Starting C25K TODAY!

thebobo6740 wrote: »

Oh and questions- do you run everyday? Every other day?... Do you do other workouts in between?

Advice is welcome!

Bobo

as a beginner, its important to take rest days. they can be active rest days where you cross train but letting your muscles recover is essential to stay healthy and avoid injury

summerdaze120 wrote: »

Hey MFPals!

I plan on starting the C25K program today and wanted to see if anyone else is on board. If so, feel free to add me I have signed up for a 5K in mid-February and would love for my time to be 33 minutes or under!

I will STRONGLY suggest that you look for actual people doing this in your area to run with if you can. Having people to do it with makes a difference. More specifically, if you are a Christian, I will also suggest the Run for God program...they have chapters all over the country and it's based (the running part) around the C25K program. I used that and ran my first 5K since high school around 2 years back. I've moved on to a quarter marathon and am now training to do a half marathon in spring.

I've been doing it for several weeks and am loving it! I used to be a runner waaaay back in the day and I'm just now feeling like I'm hitting my stride again.... Pardon the pun. Once you get going it only gets easier, sometimes I'll actually do the session twice in the same run (e.g. run for 1+ hours rather than 30 mins or whatever the session called for). It's usually a slower completion the second time around but feels amazing when you're done!

I like to do a run 3-4 times per week with strength training 2 times per week on the alternate days, it feels like the perfect balance. Good luck!

summerdaze120 wrote: »

Week 4 Day 1 completed. Walk at 3.5 mph and run at 6.0 mph. 2 miles. Not going to lie, that 5 minute run was hard! Hopefully day 2 and day 3 will be easier

Good job! That is a fast speed too!

I did week 3 day 2 today I used to have amazinggg endurance and could do a 10 k easily any day, but I was sick for like a year and stopped. Going slow when starting a running program is definitely the key to making it through. Doing too much too fast will make you hate it.

I graduated C25K last year and ran the Color Run in 39 minutes! My goal was 35, but I wasn't too broken up about it, it was a tough run. Good luck!

Just added so many people like such a creeper :x I'm extremely interested in the c25k program

Just got back from a 6 miler... A shade under 10 minute mile for the whole run, with one split under 9 mins! Ok ok it was 8:56 but still, big improvement. Do you guys use the Map My Run app? It's really helpful and you can run it at the same time as the 5/10/25K apps no probs.

So as of today I switched to the 10k app as I was 3/4 through the Couch to 5K and it was just getting too easy. I was doing each workout twice, back to back and barely breaking a sweat. I jumped ahead to week 5 of the 10K and finished it no probs, then kept running for another 20 mins. It's addictive, ha.

I'm thinking of doing a 5K in March, then a couple 10Ks, then hopefully a half marathon in June..... Anyone with me?

How do you all time the intervals? Stop watch, interval watch, regular watch with second hand??