I used to run as a school boy but that was many years ago now and whenever I tried to take up running again it was a miserable failure. Most times I didn’t even get out of the house and when I did it was for a one off session that was unpleasant and often resulted in injury.
I always wanted to run again and when I saw the C25K programme I thought I’d give it a go. 2 years ago I did week one run one and can still remember the pain in my chest and wanting to die. But I persevered and finished the programme. I have since moved to Istanbul where it’s hard to run outside with the crazy traffic, hills and bad pavements so I only run on a treadmill which is a bit boring
But now I am so proud. On Saturday I did the 10 KM Istanbul run across the bridge from Asia to Europe and it was easy! Without stopping! Under an hour!! The main problems were dodging all the people who were treating it as a walk and that we missed the bag bus so had to run with our bags across our backs. I’d been out in the week for a 30 min practice in a park so I had an idea of what it was going to be like.
I think this C25K is just such a brilliant idea and I love reading how the most unlikely people succeeded in finishing it and even going on to longer distances. I remember the times when I found it a bit harder that reading what others had done really helped so now I feel I’d like to say thank you to everyone.
Please share your post-C25K running plans
Thanks c25k!
Still running thanks to C25K!
Running update from me!
W9R3 goodness me the heat but I did it, I finished C25K this morning. 
