Couch to 5k- Cage your inner chimp and get started!

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A thread for those thinking of starting, just starting, making good progress or finish the c25k. For all abilities and stages, come and join us for support and advice, we're a lovely bunch!

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I can get a long-sleeve running top from sports direct pretty cheap I think. Will have a look, thank you!. Constant running from next week?? Yikes.

Do you use biological washing detergent? When I use non-bio it doesn't seem to get sweat out of stuff but bio does the trick. I wear a long sleeved top and a sleeveless jacket, I get a bit warm towards the end.

I stopped using bio when ds2 developed eczema. I would prefer to use it on my and dh's stuff because we stink but it would be a nightmare swapping between powders for us and the kids and the towels etc etc. Don't want to spend a fortune if I can avoid it so hoping that a long sleeve top will do the trick, with perhaps a jacket if dh will let me. Like this one and this one. Or is both overkill?

W7 R2 done. Didn't fancy it much, work was crappy but ate almost a full bag of mini eggs today and had to do it. Glad I did.

Well done UsedTo. That's one of the things I love about running, it de-stresses like nothing else I know.

lookout I wear one of these with a running jacket either from Karrimor or this one I bought when I was feeling extravagant here.

lookout those look good, I wear this one without the sleeves :)

Mine is more like that HalleLouja but I just bought a bike top which is like the one you linked to lookout. It's a bit warm for me on it's own most of the time but I wore it Sunday morning when we had a hard frost and it was perfect.

Thanks all. Am gonna get a long sleeve top and regular running jacket. Kind of tempted by the lightweight running jacket that Run linked but my budget isn't gonna stretch that far. Hopefully the others will do

Not managed to do any running this week until today. My DS has been ill with tonsilitis plus it was his birthday Wednesday and I worked overtime yesterday, so been pushed for time. If I don't go running in morning I don't feel like doing it any later.
So I got out this morning and continued onto week 2 even though I probably should have just had one more go at week 1. First 2 runs were slugglish but I got into my stride for last 4 runs and mnaged to do it all. Hopefully next week will go smoother.

Sounds like you've done well in a busy week FeliciaHardy!

Managed w6r2 today but it was hard work. Am actually quite anxious about run 3 as it's 25m continuous. Am really tempted to re-do r2 before even attempting r3.

You did w6r2 and you'll do r3 lookout, believe

Eye of the tiger lookout

W7 R3 for me today - 25 straight eeeeep

UsedTo what app are you using? I have to do 25m straight on my next run which is w6r3. Tomorrow. Yikes. My heel is hurting today though. I seem to have more trouble with my feet now the distances are longer. Not sure whether to see the doc or go to the running shop. Good luck for everyone running today

Lookout I would try the running shop.

I have now finished. Though the last week and a bit I have been running just over 1/2 hour and managed to run 5k the other day in a very slow time.

Am thinking of another week of running with out a programme and then onto the improvers 5k. Decisions decisions.

Hi lookout, it's a 10k one for iPhone by clearskyapps, 10k Runner.

The first 8 weeks are a 5k trainer, awarding incremental distance badges along the way. Wk8 is 28, 30 & 35min runs. Run 3 @ 35min being the one that 'awards' you your 5k badge. By end of wk14 you should be running around 10k straight in about an hour.

That is an interesting one. Did you do a 5k one first?

Will pop into the running shop this afternoon I think.

No, I did a c25k before a few years ago, not an app, it was printed off one of the websites (I think Race for Life?). I then fell off the running wagon for a good 18mo-2y and so was starting from scratch again this time.

This 10k one is designed to be used by total novices from w1r1 and so it seemed like a good option as personally, I'm much more interested in (and comfortable at) distance than speed. Completing the 5k but doing it faster doesn't grab me. I want the stamina and psychological ability presented by the challenge of distance.

I need to get to 10k by June. Am thinking its doable even at my slow pace.

Not sure if I should try and increase my speed first and then work on distance. I can't go much slower so may keep at the 5k for the next few weeks and then move on at the end of March. That would give me nearly 10 weeks to get to 10k.

Halle, mine takes you from sofa to 5k in 8wks and then 5k to 10k in a further 6wks, so I should think your goal of 10wks is doable even if you need to repeat runs or break the training up a bit.

And yes, I'm slow too! I 'run' on a treadmill, so I know the speed is a paltry 8kph.

Right, the running shop advised I repeat weeks for a bit, or alternated one session that pushes me with one that I know I can do easily. Do that for a couple of weeks and see how my feet are. Problem is I cannot bear the thought of staying on week 6 of the NHS program as I'm fed up to the back teeth of the music. Does anyone know an app I can get which lets me use my own music and input my own intervals?

A case of too much, too soon, lookout ? That's a shame. The 10k app I use allows own music but not own intervals (there's a 5k version).

When I ran before, I didn't use an app and used to set my stopwatch on prev android mobile with the intervals pre-run and listened to my music as usual through headphones, the alarms cut through the music. Not sure if my iPhone stopwatch allows similar settings to be done, probably does.