Would like to start C25K... APP related question

I've not used the 5k one, but I have used the 10k app from Clear Sky in the past. It's called 10k runner. It takes you from no running at all to 6.2 miles. It worked for me!

I'm using a free app... zen labs c25k. I'm half way through and begin week 5 tomorrow morning. I'm really enjoying it and I like how it eases you into jogging as I've never jogged before. I constantly remind myself to not push and just take it slow. My goal is to finish the training and then work on speed. Good luck and have fun!

Congrats, I did my first session today.

Zombies! 5k. It's a 5k trainer by the people who engineered the famous Zombies! Run. It adds a story line that pops in from time time over your music playlist to add some extra fun. I was already able to run over 5k when I downloaded it, but wanted to see what they were recommending for the story-integrated workout. I listened all the way through the 8 week program because I wanted to check it out for my wife who was starting up a 5k program without any prior running experience. It's a good endurance-building walk-run program that would be suitable for most people truly starting from a low activity level. Like all such programs you are encouraged to repeat weeks if you find you are not able to advance as fast as the program proceeds. They add in some active stretching exercises which are also very good for preventing injuries, but you may want to look into more of those given your knee. Most of the 5k trainers are pretty similar, and regardless of which one you pick, you might want to adopt the commonly recommended approach of dropping back a week of the plan every few weeks you advance to give your knee extra recovery time (example week order: 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 7, 8 without final 5k, 7, 8 with final 5 k). Avoid any app trainers or on-line training plans designed to build speed. you should not be working on any real speed routines until you can comfortably run well past 5k.