Couch to 5k

Well done to you both @SoftIce @BetterOffNow
The main thing is that you're both doing it, I wouldn't worry about distance.

I've had a phone call from the GP, blood results show that my cholesterol has come down! I am so happy that me running has actually made a difference! I think because I can't physically see anything happening to my body then i've been a bit negative and not enjoying the runs, but I feel much better knowing that it is working. I just need to keep thinking that whilst im running, it'll give me a boost!

I'm doing 25 min runs now and covering 2.7km max so it's going to take me about 50 mins to run 5k when I get there! I guess the more I do the faster I'll get, but when I finish C25K I may have to choose between running 30 mins and running 5k on some days depending on how much time I have!

Just finished Week 6, Day 2.

On Saturday, when I did Week 6, Day 1 (5,8,5), I ran in the morning and felt quite shaky after the 8 minute run. Even though I had breakfast? I managed to finish the workout but it scared me a little bit. But now I'm back to afternoon runs and it's fine.

I am REALLY slow though. I counted steps today and including warm-up and cool-down the workout was only 4.5k steps for me, so I think maybe around 3.6k metres? That's pretty far off 5k...

Week 6 run 2 completed.
Tomorrow is a 25 minute run, not too sure how I'm feeling about that

Managed to squeeze in week 6 run 1 this morning, didn't feel top bad!

I started in Jan with a local running club, Im 60, arthritic in knees and hips, severe asthma but i'm up to the end of week 4. Week 5 tonight but it's a big step up from running 5 mins to 8, I honestly don't think I can make that jump.

I'm pretty slow and my lung capacity will always hamper my progress but it has definitely improved since I started, as has my overall fitness. Im really enjoying it but can't see me managing a 5k without stopping in the middle.

@Riverz I had a similar problem. Slowing down really helps!
@ILoveCatsAndKittens Yay, well done! 👏💐I just did it over here. We still have snow, so it is lovely.

I definitely prefer the shorter runs with breaks though, it feels more like an achievement when I'm checking things off a list. Weeks 7+ are all long runs, I feel like you don't really need an app for that. Week 6 looks good though!

Run 3 of week 5 done. Not going to lie, I did find it a little hard, but then its not meant to be easy! Had the wind blowing against me again majority of the way.

Better, or rather improving thank you!

The tendon near ankle getting a bit funny though

I’ve been going since September last year and I completely gave up on the app last week and just started running for as long as I felt able to run (3-5 mins) then walk for 30-60 seconds then run again. I was struggling for some reason with the entire thing and can’t ever seem to progress past running for more than 5 mins at a time and this was getting me down as I wasn’t able to move up to the next stage.

I did one 5k run which took me 45 mins as I got hungry and got the shakes, and struggled then I did another 5k when I wasn’t hungry which took me 39 mins! I never thought I could do this. I am using my heart rate to indicate when to start running again around 130bpm so I think I am probably just interval training now. I am not sure I have the lung capacity to do a 5k without stopping or slowing, and it could be my natural running pace is just too fast and I need to slow down so I will try going a lot slower next time and see if I can walk less but I think I have got further without the C25K pressures on me of the timings!

I've just done run 2 of week 5 and it wasn't too bad.

I only realised yesterday that the programme is 9 weeks, I thought it was 12 for some reason.

I guess we'll both see on Thursday. 😄

Finished week 3 today. Start week 4 on Wednesday

Well done! Ideally id like to do the same, run every other day, but I cant unfortunately.

Had a nosey for run 2 and 3 of this week, oh my goodness run 3 is running for 20 minutes?! Am I really ready??!!!

Well done! I did it yesterday (in slow motion 😄). I'm trying to run consistently every second day.

Week 5 run 1 complete, felt good today as it was three longer runs. I prefer less runs as it feels the session is completed quicker.

That's excellent, well done x

Well done! When are you doing run 1 of week 5? I will be doing it Monday. Its annoying as I can't run on friday, Saturday or Sunday, so thats three days off in a row.

Week 4 is done. I did it properly this time round so I'm quite optimistic about Week 5!

Yaayyy! Good luck tomorrow!

PS. I'm doing Week 4, Day 3 tomorrow, so we are almost on the same schedule!

@ILoveCatsAndKittens
I think that can be a good idea. (I love that C25k is so flexible.) A couple of weeks ago, I struggled with Week 4 but continued on anyway and then of course failed the subsequent weeks. I think redoing days until you feel super comfortable is probably better. When I went back to Week 4 to restart the programme I told myself I would only continue once I can run it really comfortably three times in a row.

I've done week 4 run 3 today and feel I might do one more before going to week 5.

Oh sorry, I didn't see that there was this active thread and posted on an old one. Anyway, I am repeating Week 4 after progressing too quickly but have now figured out that if I run really, really slowly, it actually feels really easy. That realisation has been wonderful. 😄