Couch to 5k

@SoftIce that's fab, well done. You generally either got speed or distance, it's not the easiest to get better at both, at the same time.

@ILoveCatsAndKittens is super fast! You are my role model. 😄

Congratulations @TomCat24 ! I ran 7.36k today, but in 60-minutes (first day of last week of my follow-up programme). The first 5k took 41 minutes, so not faster than my best 5k time (40 minutes) but weirdly over the whole 60 minutes I was also not slower. At the end of C25k I ran 3.5k in 30 minutes and now I ran a bit more than 7k in 60 minutes. So overall my pace has neither (significantly) increased nor decreased even though I now run for much longer. I don't get it. 😄

Good going with the 7k, well done!

Impressed with these sub-30 runs. My best is just under 32 mins. However, managed a 7k run this morning!

5k done in 28 mins 38 seconds.

Happy weekend running everyone!

5k done in 29 mins 35 sec, thats a second slower than yesterday! I had my running jacket on today as it was raining slightly when I started, rain stopped and I was sweating! Took it off in the end.

@SoftIce you will do it! Just keep on going.

@ILoveCatsAndKittens That's so cool. I haven't got any faster, unfortunately. My personal 5k best is still 40 minutes, but usually more like 42-43 minutes. I was hoping I would get faster but it hasn't happened yet! I'd love to run it in 30 eventually.

Morning all!
5k done this morning in 29 mins 34 seconds. Felt a tough one, I was determined to get my time under 30 mins today.
Run again tomorrow, I think i will slow down but run further.

@alino You are welcome! I'm in Week 3 now and to be honest the 1-minute breaks feel too short. I'm managing but on my last legs during the third run of each workout.

This seems to be a great way for me to start running (finally!) Your schedule is supposed to be easier to follow than I tried several times and quit running at all. Thanks for sharing!

Finally my ankle feels up to running again - I'm not sure whether to go out for 1/2 hour + see how far I get or go back to say C25K week 5 (I did get to week 8 a while back but haven't run for a while for various reasons...)

Really couldn't be bothered with my run this morning, dragged myself out and ended up doing 8k! Feel I am cheating by calling it a run, more of a jog! Completed in seconds over 50 minutes.

Thank you, I am really impatient so am rushing to get back to my times of 26 minutes but I know im not doing myself any good as I run out of puff!

Today felt alot more consistent, obviously paid off as it's ran an extra 1k no problem. I hadn't thought of what youve just said so thanks for this. I think i will prob continue to do 6k at a slower pace then hopefully like you said i will be able to quicken the pace for a 5k.

Well done. 👏

if you keep slowly increasing your distances you’ll soon be able to pick up the pace over shorter distances without feeling like you need to stop. Tbh the times you’re running now aren’t bad at all for a beginner.

Been for my run this morning, it feels like a habit now and i feel bad if i dont go! 5k completed in 31.29 minutes, carried on and did 6k in 37.30 minutes.

Morning all!
Took your advice and slowed right down. 5k done in just under 32 minutes, felt alot easier but I did find it hard keeping myself slow to start with.
Lovely spring sun run through the park, daffodils out, geese honking and squirrels foraging!

Thank you so much for this advice, i really do appreciate it! I have noticed that my first 2k I'm feeling great and end up going quite fast. I find it hard to keep at a consistent pace and end up so exhausted by the end.
I am going to do what you say, slow down! I do need to work on this!

You’re going quite fast for someone who has just completed C25k which is probably why you felt you needed to walk for 2 mins at 3k. My advice would be slow down. Stick at a pace you can complete the whole 5k at and then keep practicing. Once you can do the distance your pace will naturally start to increase as you get more used to running that distance. If you try to go too fast at first you won’t make the distance.

Morning!
Ive done my 5k but ended up stopping after 3k for a 2 minute walk then continued running the other 2k.
Did it in just over 29 mins but feel ive cheated a little.

I have done 5k within the 30 minutes but I felt so sick! So today I did it in 31 minutes.

At the minute i am focusing on keeping on running for 30 mins or pushing myself to the 5k mark, I will work on speed later on as I used to do 5k in around 26 minutes but that was a few years ago.

Yay! Well done you! Can I ask how far you manage in 30 minutes as I'm not on course to be anywhere near 5k at 25 minutes!

@ILoveCatsAndKittens Congratulations!!

Couch to 5k finished yesterday! I shall carry on running for 30 mins for a few weeks i think then move into the graduation programme.

Well done everyone who's doing this, and thank you for this space! Ive found its really helped to motivate me, reading other posters progress.

@Whataninterestinglookingpotato and @MamaBanana12 thank you for your encouragement on here! So good to see your successes!

I've done week 9 run 2 today. 30 minutes running, I managed just over 5k but my goodness it felt hard! The last 10 minutes I was constantly clock watching 🙈