C25K Frequency Question

I just restarted yesterday and I will be doing it 6 days a week.

I do it 3 days a week, I've wanted to do it more but they highly suggest that u stick to the plan to keep urself from injuring urself and to give ur body a rest on days in between

Im on week 3 day 2 of C2K.... Everyone highly suggest to stick with doing it 3 times a week every other day

I just started this week and I plan on doing it three times a week It is a challenge for me already and I know I will need to do each week more than one week....which is fine! I will get there

I'm doing it for the 2nd time round. The first time, I tried to stick to the 3x a week but because I think I was quite fit then (I'd just finished doing Turbo Fire), I wasn't feeling very challenged. Because I was going to be starting Bridge to 10k afterwards, the last 3 weeks I doubled up runs so I did two consecutive runs together.

This time round I've started after a break from exercising, so I have nowhere near the same strength or stamina as I did then (I would really like to get Into doing squats again, if nothing else), however, I've decided to see if I can do it 5 consecutive days a week, with the proviso that I listen to my body and evaluate how I feel each morning. I wasn't able to do it yesterday morning because my legs felt tight from Monday's run and from the gardening I'd done over the weekend.

I think if you wanted to try it more than 3x a week and you felt you could, try it! I tell myself that if I feel rubbish / sore when I'm running, I can always stop and walk back home slowly. Good luck with the rest of the program!

I do it 3 days/week - every other day. I'm only in week 2 and my calves are TOO sore to do it back to back.

I completed it the first time last summer doing the program t/th/sat and wed i either walked for a half hour or road an exercise bike. I always made the last run of the session longer or added an extra. This time, I am on W4D2, I have done the same thing. I was more out of shape to start this time and my knees andlegs are killing me, so I am sticking to 3 running days for now. Iwould like to get back to 4-5 running days a week though. I started at 220 and I am down to 215. That is still alot of punishment o my knees. Like I otld my 18 year old son that laughs, try running carrying 4-5 bowling balls. The weight makes a huge difference. I said all of that to say, I dont think 3 days alone are enough personally but everyone is different. Do what you can, its more than you might have been doing before

If you are new to running, I've found it important to keep a rest day between runs. I had a really good 5k run on saturday, and felt great the rest of the day. Sunday morning I was pumped to get our there and run again. I was really hoping for the same outcome..same great feeling. But about a mile in, I didn't have any juice left and ended up walking the rest of the way. I felt defeated. Don't set yourself up for that.

I will say that when I made it to week 2 of the program, I felt so jazzed at the end of the intervals that I went ahead and tacked on a week 1 workout. That was the last time I did that. haha. Just because you take a rest day from running doesn't mean it has to be a complete rest day. I fill in the gaps with weight training or a long walk.

I try to do a run/walk every other day but I am also struggling to get through a week 3 successfully. I think once I get past that I think the next intervals may be easier.

I have two programs I am working with and they vary slightly one I seem to get through successfully because it offers a longer recover time after the 3 minute run or 3 minutes. The other one only does two minute recover. I just find it odd that one minute makes that much of difference. when I am able to complete 3 successful runs with only the 2 minute recover. I will move to week 3

I run the app. every other day. It guess I am finishing it a little early, but not by much. I do sometimes do a back to back running of the app. I'm currently on week 7, btw.

As a newbie to running our (mine) body does need some recovery time (the day between.)

The best advice I can offer is: Go at your own speed, don't worry about what those around you are doing.