5K Running for Beginners
Build a couch-to-5K plan with walk-run intervals, pacing targets, gear basics, and race-day prep.
Who this is for
New runners aiming for their first 5K race
Choose a task
Assess current fitness
Choose a 5K training plan
Pick running shoes
Schedule three runs per week
Workflows
Choose a guide that matches your task.
Running for Beginners Guide
Free step-by-step running for beginners for new runners. Plan running for beginners with calculators and checklists covering health check and gear, follow.
Marathon Training
Marathon training plan workflow with weekly mileage progression, pace zone calculations, long run scheduling, taper timing, and race-day fueling strategies.
Sports Nutrition Plan
Free step-by-step sports nutrition plan for athletes. Plan sports nutrition plan with calculators and checklists covering calculate energy needs, set macro.
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Calculate average pace per kilometer and mile plus speed from one entered distance and elapsed time. Transparent constant-pace arithmetic, not a race predictor.
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Calculate a user-entered heart-rate-reserve percentage range with the Tanaka age-estimated maximum. Shows formula and limits; never prescribes training zones.
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Calculate adult BMI from metric or imperial height and weight. See CDC screening categories, formula steps, and limitations without treating BMI as a diagnosis.
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Compare adult BMR equations and a selected activity-multiplier TDEE scenario without generating calorie, macro, or meal prescriptions.
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Compare adult beverage water with National Academies total-water Adequate Intake references while keeping food water and individual needs explicit.
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Reproduce mean kilometre/mile pace and speed from one completed source-owned race result and retained event distance, with an optional same-result displayed-pace comparison—without creating targets, splits, predictions or training advice.
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Convert a user-selected energy total and carbohydrate, protein, and fat percentages into calories and grams with adult AMDR context.
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Estimate adult basal metabolic rate with Mifflin–St Jeor, revised Harris–Benedict, or Katch–McArdle, plus a clearly labeled activity-multiplier TDEE scenario.
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Estimate adult body-fat percentage with a sex-specific U.S. Navy circumference equation, explicit measurement guidance, unit conversion, and non-diagnostic limitations.
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