C25K & C210K support group...

Hi at the moment I'm on week 4 on C25K, up until this week i've been doing well and have liked my progress and really enjoyed it but week 4 is sooo hard. I'm on day 3 now and each time i've really struggled and had to push myself so much to finish each 5 minute jog to the point of feeling a bit sick, i'm dreading week 5. It feels like i'm not improving anymore. Did anyone else feel like this on week 4 and when will the 5 minute jogs get easier. Also should i go onto week 5 which will be in a couple of days or repeat week 4?

I did day two of Week 4 today. I did ok until the last 5 minutes. I really thought I was going to give up but I managed to finish. Week 4 is hard. Instead of doing one more day of week 4 and moving to week 5, I think I am going to keep repeating Week 4 until I feel ok with that last 5 minute run.

I finished Week 4 on Sat. I had more trouble all week on the first 5 minutes. I'm not sure why but maybe it was just mental. By the 2nd 5 minutes, i would just be excited to finish. I'm going to try week 5, but i will not hesitate to move back to 4 if necessary.

I'm also thinking of switching to the Cto10k if i finish Week5. The main reason for me is that the longer the runs get the more my knees hurt. (outside-road). The longer workout is also a draw. But I really really want to complete that 20 minute continuous run first :noway:

Started the C25K this morning...........my first attempt ever to run............

I've been doing Day 1 of each week for 20 minutes, like the program says, then on Day 2 & 3, I try to go for 30 minutes. THEN, if I can, I try to get in a 4th day for 20 minutes. I feel like I need more time with each level. So far, it has made advancing to the next level a 'little' easier...

Hello! I finished c25k the first time in October, then stopped running altogether for several months. I started over again a few weeks ago and finished w6d1 on Saturday. This time I'm running slightly faster (4.5 instead of 4.0) which is still slow, but I'm building up my endurance first, then I'll work on my speed. I've just been using the treadmill so far this time, although I ran about half of it outside last time. There are advantages and disadvantages to both - I really felt like running on a treadmill was harder last time, but we'll see how I feel once the weather settles down and I can get outside this spring. I watch movies and watch my time instead of using an app while I'm on the treadmill. I haven't signed up for a race yet. I feel like that would be good motivation to speed up, but I'm kind of a wimp about it. Anyone else have a race planned?

I'm on W6 of the 5K program. Can't wait to move onto the 10K program

UGH! I'm having a huge mental block on getting through week 6 (of c210k) - run 3:00 walk 2:00 X 13. I did great last week - it seems silly that adding 30 seconds to running (and taking away 30 secs from walking) would make it that much harder, but I'm REALLY struggling. *pffffffttttt*

I'm not quitting, just venting. ARGH!

Hang in there...we're all rooting for you!

Hello all! I am just beginning. I started c25k on monday and will be doing day 2 tomorrow *wednesday*. I am very very sore, so I guess I will have to work through the pain.

So I got the week 2 day 2 done yesterday and I bumped the speed up to 5.7 and I found it a good bit harder. I increased the speed of the last run to 6 but I couldn't do it all the way through... had to lower it to 5.7 again. I completed 2.5 miles last night during the 30 minutes so I was overall pleased to have increased my distance travelled.

I am a little freaked out about next week's run... will I be able to run for 3 minutes???? I guess that I will have to push start to find out :P

Started the C25K this morning...........my first attempt ever to run............

You will do great! I'm in the same boat. Good luck!