Couch to 5K - Run 1 done...

I’ve just completed week 1. I’m very very overweight and was worrying about my knees but they are fine. I’m very very slow but already quicker than I was. Well done everyone

Not as impressive image as yours but I did it!!!

My watch should be here this week and I am geeking out about that a bit.

@resipsa congratulations!

I came on to say I also finished today. It was a very satisfying run. Somehow I wasn't aware that my last run was 40 mins! Even with the music being out of sync and the stress of running on pine needles underfoot which meant my ankles were aching I completed it.

I feel reluctant to progress because the leap from 5 to 10km is so vast but I am sure that it will come with time, practice and patience.

Also, I am still not worrying about time. I would like to being able to run distances and I know with time my time will improve.

Have a lovely run everyone.

@resipsa congratulations, you are an inspiration :) Thanks so much for starting this thread, it's been a real motivation for me to stick with the program!

Fantastic @resipsa!! Well done.

Just heading out now.

Congrats @respisa! Well done!

I'm on W8 with BlahBlah. Just finished R1 and - since I finally downloaded Strava this morning - I know that I covered 4.3km in 33mins (inc the 5 min warmup walk). I'm frankly just impressed that I made it 28mins, no matter how slow I went!

Congratulations @resipsa, I'm a week behind you albeit much slower.
I tried to increase my pace in the last 5 minutes, got all excited about reviewing my Strava but it said 'movement not detected'.
Was actually a lovely morning for a run in the quiet.

@resipsa ah nightmare about the parking. At least you have their route when they're not there to keep it up. Congratulations again.

Congratulations @resipsa, not only have you run 5k you've done it in a pretty decent time too. Park run once lock down is over?

Please can I join (late but enthusiastic!). I have finished week 1 and am surprised to have enjoyed it! I need to take it slowly because of dodgy knees so I'm sticking to 3 runs a week with yoga in between.

@resipsa congratulations on doing the whole thing!

Based on posts to this thread I've had a look at map my run and strava, I just want to measure how far I go and maybe plan a route, is there much difference between the two? Simpler is better, probably.

Congratulations @resipsa! Hopefully we can have a graduates thread soon

Thank you @Baseline2815! That's a really helpful take - and sounds v sensible :) I can't wait to do the next one! I have found myself really looking forward to the sessions and was itching to crack on today. It's such a good buzz. I don't think I would have done this in a pre- lockdown world - so it's good that something positive has come out of it.

@cannonball8726 I agree with your dh - you have to account for real-world conditions when you run outdoors: you slow down of it's slippery, or muddy; you cover fewer km if your run is uphill; you have to stop for traffic lights; you swerve to social-distance. You can add a little time at the end or just assume that it will all even out. Congrats on your 20mins!

Hello! Can I join in please and ask for advice? I did W5R3 today (so the 20 minute run) - annoyingly had to stop at some traffic lights (normally able to cross without using the lights as there haven't been many cars - but today loads) for I think 30 seconds. I ran 21 minutes in total to try and make up for it - but feel a bit deflated that I didn't do it properly :( should I repeat the run? My husband telling me not to bother but I'm not sure. Thanks!

And I'm loving C25K overall. Have never done it before but think running works v well now that I have a toddler - it's so time efficient. I used to go to the gym but it just takes up so much time that I'm unable to squeeze the gym into my days easily!

Well done @IGottaGetOuttaThisPlace that is so fab and really motivating to hear! I hope I get there one day!

Well I did 5k today after the encouragement to not worry about speed. It took me 44 minutes but I feel great!

Good luck to everyone else on here.

Late to the party but I’ll join in with this. I’ve done a bit of running over the last couple of days (I do mean a bit!) and am now going to download Couch to 5k.

W5r3 done, ran the full 20 minutes which I never thought I'd do even last week. Funny week 5 has felt good all the way through, week 4 was way more challenging. Still very slow, 3.6km today but pace was up without the interval walls. I do include the walk sections too so I suppose that takes my average down a bit. Nursing bra came good again today.

Joining in! This is my second attempt at couch to 5k - last time I started I was pregnant without knowing and had to stop 5 weeks in because I felt so awful all the time! This time I’ve just done week 6 run 3 so at a similar stage so some of you. I can’t believe I actually ran for 25 mins! It felt quite hard around the 10min mark and for some reason i included a long steep hill about half way in but I did it! So amazed as I really found the weeks with 5/8 min runs hard.

I think i covered 3.6k too - hoping I can somehow get that up to 5 but i feel like it’ll take me ages.

W3R2 done. Gorgeous morning for it. Even got my shorts on with no worries. I am so pale it's quite silly but one side effect of Lockdown appear to be that I give no shits any more. No make up either. It feels freeing.

I've found old running shorts I'm too fat for, I'm going to try and get in them this summer. I've not lost weight but my cake and gin to salad ratio is not good. Need to get back onto the 16:8 consistently because it works for me.

Had s good run, now blitzing the house as it's a pit of grim with 4 people.