Just finished C25k!!!! Anyone do 10k runner?

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SydandPaigesMom
SydandPaigesMom Posts: 86 Member
edited October 2016 in Fitness and Exercise
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If you had told me 8 weeks ago that this 200+ lb out of shape woman would be running 5k without stopping I would have laughed. Day one it was such a struggle to run 1 minute, walk a minute and a half 6 times. I almost gave up that day.
Thanks to my very athletic 13 year old daughter and personal motivator I pushed through. She ran every run with me and cried with me when I ran 5k Thursday and today when we pushed it to 5.2k!
8 weeks, 92.5 kilometres, 22hrs and 8 minutes!
I am also down over 15 lbs!

So we used the app called the 5k runner and see they have a 5 to 10k version. Has anyone done it?? I want to keep 5k for a couple of weeks to maintain then try to do this program. Any reviews?

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  • bketchum1981
    bketchum1981 Posts: 130 Member
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    Congrats on the non-stop 5k!!! Tears for uou as well!!
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
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    Congratulations! I say go for it. I tried the 10k version, but eventually I just started running on my own without it. I have done several of the free training plans on Runkeeper, though--they've worked nicely to help me build speed and train for longer distances.
  • genpopadopolous
    genpopadopolous Posts: 411 Member
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    I did! And I ran 6 miles this morning, so it definitely worked for me!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Do it!
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
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    That's so awesome OP!!!!
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    Over the top awesome! :):)
  • z4oslo
    z4oslo Posts: 229 Member
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    Awesome, and even more awesome that you are setting new goals. Thats the key to everything.
  • squarewheels66
    squarewheels66 Posts: 25 Member
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    Sensible way to go is keep doing 5k twice a week and a long run.

    Add another 500m - 1k to your long run every week

    10k in 5 - 10 weeks - just go slow

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