Web Sites and Blogs

CaptainGordo

Any favorite C25K (or other running-related) sites (including blogs) that the rest of the group may find beneficial?

catwrangler

http://www.500lbs2marathon.com/

He's also on MFP, very inspiring young man.

whiskey9890

i heartily recommend fetcheveryone, its a spin off from the runners world magazine forums, predominantly for uk users but it does have international ones too, its full of information, in the form of forums, blogs and articals, its a very social website and i've found it really useful over the years. it has some great training tools on there too you can plan your route on maps and import it into your training diary, for more experienced runners who have all the gadgets you can import data from your garmins too. it also has running based games to encourage people to get out for more runs or explore new areas. you can also record other fitness activies too.

OneBryteSmile

12 Bad Excuses to Skip Running - http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/fitness/12-bad-excuses-to-skip-running

Olympian Kara Goucher's Top Running Tips - http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Olympian-Kara-Goucher-Top-Running-Tips.htm?cmp=17-7-861

Running and Breathing: A Lesson in Oxygen Intake and VO2 Max - http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Running-and-Breathing-A-Lesson-in-Oxygen-Intake-and-VO2-Max.htm?int=50-4

A Guide to your First 5K - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/279198-running-tip-so-you-are-about-to-do-your-first-race

SteadyEdina

Another one for Fetcheveyone.com and Lord Fetch would have your guts for garters if he heard you calling it a spin off from runners world lol

mrseholley

I really like running the C25K plan with a podcast that has music that coincides with the runs. NHS healthcare has published some that even have tips and tricks embedded in them. You can get it in iTunes.

likitisplit

Runners World has a ton of great stuff.

Active.com has useful information as well.

fitplease

NHS healthcare has published some that even have tips and tricks embedded in them. You can get it in iTunes.

You can view more info here: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

When you finish c25k, there is c25k+
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Couch-to-5k-plus.aspx

fitplease

Runners World has a ton of great stuff.

That is a great site/magazine! They have a page dedicated to 5K training:
http://www.runnersworld.com/training-plans/5k-training-plans

To figure out what to wear on your run, try the What to Wear tool:
http://www.whattoweartool.com/

rduhlir

http://www.coolrunning.com/

GC2B

www.therunningbug.co.uk
www.couchto5k.healthunlocked.com
www.womensrunninguk.co.uk

likitisplit

www.active.com

rduhlir

http://sportsci.org

Sport Medicine....for those with injuries or how to prevent

shimmergal

bump!

rduhlir

This is a website more for those who are looking to increase speed. I found it when snooping around the marathon group and thought it would be helpful:

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/

You enter your current race time, along with your goal time and it breaks down what pace your runs should be. It paces your long runs, tempos, hill and sprints. Basically "Running Faster for Dummies". Hahaha!

likitisplit

Love it!

likitisplit

Here's the "Hey Fat Girl" article. In case you want a good inspirational cry

http://flintland.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html

AglaeaC

This was just published:
http://lifehacker.com/the-biggest-mistakes-runners-of-all-levels-make-and-ho-1030501368

lw2134

there's a new site, called PhantomRunner (https://www.phantomrunner.com/) that has free weekly virtual races (monthly paid races too). It links with RunKeeper, so you can participate with your smartphone. It's a fun way to stay motivated week in and week out, it's a good way to ease into running if you're just getting started, and it's all free.

In full disclosure, I made the site, but I made it because I'm a runner and wanted to use something like this. I just released it a few days ago and will be making plenty of improvements and modifications in the near future. I hope some of you find it useful and fun!

rduhlir

http://www.runnerskitchen.com/

AglaeaC

WEBSITES:
http://www.500lbs2marathon.com/
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/
http://www.active.com
http://www.runnersworld.com
http://www.runnersworld.com/training-plans/5k-training-plans
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Couch-to-5k-plus.aspx (for C25K graduates)
http://www.whattoweartool.com/
http://www.coolrunning.com/
http://www.therunningbug.co.uk
http://www.couchto5k.healthunlocked.com
http://www.womensrunninguk.co.uk
http://sportsci.org
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/
https://www.phantomrunner.com/
http://www.runnerskitchen.com/
http://www.c25k.com

ARTICLES:
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/fitness/12-bad-excuses-to-skip-running
http://www.active.com/running/articles/olympian-kara-goucher-s-top-running-tips
http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Running-and-Breathing-A-Lesson-in-Oxygen-Intake-and-VO2-Max
http://flintland.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html
http://lifehacker.com/the-biggest-mistakes-runners-of-all-levels-make-and-ho-1030501368
http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/2890

MFP DISCUSSIONS:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/279198-running-tip-so-you-are-about-to-do-your-first-race

Skye_NS

NHS healthcare has published some that even have tips and tricks embedded in them. You can get it in iTunes.

You can view more info here: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

When you finish c25k, there is c25k+
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Couch-to-5k-plus.aspx

My husband and I used the nhs c25k podcasts last summer & really liked it. I'm going to check out the other link now, thanks!

SchweddyGirl

While I was gone I found some awesome running groups on Facebook. Run JunkEes Run Club, and Meg's Miles are two amazing support groups in Facebook for running. Both have Facebook groups and have become major running groups on social media.

yirara

I use smashrun for uploading my running data to. It's extremely nerdy, consistantly gets new nerdy stuff added, and looks nice. I like it. If you want to you can add me as friend: http://smashrun.com/yirara.ra/invite

lilgamergirl

I am new to discussions and I am trying to find the schedule for this, I would love to start this exercise. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

menotyou56

Theres a good one on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/C25K/

And for Bridge to 10K as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/b210k/

menotyou56

yirara wrote: »

I use smashrun for uploading my running data to. It's extremely nerdy, consistantly gets new nerdy stuff added, and looks nice. I like it. If you want to you can add me as friend: http://smashrun.com/yirara.ra/invite

Wow that's cool, thanks for the link.

keilee0408

Bump

TheMrWobbly

Just started and using zenlabs (the original C25K) free version - man there are a lot of ads and it makes using the app 'in-motion' difficult. Only two days in and I might swap to something else.

TheMrWobbly

Update - I despise the zenlabs free version. In addition to the above the 'timing' screen keeps disappearing for adverts and when you remove the adverts it goes to the community home page. The app eats my battery so I put auto lock mode on today. I kept getting the messages "start walking", "start jogging" and when I had done the 9th of my 8 jogs I am supposed to do I checked the timings and after 26 minutes of a 30 minute work out I had 17 minutes left. I then left the app 'on' to complete and it ate the 20% of battery remaining before it completed the workout losing today's routine. IT SUCKS!

TheMrWobbly

For C25K the NHS programme really worked for me from pretty much a no exercise starting point. A good balance of occasional encouragement without being too interrupting. In the early stages 5 minutes seemed a very long time without a hint when actually that was just me struggling and hoping for the end of the run stage.