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Couch To 5K discussion thread (discussion of other programs welcome too!)
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backspacer wrote: »Woohoo finished W9D3 last night, can't believe i finished the programme, feel feckin' great!!
Congratulations! That's brilliant
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w1d2 complete!
I discovered I had accidentally set the track speed to half speed last time. So instead of 1min run 1.5 walk I was doing double! :rolleyes: I was wondering why they seemed so long :rolleyes:
But it does mean that even though I stopped this 6 months ago, I'm not starting off entirely from 0 again like last time
Today was easy by comparison! :D 0 -
Before Christmas I started this only got as far as w2 d2 when the bad weather set in. I bought a treadmill it got delivered yesterday so today was my fresh start no excuses no weather excuses no I have no one to mind the kids. I stupidity thought id just start at w2 d1 big mistake now I finished but was in bits at end even threw up I cant believe how much harder it was on a treadmill compared to outside. On Monday im going to go back to w1 obviously im not fit at all but I need to change that I have 2 lil girls to be fit for and set an example to wish me luck and please tell me running on a treadmill gets easier
Your doing great by starting back, and this does push you a little further than your comfort zone, but just be careful not to push yourself too hard. The tredmill is great, but its easy to force yourself to run at a certain speed on your tredmill. That might be why you felt it was so tough.
When your running outside you run at what pace feels okay for you and thats fine. Your supposed to focus on running the periods of time for each week and worry about speed at the end as that will just come naturally.
Your doing great I would just be careful that maybe you should just be aware of your speed on the tredmill in case you have it too fast for you 0 -
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I started Week Two today.
I'm starting from a fitness level of absolutely ZERO, but have a 5k lined up in March, and a 10k in April, and I am going to do them.
Enjoying the program so far, I have to say. I love actually getting out and doing the runs, as in, when I have time to spare, I don't find it at all difficult to get up off my arse and head out - the problem for me is finding the time.
I've now realised that finding the time isn't going to happen because the time isn't there. I need to make the time, i.e. get up much earlier in the mornings. So that's what I'll be doing from now on, because I will not get to 10k by April otherwise.
This program seems to have worked for so many people. No reason it won't work for me. 0 -
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Yup, the St Patricks Day 5k is organised, can't see a whole lot of info up about it yet.
And my 10k is the Great Ireland Run in April - link is here.
Definitely the best thing you can do is set targets like that, it keeps you focused anyways on what you want to accomplish. Did my first 5k new years day and am contemplating now the best 10k race to run as well. So if i can do it anyone can.0 -
Such a pity about the closure here
Im going to start posting properly in the c25k thread in the fitness logs forum.
Before I go though I wanted to ask what people think the next step after C25K is? Do most people move on to bridge to 10K? And if so do you start off at the start of that programme or jump in at a certain week?
Im thinking that I will try to work on getting my 5K up to 30 minutes maybe before moving on to 10K as my running is very slow. Just curious as to what options are out there, as I feel like I may not keep my running up if I don't have a programme to follow!!0 -
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Not sure whether this thread is going to be moved elsewhere or locked/deleted so I just wanted to say a big big Thank You! to everyone who contributed to this thread, posted about their own C25K experience, and supported me and others along the way.
To Rainbow Kirby and Dolliemix the great mentors of this thread, I wouldn't have kept going without your advice and encouragement. And to Melia, who would have thought when you set up this thread (after our late night conversation!) that it would have become so successful! This thread has inspired many people, even non-food diary posters to start the C25K programme.
Without the amazing support that the thread brought I definitely would have given up. Knowing that other people had completed the programme successfully kept me going too.
Before this programme I had never jogged before, thinking that it was something that fit or skinny people did! To have come out the other side having jogged 40 mins straight is something that I am immensly proud of having achieved.
Thank you all again, and hope to see you at some race together in the future!:):):):):D:D:D:D:D 
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Well myself and the girlfriend started C25K last night, never taught i'd be saying this but i loved it
It's exactly 5k to inchydoney beach from the house so our goal is to have the fitness to such a level for the summer that we can run to the beach, chill there for a bit and run home again 0 -
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