MIN.  REPEAT 7 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 1 MIN, WALK 1 MIN.  DO 10 TIMES
WED	REST
THURS	RUN 2 MIN, WALK 4 MIN. DO 5 TIMES
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
WEEK TWO: APR 7-APR 13
SUN	RUN 2 MIN, WALK 4 MIN.  DO 5 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 3 MIN, WALK 3 MIN.  DO 4 TIMES
WED	REST
THURS	RUN 3 MIN, WALK 3 MIN.  DO 4 TIMES
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
WEEK THREE: APRIL 14-APRIL 20
SUN	RUN 5 MIN, WALK 3 MIN. DO 3 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 7 MIN, WALK 2 MIN.  DO 3 TIMES
WED	REST
THURS	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN.  DO 3 TIMES
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
WEEK FOUR: APRIL 21-APRIL 27
SUN	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN. DO 3 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN. DO 3 TIMES
WED	REST
THUR	RUN 10 MIN, WALK 2 MIN  DO 2 TIMES, THEN RUN FOR 5 MIN
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
WEEK FIVE: APRIL 28-MAY 4
SUN	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN.  DO 3 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 9 MIN, WALK 1 MIN.  DO 3 TIMES
WED	REST
THURS	RUN 12 MIN, WALK 2 MIN.  DO 2 TIMES, THEN RUN 5 MIN
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
WEEK 6: MAY 5-MAY 11
SUN	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN. DO 3 TIMES
MON	REST
TUES	RUN 15 MIN, WALK 1 MIN.  DO 2 TIMES
WED	REST
THURS	RUN 8 MIN, WALK 2 MIN. DO 3 TIMES
FRI	REST
SAT	REST
RACE DAY	12-May
SUN	5 KM!!!

**Schedule taken from runnersworld.uk

**You should be able to run almost 20 minutes at a time, but remember not to exhaust yourself before walking.  Keep the walk breaks to 1 minute during race day. **