Announcements
Podcast and App Reviews
Feel free to post your reviews of different C25K apps and podcasts. We'll make this sticky, so that we can keep them all in one place for future reference.
What to do BEFORE you start!
Hey everyone, It is your wonderful, poster posting, information sharing running friend Becky, back with another new post. This is a welcome to all the new comers. I come back from vacation for 4 days and see like 20 new people. Winter is over, spring has begun and it has herded a new crop of C25K participants. Funny how…
Tips & Tricks
Is there something that you wish you had known when you started the program? Share your tips and tricks with the rest of us!
SHIN SPLINTS
I have been struggling with Shin Splints and remembered a blog I read here. Great information for all of us Newbies and Seasoned runners alike: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/AZTrailRunner/view/help-with-your-shin-splints-139007 Help with YOUR Shin Splints... Posted on 08/19/2011 by AZTrailRunner I've seen this question…
Tools of the trade
Do you have a piece of gear that you can't run without and want to recommend it? Post it here. This thread is for all the gear you need, want, or dream of. Feel free to post reviews of new gear, previews of up coming running gear, and the gear that got you started!
Graduation Announcements!
How about a topic for everyone to post graduation announcements? I know I'd like a place to share my happy news in two more runs ;) I say we list the date we ran our final run of c25k, how it felt, and...what we plan to do in the future! Congratulations to our current list of graduates!!! ***2011*** - realrayne10, June…
Seeking New Group Leaders
Hi! I am our community manager for MyFitnessPal and notice this group doesn't have currently active leadership. If anyone would like to take on a group leader role/permissions for this group, please send me a private message.
Web Sites and Blogs
Any favorite C25K (or other running-related) sites (including blogs) that the rest of the group may find beneficial?
Running Injuries
Time to post a new thread. Each week I will be posting a new running injury post on this thread. During your running career you will become injured. That is just the nature of the beast. Being able to identify the injury and how to rehabilitate and heal it will help you as you continue on to becoming the stronger, better…
You have finished C25K, now what?
As that graduation dates draws closer, and you put more and more miles upon your feet, you start to wonder... "Where am I going to go from here?" You have endless possibilities...here are a few of them: 1. Continue on to B210K. This continues where C25K leaves off. Many will look at the schedule and think, "Wait...I just…
Discussions
Getting started again
Hi All, I am planning on starting a couch to 5 k again in September. I did this about 7 years ago and then with family obligations and covid complications I just stopped. I was never a great runner and always did walk / jog combos but still - when I was doing it I felt better so I want to give it a go again. I've lost a…
Beginning again
Just had achilles tendon surgery. I’m 9 weeks removed from surgery, and working towards first triathlon in September 2024.
What can be done along side the c25k?
I'm trying to lose 100+ lbs. I know you're only supposed to be doing the c25k 3x a week and resting the other days, but is there anything else that you can in addition to the c25k either on the same days as the plan or the "rest" days that wouldn't be too strenuous? Should I be doing something like strength training? If…
Signed up for a 5K in September
New to My Fitness Pal and groups. I signed up to do a 5K in September and I just downloaded the app to my phone. I have ran in the past and I am looking forward to getting back into it.
Conditioning before C25K?
I'm losing weight, but I'm 290lbs right now. I can walk up to 3 miles without feeling like death, but jogging is hard on my joints and I don't feel like I can safely jog any distance without risking injury. That means I can't complete the first week's exercises since they involve jogging. I don't know if anyone else has…
Rainy days, RingFit, and other questions. What to do?
Hi. I'm new to this group, but this is my 2nd? attempt at c25k. It's been years since I last tried it. I have a niece who has gotten back into running and it's making me want to try again. I have some questions, though. So, it seems like the rainy season has started early this year here in SWFL and I'm not sure what to do.…
Couch to 5K Plan and Website
Beginner 5K training plan:
Restarting (again) - Tips?
Hi! I've just started running & using the program again for what feels like the 17th time - hoping to actually complete it this time! I've noticed this time my legs feel like dead weight/ needing more circulation! I run or walk at least once every day, but I live a pretty sedentary work life on the regular. I assume since…
Newbie just beginning
Hi guys I’m Benjamin but I go by Benji! I have been trying to lose some weight for a bit now and am trying to get active in the community to help motivate me! I’m 21 and weigh 181 with a bmi of about 27.8. I’d like to bring my weight down to 155 lbs to be at a good bmi! I’m using the C25K app and the MFP app together to…
Piriformis issues
I ran my first 5ks last years, so I'm not new to C25k. At 210#, I am not your typical runner, and had to stop this past November due pain in both buttocks from, what I believe to be irritation of the sciatic nerve from the piriformis muscle (think railroad spikes being driven right under the buttocks where they meet the…
