Couch to 5K

A lot of people on the forums seem to have used c25k...

ETA: I was trying to give you a list of the c25k threads that come up with a search but it wouldn't let me. If you hit search and type in c25k or couch to 5 k, several threads come up that you might find of interest. :0)

i did yea. it's painful still but it gets you there. there's also couch to 10k if you're interested, i dunno how good it is though.

i could barely run 30 seconds, now i run 5ks few times a week and my first race in may! i owe it to c25k, amazing program...just stick with the schedule!!

i'm doing it now. i started barely being able to run around the block, but i ran 25 minutes straight today, and it felt awesome! i would def recommend it, what have you got to lose?

I started using the app last year, completed the 6 week program and started running 5k races! I have enjoyed it so much I started on the "ease into 10k" program which takes you from 5k to 10k...I have now completed a couple of 10k's. I have done this from not being a runner at all...I definately reccomend it!

Starting tomorrow! Is is sad I'm excited? x

I am on week 8 this week and even did 35 min run, I came from a completely non running back ground, never did it as a child (or adult), would hate it, get stitch if I tried and get winded badly. However I have done a lot of hiking, esp uphill and general walking.

When I started the program I would be really out of breath after my runs, my heartrate would be up around 180, now I can run at a speed of 10 km/hr on a treadmill with a 2 degree incline for around 30 min, and on the road I average around 11km/hr for my runs. My heartrate now stays around 160-170. I am training for a 7 km run at the end of February and want to continue to run and do a half marathon next year. I must say it is still a struggle and challenge to finish each run, and would love to be able to start to introduce speed intervals but I don't think I am quite there yet. Hopefully in the next few weeks it will continue to get easier as I get better.

It is a great plan! It will be hard, but you can do it! If I did it, I know you can do it!

I did Couch to 5K last May (started on 23rd, to be precise ) I was 100% a non-runner, hated the very idea. The only reason I did it is because I read someplace that running is good for targeting the lower abs. I remember distinctly not even being able to finish the first 60 second run....!!!

C25K is brilliant. Since completing the programme I have run 3 5K races (best time just under 27 mins), joined a club and have my first half marathon in March. Go for it!

I have just completed Week 4!

I haven't been using the App, as I don't have a compatible phone, but I just used a copy of the programme schedule from the internet, and made up my own iPod playlists to run to, using the times given.

I really would recommend doing it. It's hard going at times, but it really does do a great job of easing you in.

Wife used it, it worked well for her.

Running is tough at first, but gets easier pretty quickly. When I first started running I would say to myself "Wow, I've got to run five minutes!" but after a just a couple of months of practicing, I found myself saying "I've ONLY got to run another five minutes. Just stick with it and you'll do it.

I have yet to finish the program, other things just keep coming up, and then I miss like 3 weeks and have to start back down in the early weeks. BUT I can say the improvement I made on it was great. When you read the C25K plan, and you start seeing things like jog for 10 minutes, rest for 1....your brain is saying no freaking way! But by the time you get to that week its just enough of a challenge that its possible. I had to repeat week 2 though...that seemed to be my hurdle. But after that it was like taking steps, got a little better each week.

I've started it again, hoping to keep with it to the very end, and run my first 5K.