Couch to 5K- join us if you dare, running is highly addictive!!

Well Done Hairtwiddler!! That's great!

I'm also uming and ahhing about signing up for a 10km race in 3 months time and need to get training for that!

Hi Lazy. Yes interested in this too. Just over a week until I graduate!

Hi, I have just completed the couch to 5km and was wondering if anyone can recommend a further podcast to get me up to 10km?
I really loved the pace and routine of the NHS podcasts and Laura was a fab motivator and I am trying to find something similar!?
Thanks x

Thanks pennygallops. Ill look into where I can get this done. Don't want to be causing myself an injury before I get into it. I've had shin & knee pain after every run but tends to improve after a rest day. This time though pain just seems to be spreading rather than easing off.

I recommend getting your gait analysed... You run on a treadmill for about a minute, whilst your feet and lower leg is filmed. This is watched in slow-motion and a good shop can then fit the trainers for the way you run. Then they repeat the filming.

Hi all!

Fantastic news Drama! Good luck with week 3!

That's brilliant penny, hope the pain continues to stay away.

I had a bit of a blip on Saturday with Week 7 Day 2...was tired and didn't really want to go but made myself but by the time I got out the earlier rain had given way to scorching sun so I was far too hot before I even started and there were loads of people out and about along the route, which I am not used to. I also had to carry my phone and car key, which I don't like doing and at one point nearly dropped my phone and then thought I had paused the RunDouble app and had no idea how long I had been running for so ended up walking for about 4 mins in the middle of the 25 I should have been running non-stop.

However, I am just trying to look at the positives...in the past I wouldn't have gone at all when I didn't really feel like it and it would have been easy to just walk all the way back rather than start running again after I had stopped but I didn't, so I am proud of myself for that. I also then realised that I was due my period and I do tend to struggle with a bit of an energy dip around that time so didn't do too badly really. So onwards and upwards!!

There is a 2 mile novice race on bridleways and footpaths round a local strawberry farm tomorrow night, which I am planning to do. My kind of terrain and the perfect distance for where I am in the programme at the moment so hoping that will give me a bit of a boost and enthuse me all over again for the last couple of weeks of C25K.

Had crap run on Monday. W2 r3 & ended up walking one of the runs. Was planning on repeating if before moving on to week 3 but next run should be tomorrow & my shins & knee is killing me still. Have been told its probably my trainers (years old Skechers that I bought on the basis that they were pink with silver glittery bits!) am planning to have one or two more rest days to avoid doing further damage. Can anyone recommend decent, not too expensive trainers for running at this level?

All you newbies are doing really well, you'll be amazed how quickly you progress.
Tested the injury a bit tonight. Managed 5k in 33mins - 6 mins off my BP! But I'm (almost) pain-free and I had a few spurts of pace.

Hello again everyone, just checking in to say I did Week 2 Run 3 today. So next time I have to run for three minutes...

Also, for those who may be wondering, I got the all clear today from my breast scare. I am so relieved!

Thank you so much to everyone for your good wishes, the support was much appreciated.

Now I can forget about it & get on with the plan. Roll on Week 3!

That's what I said , half way through Wk five is half way

27 runs in all so half way is 13.5 runs in , which is half way through the second run in Wk five !

But we didn't run weeks 0-1.
Forget the weeks for a while.
How many runs?
Where do we get to half of that? (week 5 by my maths)

But I could easily get it wrong - tho in the rain day before yesterday I was calculating how much faster I was running than walking by counting slugs and snails. According to the slug-snail scale, I walk faster than I run

Dingle Nope, week 3 is very short. I got caught by that as well! Never fear, week 4 gets longer again!

I really am dense aren't I However, have just dne w4 r2 and on my first 3m run I didn't hear my nice chp say 'walk now' so blithely continued until I heard 'jog now'. I had therefore run for 4 m 30 without realising flapped a bit but just walked for 2m and ran for three to catch up sort of thing. V impressed with myself. I did think bugger, this 3 minutes is going slowly!!

eminemmerdale - only if you run at a constant speed. If you run twice as quickly, you will cover twice the distance!

distance = speed x time

Hi all I'm a c25k newbie, done w1r2 this morning and I'm loving it! I am very unfit and overweight, I am combining this with calorie counting and gym workouts. I have to lose around 2 stone in 6 weeks so I can start fertility treatment.

I am actually amazed at just how much extra ground is covered when I jog compared to a walk - even at my really slow jog pace.

When I completed C25K earlier in the year, it was only by my last run of week 9 that I reached 5K. You definitely get faster/run for longer with every run.

Timed yes but likely different people will run/walk at different speeds. I think the idea of the plans is to first build up stamina in terms of time you can run.

emin but each week you increase the amount you run. You cover more distance when you run in comparison to walking so if you run for more minutes then you will cover more distance.

Also, as you get fitter you will cover more distance.

Plus everyone's different, so you and I could do the same "run" and cover quite different distances.

Someone who is relatively fit will run 5km in 30 mins, hence c25k. Though plenty of people will get to the last week and not actually be running 5km.

Ok, so explain to me please! The runs/walks are timed yes? So surely they must all be the same distance?

Just completed W3r1 and I was quite saddened when it seemed to finish early. Did I miss something, I was all prepared to do around 32 mins like previous weeks and it seemed to end on about 25 mins.

I feel I slow my pace down slightly on the first run of the week, thinking I cannot push myself to hard in case I fail. I burnt less calories and covered less distance than w2r3!

Can I join as a near graduate? I did week 8 run 2 today and with warm up and cool down walks I crossed the 5k barrier! I'm still not running 5k though, probably nearer to 4. Today I ran for 30minutes but towards the last five I had to keep stopping and shaking my feet as they went numb. Does this happen to anyone else? I've had the problem occasionally and physio says likely comes from back issues.

Loving it though. I never thought I'd get this far! Planning to do race for life in Newcastle next month.

Hello all , I did Wk 4 r 1 and bloidy Hell it was a struggle . Day off tomorrow from running but I might go on the cross trainer . Good idea or not ?
I am just a bit frustrated that I am finding it hate after managing so well . Maybe I need to start the whole thing again

Fwiw , I would think half way would be half way through Wk five .

Well done everyone for keeping going !

Sorry for moaning .

It's definitely the scary thought when you see what you are expected to do that is worse than actually doing it!

I'm another one shredding and running. Crazy right? But am sure the shred is helping me run.

Did w3r1 today. Was scared but ran 3 minutes. Fairly easily. I think the buildup was worse. Prefer this week as there's not as much stopping and starting and the time goes faster.

I haven't lost a pound but I do feel thinner.