couch to 5k

lindzjames1

Has anyone or is anyone doing the c25k program? I'm currently on week 4 and wanted to get some feedback on it.

kamorgozo

I'm doing it but I'm only on week 1. I started it a few years ago and got through week 4 or so but quit. I'm trying to take it pretty slow this time.

amysj303

I did this in June. I thought it was good, I downloaded the DJ beatsmith pod runner intervals, they were nice but all techno music so if the routine was the same it was the same music, so sometimes I would listen to my own music and use a stopwatch but I think there are aps that let you listen to your own music and then prompt you when to run and walk.
I got stuck around week 7 or 8 but I just kept repeating it until I could advance.
I thought it was so incredible when I could run 30 minutes straight! then I slacked off and decided I needed Gateway to 8k and did that. I like having a formula-so now it is .5 marathon training for me!

melkneec

The ipod touch and iphone has a great app where you can listen to your own music. Just search C25K in the app store. I love it! I'm just on week 2.

JMun

I completed C25K and just started the Bridge to 10K app on my iPhone.

I love love love it! Truly got me off the couch and running my first 5km event as promised.

MontanaB

i want to do it - i have signed up for a 10k event in may and i'd like to be able to get at least half way round by running it
is the gateway to 8k just an extension of the c25k or a whole new one?

LorinaLynn

I was going to start week 6 today but a stomach bug sneaked up on me right after I shoveled the sidewalks & driveway. :grumble: Which I suppose is better than waiting until I got to the gym, but there's no GOOD time to get a stomach bug.

I love it. I'm doing a 5k in March with my brother and niece, and would love to be able to keep up, so I'm pushing myself a bit beyond the required running. I'm currently able to run 25 minutes. I'm slow (5mph) so that's a hair over 2 miles.

amysj303

Gateway to 8k is a new 10 wk plan that builds up to running for 50 minutes:
http://www.runsource.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=376

crutherford1205

Unfortunately, I have started this a few times. I always seem to stop at week 4. Need to try again, and actually stick to it. My husband is an avid runner, so I have definitely seen how running helps you physically, but just not motivated to go out in the cold and run.

LisaLisaBoBisa

Has anyone or is anyone doing the c25k program? I'm currently on week 4 and wanted to get some feedback on it.

I am doing it, and just completed W2D1. :-) How is Week 4? I can't believe i jogged for 3 minutes straight!

LisaLisaBoBisa

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I am doing it, and just completed W2D1. :-) How is Week 4? I can't believe i jogged for 3 minutes straight!

Ha ha, what a goober, I meant that I just completed Week 3, Day 1! :-) How's everyone else doing?

LorinaLynn

Week 6, Day 1 yesterday. Even though I know I can jog up to 25 minutes, that first three is still the hardest for me. After the three minute point, it's gravy. It takes a while for me to get into a steady rhythm... then it feels as natural as walking. Except for all the sweating. :embarassed:

However, I realized that Saturday afternoon is a bad time to go to the gym. Nothing on the tvs but sports and infomercials. Not even bad tv like American Chopper, where I can at least pass the time counting how many times the dad says, "idee-er" instead of "idea." A half hour program on Pajama Jeans just doesn't capture my imagination. :laugh:

cahira

I am loving it! I'm doing it with my eleven year old son and we are getting ready to start week four. We repeated week three because he had a hard time with the five minute runs. But we really are having a good time with it though. I never thought I would be able to get back to running - it's how I stayed in shape while I was in college.

LisaLisaBoBisa

I am loving it! I'm doing it with my eleven year old son and we are getting ready to start week four. We repeated week three because he had a hard time with the five minute runs. But we really are having a good time with it though. I never thought I would be able to get back to running - it's how I stayed in shape while I was in college.

How fun! My 9 year old wants to do the program with me too. Right now I'm going to the gym. He can't wait until he's old enough to go with me. :-)

LisaLisaBoBisa

Woohoo, Week 3, Day 2 complete. Every day I complete is an accomplishment!