Couch to 5K - Run 1 done...

@mama4321 oh no! But every little bit adds up. I have only gone a tiny bit further each time but over the last 3 runs that has added up! Yes w8 r3 tomorrow and then onto week 9!

What have people used after completing C25k? A different app to track distance and calories etc? I think my dh used runkeeper when he did the marathon. Any other recommendations?

Just to add.
I'm doing the BBC one!

Week 1-3 doable.
Week 4.. failed. I hated those intervals like nothing else.
Week 5. R 1 and 2 achievable but I thought 2 × 8 mins was going to kill me.. how on earth was I going to do 20mins running (therefore I repeated week 4 again. And failed. Agai.
Week 5 R3... how on earth did I run for 20 mins.. how. Was I hallucinating.

Week 6. R1. Intervals. Meant to have been easy. Hahahahaha. Not.

Hi all!
I'm glad I found this.
I started couch to 5k before I was pregnant but never made it past week 5 run 2.
Yesterday I completed week 6 run 1!

Just looking at fitness watches so i can eventually start my timer at the beginning of the run without faffing around with my armband and phone.

Well done to all others doing it!

Well @choc27 W8R2 this morning. I thought about my stride length and thought I had increased it and was sure I was going faster. Last run 3.6km. This run 3.7km At least it was a small change in the right direction but I was mildly disappointed. I think i'll just go back to not thinking about it at all!
Good luck for tomorrow. Can't believe next week is the last.

@DivisionBelles @Aimee99 I had a shocker W4R2. Legs like lead, really struggled....but Run 3 was bloody fantastic. I was shocked how different it felt, just 2 days apart.

I'm finding running first thing in the morning works best for me. Every time I run later I feel heavier, more tired and often realise halfway through I need the loo and that is not good!!

Despite my knickers trying to sabotage my run I managed to complete week 5 run 2. I quite enjoyed it, apart from the continual pulling up of pants and leggings.

I just did W4R2. After Monday's failed attempt, I wasn't looking forward to it, but I slowed right down, covered my calves in white Tiger Balm before I went out and I actually did it. At one point, I didn't want to stop running and start walking again. Gives me confidence for R3 on Friday, although depending on how I get on, I may repeat it before moving to W5.

Just did w5r2 but the app crashed near the beginning of the second run so I had to just keep going until I was sure I'd done 8 mins. Which made me super slow . I'm tempted to repeat so I head to the dreaded 20 min with a more positive attitude

Hi! Joining in :)
Week 3 Run 2 done today. Havent exercised 4 years and I wanted to vomit after the first 60 seconds in week one and now quite shocked I can run for 3 mins. Scared of Week 4 though.

Week 3 run 1 done today. Mega slow still but getting quicker. Can’t believe I can run for 3 minutes now when 1 minute seemed so long in week 1

W4R3 this morning. It was COLD at 8 but I loved it and really noticed today that I am getting fitter.

Feeling excited for week 5 but a bit scared!!!

Well done @choc27. Thant's a great distance. with a couple more minutes still to add next week. I only did 3.6km in the run part of W8R1, and I'm not sure about going faster, but I was thinking about my stride length towards the end and I think I could reasonably easily make it slightly longer which would help. We'll see tomorrow!

I’ve got the NHS c25k app, and last week was week 5 for me.

Run 1 - 3x 5 minute runs with 3 mins in between
Run 2 - 5 mins run, 3 mins walk, 8 mins run, 3 mins walk, 5 mins run (I actually ended up extending the last 5 min run to a 20 minute run because I was so scared of run 3)
Run 3 - 1 x 20 minute run ( I did a 25 minute run)

Week 6

Run 1 - same as week 5 run 2. To bring you back to Earth I think. Worked on me, I failed spectacularly despite having run over 20 mins twice the week before.
Run 2 - I did this yesterday. Remembered not to go too fast. Learned my lesson. 2 x 10 minute runs with 3 mins in between.
Run 3 - I’ll do this tomorrow. 1x 25 minute run.

I have learned that intervals are definitely harder in many ways!

@mama4321 I did w8r2 today and went a little bit faster! I ran 4.2km and am happy with that. Good luck for tomorrow!

I'm using the NHS app and listening to Laura. The jump to 20 minutes in week 5 is doable but scary and gives you a false sense of security for intervals in week 6. I actually think just running is easier as your body adjusts in the first five minutes and doesn't have to do it again.

W7r2 done, slower than the last but it was much hotter today and I was flagging in the last 5 minutes. No way was I speeding up for the last minute!

Legs are starting to tone up and my calves are rock hard!! Might measure the width of my thighs, waist etc rather than monitor weight loss.

Week 8! Well done, @mama4321

I’m doing something completely different because I’m doing whatever my Garmin tells me to. It started with a 5 minute calibration run, and then I guess it starts you wherever it thinks you should be in the programme, so I started with (walk 5 mins, run 5 mins)x3. I’ve just done my 3rd run (3 lots of 5 min runs with 2 mins walking between), and it actually felt much better today. I was really focussed on keeping my breathing slow which seems to have made a huge difference. But I have to do 3x 7 mins on Thursday which feels extreme

@TheFlis12345 I’m using the C25K one from ZenLabs, must just be a different variation. Seems to be a bit of a mix in these few weeks but then they all end up the same at the end

Thank you @JonHammIsMyJamm that's interesting - more of a steady build up to the longer runs. Just different people's ideas I suppose. Still the program seems to work whichever form of it people are following which is the main thing. I guess by week 8 we are all back in sync.

I have W8R2 tomorrow and can't believe I have come so far

@mama4321, you could be right re being taken back to intervals and not doing too much too soon.

That’s the same app I have, @TheFlis12345

@mama4321, it ramps up in w6.

6/1 = 10r/5w/10r
6/2 = 10r/3w/10r
6/3 = 15r/3w/5r

w7

7/1 = 20r (no walk break)
7/2 = 20r (no walk break)
7/3 = 25r (no walk break)

Obviously each of the above schedules also includes 5min walking warm ups & cool downs.

In my head I had thought you were taken back to intervals in W6, because with all the excitement of running 20 mins in W5 that people might be tempted to push themselves too far too fast. So it was a kind of bringing you back to earth, and keeping progress steady sort of thing.

But that's maybe just my thinking

@titsbumfannythelot

How weird! This is 5/3 on the original C25K app:

So what happens in week 6 @ JonHammIsMyJamm ? There must be a leap to long runs somewhere? I had 2 days of running/walking in W6 then a 25 minute run.

W7 all 25 minute runs, and now on W8 28 minute runs.
W9 will be 30 mins.