New year C25K. Anyone care to join me?

Mind if I join? I was meant to do W8 R1 on Sunday but I keep putting it off, I need a kick up the arse! I didn't much enjoy W7, but I'm doing two Race for Life's (Races for Life?! Neither of those sounds right) this summer and I'm determined to run the entire things with no walking!

Captain, I really need to thank you for giving me a thread to kick me through. It is weird how some weeks are easy and some are hideous.

I'm on a bit of a messy week 7/fortnight (getting bored, and quitting after just over 20 mins), but Laura (NHS app) was astonishing to get me this far.

Welcome all the newbies. 5k still seems a distant finishing line...on to week 8 (or maybe I'll do week 7 another time)....

Woooop week four day three done! Feels weird to think I'm halfway...

I've got my eye on a local 10k race in September. I said last year that I wanted to do it this year and I'm starting to think it might actually be possible!

Welcome to the newbies! Well done on keeping going.
Yay bwatch! We're proper runners now!
I had a crazy moment and signed up to the great south run last night . I struggled to get round parkrun yesterday so don't know what the fuck I was thinking!!

I'm also going to go do my first parkrun next Saturday morning...

Hello!
I've just come across this thread so thought I'd join in. I have started c25k several times and not managed to get past week 2 before. Now I'm on week 4 and loving it. Run 3 tomorrow morning... I've signed up to do Race for Life in five weeks and I'm determined to run the whole thing.

I should add, a very slow 5k runner!!

There R8W3 done.
I am now a 5k runner (phew).

I didn't start until 20th March but I'll be doing W7 R1 tomorrow!

W8R2 done yesterday and I ache today. Where are you all??? X

Wk8R1 done but I will NEVER eat chips on a run day again

@BWatchWatcher thanks for the rocket, I dodged out on Sunday in favour of trying to get back to my normal routine (figured I find it easier to stick to that way so better back to routine sooner than later). So today was W7R3 and my 11yo came with me and scooted alongside. He talked so much I barely noticed my legs were sore til 20 mins in! Pace is getting back to where I was before Easter so feeling better on the whole.

@Tsotofamily good to see you're back. Don't go too hard on yourself to start with and I'm sure you'll be fine, take care and good luck!!

@Mallowmarshmallow id love to have the confidence to run around London, it would be such a fab place to explore while Laura makes me suffer another 25mins hahaha! Enjoy!

@Madcats keep going, you can do it!

@Deianira lake Geneva, wow. Sounds amazing! Hope your run went well xx

Well done on another Parkrun @Iwannasnack you're awesome, keep going. How's the 5-10k plan? Is that Nhs too??

Keep going everyone, sorry those I've missed, you're all doing so well just getting out there to start with. Remember, you don't have to go fast, you just have to go xxxxxx

Glad to see everyone's still going. I started 5-10K this week so moving on! Did my 4th park run this week and it's getting easier and easier each time. Faster too. I'm seriously considering signing up for the great south run but will see if can get to 10K first. This is about the 3rd time I've attempted the program over the years and still can't believe I'm actually doing it. If I can do it anyone can so keep at it.

@madcats now I'm trying to increase my distance I've stopped my usual routes and just run in one direction until the app tells me I'm half way. Would that help?

I haven't quite wandered off, but have had a really hectic week (and was away for a couple of days), so haven't been out since the last one... aiming for tomorrow morning to resume (or tonight if I can escape work early, but that's looking unlikely). Do hold me to it!

I would run around London - I love running in new places when I'm away (my highlight was around Lake Geneva!), it's a great way to explore! Just make sure you've worked out a route and a vague idea of how you'll avoid getting lost first.

Mallow I have no idea how to use a treadmill and would quite possibly fall off. I suppose trying it somewhere you are unlikely to return is a good strategy!
I do enjoy having a good nose around when running though. Are you anywhere near Hyde Park? That's a nice place to explore (as are many of the London parks). Or maybe run along the Southbank (though that is probably busy)

My extended week 7 isn't really going to plan (I think this is my 4th run - I keep misjudging distance and finding myself temptingly close to home after about 20 minutes and giving up).

Good luck with the next run Tsoto.

Hi all

I'm staying in a (naice) hotel in London on Tuesday night so have the choice of having a run on a treadmill or around London, which would you choose?

I've never run on a treadmill before.

Glad to see ur all still going. I'm going to get out and do a run tomorrow after 3 or 4 weeks off due to my ankle. Not sure where I should start might see how long I can manage first thename walk for few mins before finishing the rest (aiming for 28 mins running in total)

Oh, I have become a bit of a slacker. What with skipping Easter I coped with wk7r1...then missed a week and wondered why I was struggling with r2. I convinced myself it was okay to give up after 20 minutes' running, rather than jog up and down to where I needed to be.

Well done to Bwatch. I should have gone back too, I suspect.

I need to get my butt a kick so I can do a 5k in June.

A very belated hello to After and Deian who might have wandered off. Please keep going with this. It really does make a difference.

W7D2 re done today.
How are we doing folks?

I re-did the last bit of W6 today as I thought that doing W7 and 25 minutes after such a long break was setting me up to fail. It went ok!
Sending the rocket 🚀 that helped me over to you @BazingaBaby!

Gahhh @BazingaBaby I was the same.
We went away for Easter and spent a lot of time sitting on my butt and not running.
I did bring my running stuff though with me :) but there was nowhere to run.
I have a 3 mile 'fun run' in just over a week.
Gahhhh
Running tomorrow as it's dark now.
Stupid dark.

Hi guys!! Have been so busy over Easter I barely ran Actually have ended up feeling a bit crappy and missing it a lot. Did my first Wk7 run on Tuesday and failed miserably. Stopped after 5mins and walked for a minute before running again but just couldn't keep myself going Wk7R2 today and felt much better although pace was shockingly slow I will get back on track though and not give up, can you send a rocket to shift me on Sunday? Hahaha.

You're all doing so fab, will catch up properly when I get a few more minutes but keep it up!!

Ran again today - w5r1! Bizarrely, I even got up early to do it, which is very unlike me (I usually run on days when I work at home so can go just before lunch). This is a run I like - although they're hard at the time, I prefer fewer intervals, as the stop-start things are oddly harder for me. I know what's looming at the end of w5, however, so might stay on this one a while...