Couch to 5K Running Program (C25K)

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How often do you run?

EmmaM2211
EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
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I'm very new to this (will be doing W1D3 today) but I want to know how often you guys run?

I dont want to cause myself an injury but I'm loving it and want to run on my rest day (I know I cant before you shout at me lol)

I've been running every other day but if I continue this routine then each "week" of the program would be done in 6 days - has anyone else done it like that or should I be having another rest day in the week?

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  • jsidel126
    jsidel126 Posts: 694 Member
    Most of the c25k program I ran 6 days a week. Since I run a 5k distance on my longer runs, I have cut back to 5 days a week. The extra rest day seems to help with speed increases...
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    I started off doing Monday - Wednesday - Friday. The other four days I would just walk 2 miles in the morning.
    All 7 days I walk 1 mile at night with the dog.

    Around Week 3 it started getting slightly tougher so I stopped doing the 2 mile walk on the off days.

    About Week 6 I started doing every other day and not taking off the two days on the weekend.

    Right now I just finished Week 7 (like an our ago) and for the last two days of running I went beyond the program and ran 3 miles each time.
  • lsmsrbls
    lsmsrbls Posts: 232 Member
    Ha. I'm right where you are, so I'm not exactly the voice of experience on this. : )

    However, I'm also planning on running every other day instead of 3 days a week (when convenient, and skipping a day here and there when necessary). Part of that is that I'm eager to run and the other part is that it will fit into my schedule better.
  • ggeise14
    ggeise14 Posts: 387 Member
    I'm in week 7 and run three days a week - Tue, Thur & Sat. Wed, Fri and Sun I do a JMichaels DVD in the a.m. and usually walk the dogs after supper for 1-1 1/2 miles. Sunday a.m.'s I also add Bob Harper's kettlebell 30 min workout. My active rest day is Mon and then I usually just walk the dogs for 1 1/2-2 mi after supper.
  • crazygracee
    crazygracee Posts: 34 Member
    I plan on doing the C25K program on alternate days (MWF) then walking for 5miles in between (TTH) and then a combined cardio/strength training on Sat then off exercising on Sunday.

    I probably will only do this til Week 3 as the C25K program would have move on a quicker pacing by then so will probably drop some miles on my walking but I will retain my saturday cardio/strength training. Then on the latter stages of C25K I plan on not walking at all to keep my strength.

    Hope this helps!

    Grace
  • Kjngrrl
    Kjngrrl Posts: 53 Member
    I'm doing it every one to two days. That typically fits in with my schedule. If I have the time and am feeling the need to exercise on the rest days, I do something else like walk, but more often than not I end up doing nothing just because of my schedule. Next workout for me is Week 3, Day 2.
  • Tinkerbell1010
    Tinkerbell1010 Posts: 134 Member
    today was week 3 , day 1 for me, I do C25K 3 days a week and do stationary bike or Jillian Michaels Shred the other days of the week.
  • wa_tracy
    wa_tracy Posts: 110 Member
    When I was doing c25k, some weeks I'd run 4 times and other weeks I'd run 3. The more I got into running, I realized that running any more than 4 days a week and my body wasn't happy. You need to rest up. My joints would ache and I just didn't have enough energy some days.

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