Anyone doing the Couch to 5k!?

I just started week 4 this morning - add coming right up!

There is a C25K group on here. I was doing C25K on the treadmill, but my ankle went out on W2D3, so I don't know when I will be able to run again.

Once we get regular sunlight I'm going to start it. I've never run a day in my life so I think this will be a good starting point. I have a goal to start March 12th since by then it should still be light enough outside after my daughter's bedtime (the only time I can work out)

I want to try it, but is being 51 years old too old? I've seen the website and would LOVE to be able to run a 5K this year. Let me know your thoughts...congratulations on your efforts! That's great!

I'm halfway through Week 8! It really is an amazing programme - I wouldn't be seeing half the results I am with my body without it.

I have been doing it for several weeks, however i just keep doing week 2 over and over as i was very unfit and quite overweight so i feel i need to get my fitness up 'lots' before i move on. I am getting good at C25K week 2 now so may move on in a few weeks

Will add you

Anyone want to add me - feel free

Diane

I want to try it, but is being 51 years old too old? I've seen the website and would LOVE to be able to run a 5K this year. Let me know your thoughts...congratulations on your efforts! That's great!

I completed it at 42. I have a friend in her 70's who started running a couple of years ago, and has completed a 5K since. I'm not sure if she used c25K, but I think you can learn to run at any age. Just start slowly and gradually. (C25K is very gradual) And who cares how fast you are? I'm just proud that I can run for extended times!

I want to but I am really scared of joint trouble and shin splints! I walk 1-3 miles almost every day but running feels WAY different. I downloaded the app...just need to start, but I'm still not sure it's a smart move for me. I am still 50 lbs overweight and the last thing I need is to blow out a knee or something and then not be able to exercise at all.

What do you guys know about shin splints? When you get them are you supposed to stop or try to work through them?

Last night was Week 4, Day 1 and I am so happy with myself. I can not beleive I completed it. The running jumped up 7 minutes and the walking....well not enough minutes if you ask me

Week 3, Day 1 I said for sure I"m doing this week over again...but then Week 4 came and I just started it. During W4D1, all I kept thinking was I'm doing this week over again for sure...but I've been surprising myself.

I would absolutely love some C25K buddies. I was definately on the couch on W1D1.

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I just finished week 5, too!! I was so proud of myself for that 20 minute run! I actually ended up going longer than 20 minutes because I was so close to 2 miles, that I had to get to 2 miles. I don't know that I have ever ran 2 miles straight!!

I'll be doing Week 3, Workout 3 tomorrow. I've done very little running in the last 16 years, so I'm excited to be getting back into it. I was afraid a knee injury,10 months ago, might derail my plans. I worked to strengthen the knee before I started, and, so far, it's holding up well. I feel more confident having an easy plan to follow. When I had lay-offs from running in the past, I would start back with a quarter mile and add a quarter mile each week. Now that I've "matured," it's probably best to start a little slower with this plan. I left the house to jog/walk without my cell phone yesterday, but I remembered I'm 60 and have a history of T.I.A.s, so I went back for it. How did I get so old so fast? :laugh: I guess it doesn't matter, as long as I'm still having fun.

I have started and stopped in the past but I am planning on restarting and finally FINISHING this time. I'll be doing W1D1 today - wish me luck! feel free to add me too - i need any and all the help I can get

I've given myself the imediate goal of signing up for a 5K imediatly following the end of the program. March 25th is my big day!

I will also sign up for a 5k every month after that, and be sure to run for 45 minutes 3x a week.

Also, depending on how 5k feels on a regular basis, I'd like to start training for 1/2 marathon. I've downloaded Bridge to 10K and plan to start that on April 2nd. Following that, I have to learn how to train for a 1/2 marathon, and complete training before October - when I want to do my first 1/2 marathon. Wish me luck )

I have never been a runner and completed my first 5K last summer in 32.07 at age 46. You can do this!

I've given myself the imediate goal of signing up for a 5K imediatly following the end of the program. March 25th is my big day!

I will also sign up for a 5k every month after that, and be sure to run for 45 minutes 3x a week.

Also, depending on how 5k feels on a regular basis, I'd like to start training for 1/2 marathon. I've downloaded Bridge to 10K and plan to start that on April 2nd. Following that, I have to learn how to train for a 1/2 marathon, and complete training before October - when I want to do my first 1/2 marathon. Wish me luck )

I tried the Bridge to 10K and did not love it. I think it would be okay if it was a little more gradual. Although my cardiovascular fitness is very capable of 10K, (I always feel like I could run forever at the end of my runs and occaisionally run for an hour or more at a time without feeling winded) adding that much time every week using the Bridge schedule really made my knees and hips ache. I'd like something that didn't up my mileage quite as much each week to allow my body to adjust.

Any suggestions?