Question about C25K please..

[Boomf]

So I'm about to start week 7. Gulp. I'm doing a different one to the NHS programme so tomorrow is the day I have to run 20 minutes solid. Today I ran 15 mins then walked for 3 and ran for a further 5.

I've come up against a mental block. I can't possibly run for 20 minutes without stopping can I ? I managed just fine today but an inner voice keeps telling me I could stop or that something surely must be hurting.

I'm 43, I'm probably half a stone overweight and I'm no exercise nut.

Tell me I can do it ?

Boomf what are you on about? of course you can do it!

Really though, you have built up to this - the program is not made to fail you - so basically do as you are told, trust that you have done the training and you will do it. I am 42 and 2 stone overweight. I can definitely do it. Go for it and report back.

See that little negative voice in your head? We all have that. And that's the only thing you have to beat. Do you listen to music or podcasts while you run? I find those help to drown out that voice.