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C25K - anyone doing it or have done it?

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  • healthymewannabe
    healthymewannabe Posts: 30
    I actually started C25K today! Week 1 Day 1 completed! I'm really looking forward to seeing the changes that will take place over the next 9 weeks.
  • wxchaser
    wxchaser Posts: 173 Member
    I'm also on week 5! I LOVE it! I can't believe I've gotten this far in 5 weeks either. It's amazing! And I've also lost a loooot of weight. :) I can't wait for my run tomorrow.
  • katsmeow42404
    katsmeow42404 Posts: 13 Member
    i did it last summer and it was awesome!!! I got thru several months of it. I had to start out at 30sec of running instead of 60. I wrecked my feet and had to have the podiatrist make special inserts for me. My feet are better now. My daughter starts 4 k tomorrow and i am ready to start up again!!!
  • DonC77
    DonC77 Posts: 92 Member
    Do you guys do every other day for a full week before moving on to the next week? I don't think I could go running every single day on top of the other workouts I get in.

    I try to work it in around my other work outs, sometimes I may end skipping 2days between runs, or sessions whatever you want to call them.

    Get 3 in a week, you should be fine, I also do some elliptical work just to keep the conditioning in check.
  • sabolfitwife
    sabolfitwife Posts: 423 Member
    Do you guys do every other day for a full week before moving on to the next week? I don't think I could go running every single day on top of the other workouts I get in.

    I try to work it in around my other work outs, sometimes I may end skipping 2days between runs, or sessions whatever you want to call them.

    Get 3 in a week, you should be fine, I also do some elliptical work just to keep the conditioning in check.

    Thanks. I've been working in the elliptical every morning, just a quick 2 mile session so I'll try jogging Mon-Weds-Fri maybe. :-)
  • katrinas626
    katrinas626 Posts: 46
    Just finished Week 4 here! Super excited to have made it this far, starting to really enjoy running!
  • JustSteph81
    JustSteph81 Posts: 4 Member
    I ended up giving it a go. Week 1, Day 1 yesterday :) Hope I can stick to it!
  • mduggan7
    mduggan7 Posts: 1
    Another C25K grad here.. finished it a couple of years ago then went on to 10K using some podcasts. Before I started I wasn't badly overweight, but I was terribly unfit - I still remember how much I was panting as I jogged that first week around the local soccer field. Lost a little bit of fitness since moving past 10K, but I still can put on shoes an run 7k without dying, which is still amazing to me.

    I very much recommend it, but I do have some tips:

    * Be realistic - Don't be afraid to repeat a week if it's killing you - life *will* get in the way and you won't always be able to do the program perfectly. I probably did week 7 about 5 times before moving up.
    * Equally, don't let the length of the next week put you off! When I finally did graduate to week 8, I was surprised how easy I found it.
    * Personally I preferred running outdoors along the same road rather than a treadmill - I could really feel the progress as I ran further down that road each day. Of course, this will depend on the weather and availability of good places to run where you live.

    Best of luck!
  • DonC77
    DonC77 Posts: 92 Member
    How goes it? I just completed week 3 yesterday, so cool to see the time on the mile coming down. I am sure it will flatten out some when the longer running sessions come into play but it keeps me motivated, I will be starting week 4 day 1 tomorrow!

    Do you guys do every other day for a full week before moving on to the next week? I don't think I could go running every single day on top of the other workouts I get in.

    I try to work it in around my other work outs, sometimes I may end skipping 2days between runs, or sessions whatever you want to call them.

    Get 3 in a week, you should be fine, I also do some elliptical work just to keep the conditioning in check.

    Thanks. I've been working in the elliptical every morning, just a quick 2 mile session so I'll try jogging Mon-Weds-Fri maybe. :-)
  • DonC77
    DonC77 Posts: 92 Member
    * Personally I preferred running outdoors along the same road rather than a treadmill - I could really feel the progress as I ran further down that road each day. Of course, this will depend on the weather and availability of good places to run where you live.

    Best of luck!

    I agree, I run the same road, and although I am tracking the time I can see I am getting further down the road and adding distance on my running during the same week. Day 1 of this week my total milage was 1.90, day 3 of this week milage was 2.06. Small increments but progress just the same.
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Actually 3 weeks in but I am starting on week 2 this week, did day 1 yesterday...I love it!
  • MelanieAG05
    MelanieAG05 Posts: 359 Member
    I did it earlier this year and have kept going with the running since then. Did 5k race in May this year and just done a 10k earlier this month. I like the fact that I can just step out my house and do a decent run to get exercise instead of having to get to a gym!
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