Couch to 5K-General Support

I do a spinning class twice a week and a kickboxing class once a week. I also move through my weight training quickly to keep my heart rate up.

Running 20 minutes straight tomorrow is freaking me out. I'm a little nervous to see what week 6 brings!

I bet the 20 minute run won't be as bad as you think...enjoy!

Hey all! I didn't strictly follow the C25K but did use it as a guideline. I ran a Race for Life 5K in July (my first race ever) in 31 mins! I never was a runner (unless I needed to catch the last train home!) but now that I've been raising money for charity, and (a bonus) seeing a marked increase in my fitness levels and self-confidence, I think I've got the bug now!

I started following the Hal Higdon novice training guides just after my 5K and now I'm doing a half marathon this Sunday! Once you start you just can't stop! Before you know it you'll be able to run for miles without walking breaks! Amazing

Hi I'm Garrett
I just finished day two of week one.
I don't have a race goal in mind.
Have begun running for fitness.

I walk and ride my bike for exercise, but with colder weather and darker mornings coming on I was looking for an alternative to the morning bike ride. So I'm doing c25k on a treadmill. My twist is I'm doing it barefoot.

1. Gail
2. Week 8
3. My only goal is to be able to run 5k
4. Can't run, wont run. In the gym I could do long sessions of the cross trainer and rower but would never go near the treadmill. I found running difficult which kind of made me feel like I was failing at being a human being. Some of my friends think nothing of entering 5 and 10k races so I wanted to be able to do it too.

I've been doing C25K for much longer than 8 weeks due to holidays and what not. Whilst my level of fitness have greatly improved, I'm running 28 mins but only covering 3.5km and feel like I'm never going to hit 5k. The last few sessions have been a bit of a struggle. Do you think I may have been doing too slow a pace on the earlier weeks?

Hey, dont loose heart, its not about speed, its about getting out running. Im on kinda week 7 or 8 somewhere, i did follow the C25K quite strickly for the first 4 weeks, then it starts to push you to run faster and faster, which for the moment, im not too worries about, last night i did a 5k in 37 minutes had to walk for 90 seconds after 18 minutes and 27 minutes, due to stitch (which iv never had since startin this program so dont know where it came from). but i know i can keep going now for well over 30 minutes on a good run, and to make 5k i need to. Run at your pace, and make sure to can sustain it for 30 to 35 minutes, when you can do the everytime you run, then start to look at speeding up you pace, just adding 0.5 miles per hour will knock off about 4 minutes your 5K time.

Thats all im doing now, running 5K's then trying to beat the time i did previously, not always going to do it, but i am getting quicker

Hey everyone, Im new to both the side and the program

1. Name : Raquel
2. What level you are currently on in the C25K program: Just finished W1D3
3. Do you have a race goal in mind, and if so, what is it? 5k Charity Race in March
4. Why did you start running? I wanted to get fit and also train for the race

Hope everyone's having a great weekend.

We finished week three, but the small girl is struggling a bit on the three minute runs, so we think we'll repeat a couple of week threes before we move up to week four.

Ran my first 5k on Sunday, and came in at a time of 35:49! I was really impressed with myself. I ran 95% of it, and only walked for about a minute at a time.

On to the next one, in about a month. This time I will run the WHOLE thing!

Congrats, spammyanna!

jomar, we are both just starting week 2. Good luck!