Maria

[Maria62]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good app to download after couch to 5K which would help me work gradually towards the 10k run.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Maybe a few runs just for the fun first then, certainly for me and lots of folk on here, the Couch to 5K+ podcasts were brilliant. Loads of posts about them, (including mine) on here, with lots of advice and tips !

Hope you find the right ones for you anyway

[Maria62 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks for that. I Couch to 5K+ this morning and, very enthusiastically, headed out bright and early.

I started with 'Stepping Stone" and the wonderful Laura said she would help me perfect my running. I had to run in time to the beat - 1, 2, 3, 4. This pace was so much slower than what I have been doing in the gym. Even there I have only been running at 4.5 miles per hour. With Laura and this new pace, I felt I could have walked quicker. Am I missing something here? If that is what I am supposed to be doing, I am only too happy to go with the flow but will I ever quicken my pace, I ask myself? Any help to this newbie would be greatly appreciated.🤔

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Maria62]

Yes you will... everyone has ideas about Stepping Stone, I think many of us found it weirdly different... stick with it though.

I did three of stepping Stone... day run, day off just like Couch to 5K then I tried Speed, same pattern and then Stamina...now, I mix and match or do my own thing.

You find what suits you best!

Keep us posted ?

[Curlygurly2 Graduate in reply to Maria62]

Some people have a naturally high cadence, sounds like you are one of them...I found Stepping Stones too fast to start with, like a lot of new graduates. All the + podcasts seem to work though...

[Maria62 Graduate in reply to Curlygurly2]

Thanks for that - you have put my mind at rest.

[Maria62 Graduate]

Thanks for that.😌