Couch to 5K Running Program (C25K)

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rduhlir
rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
edited January 15 in Social Groups
I am wondering if anyone else is thinking about this. I know we all come to this group with the same goal: complete a 5k. But does anyone else look beyond that?

You see...my long term goal is to run marathons. I wanna be a runner. I want to be able to say..."I am bored, I will go run for a few hours."

Anyone else have such a daunting goal? Has anyone currently working beyond C25K? If so when did you start training for that next step? Did you wait until you were comfortable running a 5k in a certain time limit or did you just leap onto the next program (5kto10k, etc...)?

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  • xtrout
    xtrout Posts: 193 Member
    For sure. I ran my first 5K at the beginning of December. Now I am training for my first half marathon on April 7. Not sure how long til I will be in full marathon planning but perhaps end of year or next year.
  • anne2605
    anne2605 Posts: 482 Member
    I'm following the C25K programme and I'm at week 7 (ran 25 mins today). I'm definitely going to carry on running after this programme finishes. I will do the follow up 10K programme. I've already told friends/family I want to take part in a 10K run in October, and I'm serious. My husband just rolled his eyes at me with a look of "yeah right, another hair brain idea. There is a half marathon and a full marathon at the same time but I want to keep it realistic (this year) and aim for the 10K.
  • kmbweber2014
    kmbweber2014 Posts: 680 Member
    My goal for next year is to complete Tough Mudder. I am on week 7 of the C210K program. I have to keep goals otherwise I get bored and have nothing to look forward to.
  • KathleenKP
    KathleenKP Posts: 580 Member
    I started wanting to do a 5K without walking. Now I know that I will be able to complete that goal, so my next short term goals are speeding up, then a 10K. I am hoping to do a half by the end of the year. My doctor got my mind wrapped around that. I hadn't even thought about that as a possibility for myself, though I'm not sure why.

    My goal in starting was triathlons. That's still my goal. I'm just not sure yet when I will add the bike.
  • jlmed
    jlmed Posts: 226 Member
    I have 5 more runs until I complete the program. I am currently signed up for a 5K next month. My goal is to carry on and do the 10K training next and progressively get better from there.
  • BlueObsidian
    BlueObsidian Posts: 297 Member
    My first 5K will be at the end of April, and I've definitely been thinking about the future and planning the runs I want to do. Luckily, there are so many races here every month that there are tons of choices. My goals for the rest of this year are to complete a second 5K (and beat the time of my first) and to enter my first 10K. I'm hoping to try a half marathon early next year.
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    My plan is to run at least one race a month this year and do a tough mudder next year.
  • SweetCrumb
    SweetCrumb Posts: 69 Member
    Well I'm doing C25K on the tredmill right now and then when I complete it I'm going to go back and start again with outside running incorporating hills, then when I finish the second time I'm going to work on my 5k time. Haven't thought past that though :)) I share your enthusiasm for becoming a runner though, I'd love to have the cardio strength to just pick up and go for an hour run when I feel like it.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I want to be a runner. I want to be somebody who goes out for a run in the morning to get ready for the day or when they feel stressed or need some "me" time.

    My friends who are runners track "miles run" during a week or a month to keep themselves motivated, so I might do a variation on that...sort of like the Run/Walk to Rivendell thing. Oooh. Maybe I should do a "Run to Kansas City" and get a Kate Spade bag as a prize!

    Right now, I'm doing a "FitTrip" challenge at my company gym, so that's going to keep me going for the next 12 weeks. Hopefully, that will get me to a 30 minute 5k time.

    My impression of people who do marathons are that they are all a little crazy, so I'm not motivated to do more than a half...but we'll see about that. My two little girls would make training and scheduling something like that pretty challenging.
  • hdlb
    hdlb Posts: 333 Member
    I have 5 runs left in C25K, and I jump right into 10K training when thats done. After the 10K training I'll be going into half marathon training, hill training, etc. I'm doing a half marathon, up the side of a mountain, in August, and I WILL be ready. I don't expect to run the entire thing, but I will finish it.
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